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Oct 18, 2013
  • Crystal Baity

UNKNOWN AILMENT

A series of strokes changed Ervin and Susan Harris' plans for retirement but not their outlook for living a good life. Active in the church and in the Bear Grass...

Oct 18, 2013
  • Crystal Baity

ECU group activities, research help people with aphasia communicate

GREENVILLE, N.C.   (Oct. 18, 2013)   —   A series of strokes changed Ervin and Susan Harris’ plans for retirement but not their outlook for living a good life. Active...

Oct 17, 2013
  • Doug Boyd

ECU Neuroscience Symposium to be Oct. 29

GREENVILLE, N.C.   (Oct. 17, 2013)   —   Research on restless legs syndrome, traumatic brain injury and more are among the topics to be discussed at the 15th annual East...

Oct 11, 2013
  • Kathryn Kennedy

THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT

Senior Alex Gajewski knows what he wants to do after graduation. The aspiring sports broadcaster has held internships with ESPN radio, TV stations in Greenville and Charlotte, NASCAR Productions and...

Oct 10, 2013
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson
  • Kathryn Kennedy

‘AIM HIGHER’

Overcoming challenges and building a career in cupcakes were two memorable illustrations of leadership and service offered during the fourth event in the ECU Incredible Women’s Series. Presented by the...

Oct 08, 2013
  • ECU News Services

BUILDING INTEREST, CONFIDENCE

Nearly 100 eighth grade girls from 12 Pitt County middle schools attended the fourth annual STEM Girls conference Oct. 4 at East Carolina University to learn more about majors and...

Oct 04, 2013
  • Jackie Drake

‘WE WERE ALL AFFECTED’

When Lindsay Gardiner Takkunen first heard about the terrorist attack on the Westgate Mall in Kenya, the news hit close to home. Takkunen, a 2002 graduate of East Carolina University,...

Oct 03, 2013
  • Crystal Baity

Nursing celebrates midwifery program

GREENVILLE, N.C.   (Oct. 3, 2013)   —   Think again if the word “midwife” conjures up thoughts of home birth and hippies. In fact, 95 percent of births attended by...

Oct 02, 2013
  • Spaine Stephens

‘MEMORABLE AND MEANINGFUL’

Jane Goodall barked a series of chimpanzee cries that sounded startlingly real. Then, her face melted into a smile. “Hello,” she said in a soft, lyrical voice. “This is me.”...

Oct 02, 2013
  • Spaine Stephens

ACE FELLOW ON CAMPUS

Dr. David L. Graham believes time spent with East Carolina University administrators will ultimately make him a better leader. Graham is a 2013-14 American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow, visiting...