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Photo by Cliff Hollis
Mar 30, 2015
  • ECU News Services

HANDS-ON ENTERTAINMENT

The 11th Annual Youth Arts Festival brought children of all ages to campus March 28 despite cold, damp weather that moved the festival inside the Jenkins Fine Arts Building. More...

Mar 30, 2015
  • Crystal Baity

‘PRIMED TO LEAD’

Dr. Grant Hayes has been named dean and distinguished professor of the College of Education at East Carolina University. Hayes is professor of counselor education and interim dean of the...

Kidney recipient Roger Woolard, second from right, and donor Robin Melendez, right, speak to the press during a press conference announcing a successful kidney swap and transplant performed by physicians from the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University and Eastern Urological Associates. (Photos by Jay Clark)
Mar 27, 2015
  • Amy Adams Ellis

MEETING THEIR MATCHES

The four donors and recipients involved in a recent kidney exchange at Vidant Medical Center met all together for the first time March 27 on the medical center campus. The...

ECU doctoral student Christina Brown-Bochicchio shares details on how biofeedback can help wounded warriors during the March 20 opening of ECU's Center for Applied Psychophysiology. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Mar 26, 2015
  • Crystal Baity

TOOLS FOR RECOVERY

Jeff Zyburt’s virtual reality goggles helped him experience the sensation of steering a military vehicle down a dusty road in a combat zone. Zyburt tried to avoid enemy fire while...

Filmmaker Cynthia Hill will discuss her new documentary
Mar 25, 2015
  • Steve Tuttle

PEABODY AWARD WINNER

Noted independent filmmaker Cynthia Hill will spend two days at East Carolina University to speak with students about her documentary on domestic violence and her PBS cooking series, “A Chef’s...

Mar 24, 2015
  • ECU News Services

An Impact in the Billions

East Carolina University generates $2.8 billion for North Carolina’s economy— dollars that make a mark on the state, eastern North Carolina, and our local area. These dollars come from research...

Mar 23, 2015
  • Steve Tuttle

IN AFFORDABILITY, OUTCOMES

East Carolina University has been named the No. 1 “Best Bang for the Buck” among colleges and universities in the Southeast in a new report that ranks universities on outcomes...

ECU biology professor Jinling Huang, right, is one of three East Carolina University faculty members to be recognized for excellence during Research and Creative Achievement Week. He will be honored for five-year achievement along with management information systems professor Huigang Liang. John Shearin, School of Theatre and Dance, will be recognized with the Lifetime Achievement Award. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Mar 23, 2015
  • Doug Boyd

RECOGNIZING RESEARCH

Approximately 375 undergraduate and graduate students as well as postdoctoral scholars are expected to present their research and creative work this week to fellow students, colleagues, faculty and the community...

Mar 20, 2015
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson
  • Kelly Setzer

TRADITION CONTINUES

After 1,313 days as students in the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, members of the Class of 2015 found out March 20 where they will be training...

Seated center front, ECU Honors College Dean Marianna Walker prepares to sign an agreement with DSM Dyneema site director Jim Lawless, right, and DSM Dyneema engineering director Scott Quinn, at left. The Greenville fiber manufacturer will fund an EC Scholar award earmarked for an engineering student. Standing left to right, Todd Fraley, director of the EC Scholars Award Program; Deb Mungal, director of DSM’s Human Resources & Training; Ricky Castles, assistant professor of engineering; and Hayden Griffin, professor and chairman of the Department of Engineering. (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Mar 19, 2015
  • Crystal Baity

CULTIVATING TALENT

High-performance materials manufacturer DSM Dyneema will fund an EC Scholar award to be earmarked for an engineering student beginning the 2016-2017 academic year. DSM Dyneema, which has a Greenville manufacturing...