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Dr. Holly Stegall at her practice in Monroe, North Carolina.
Sep 08, 2022
  • Rob Spahr

ANSWERING THE CALL

Holly Stegall spent most of her life living in rural Anson County, North Carolina. After matriculating through the local public school system from elementary school through high school, the Polkton native then...

Brody School of Medicine graduate Dr. Hannah Woriax '14 at the Scotland Cancer Treatment Center in Laurinburg, North Carolina.
Sep 08, 2022
  • Rob Spahr

PIONEERING SURGEON

For as long as she can remember, Hannah Woriax wanted to be a doctor and a scientist. Some of the Pembroke native’s earliest memories were scooting around her grandfather’s Robeson...

Drs. Sinan Sousan and Jo Anne Balanay discuss their research into the effectiveness of respirators and cloth masks in preventing the transmission of airborne viruses and other contaminants.
Sep 07, 2022
  • Benjamin Abel

BREATHING EASY

A recent study by a team of East Carolina University researchers confirmed that while N95 respirator masks are more expensive and a bit less comfortable, they offer much greater protection...

Aug 31, 2022
  • Ken Buday

Staff: Ashley Harzog

For Ashley Harzog, it all started with Big Mama. East Carolina University’s new director of alumni relations and outreach for the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences (THCAS) has...

ECU Brody School of Medicine assistant professor Dr. Karen Litwa was named the recipient of a $1.2 million research grant from the National Science Foundation for her research into brain development.
Aug 30, 2022
  • Spaine Stephens

RESEARCH CAREER AWARD

An East Carolina University researcher has earned a National Science Foundation Career Award for $1.2 million over five years to study synapse formation in brain development, which is vital to...

The PIRATE Leadership Academy Class of 2022 includes, from left, Patrice Watford, Lynetti Warden, Holly Winslow, Darrick Wood, Sharita Wade, Jessica Prayer, Kristal Brooks and Mara Swindell.
Aug 29, 2022
  • Rich Klindworth

PRINCIPAL PIPELINE

East Carolina University has a pipeline that produces a different kind of commodity — future principals. The PIRATE Leadership Academy at ECU prepares proven teacher leaders to become assistant principals...

Mason Muskett, an ECU 2022 graduate, sorts through clothes at My Sister’s Closet. The boutique uses its proceeds to support Greenville's Center for Family Violence Prevention.
Aug 24, 2022
  • Ronnie Woodward

SISTERS OF SUPPORT

Dr. Runying Chen hasn’t bought brand-new clothing in a couple of years. She does love to shop, however, but prefers to do it at the upscale resale boutique My Sister’s...

Aug 22, 2022
  • Doug Boyd

A NEW FALL

A gathering of nearly 200 faculty and staff members Friday in Wright Auditorium marked the start of a fall semester that, for the first time since 2019, will not be...

Freshman Faith Spencer gets help from family members as she moves into Ballard Hall. Spencer is majoring in social work and will be part of ECU's track team.
Aug 18, 2022
  • Ken Buday

GOING UP

It took Sharon Justice a few extra stops on the elevator before she landed on the right floor to help her grandson move into Ballard Residence Hall on Tuesday at...

Dr. Ogugua Ndili Obi, assistant professor of pulmonary and critical care, listens to a patient’s lung sounds at Brody School of Medicine’s sarcoidosis clinic.
Aug 15, 2022
  • Benjamin Abel

TREATING SARCOIDOSIS

An East Carolina University clinic is gaining international recognition for its efforts to tackle a bedeviling systemic inflammatory disease that affects an unusually high number of people in eastern North...