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A van towing a trailer pulls in front of a church in Elizabeth City, an eastern North Carolina community challenged by health disparities, limited access to health care providers, and...
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A TASTE OF SUCCESS
In 2018, Jamerus Payton was with his family in Greenville when they started talking about their legacies. They brainstormed business ideas that captured their love for each other, their families...
CELEBRATING SOCIAL MISSION
The East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine has received a national award for its advances in social mission — from addressing the oral health care gap in rural North...
Student: Ishani Shelat
If you’ve ever forgotten where you put your glasses, East Carolina University senior Ishani Shelat may be able to help. A biochemistry major and future optometrist, Shelat’s also earning an...
Faculty: Dr. Shaundreal Jamison
The railroad tracks split the town of Cordova, S.C., the primary school to the east and Ebenezer Baptist Church to the west, just past the flashing caution lights. About 200...
SELFLESS SERVICE
An unwavering commitment to helping others took center stage Thursday as more than 100 East Carolina University faculty, staff and students were honored at the Chancellor’s Awards for Service. The...
HARJO MOVES AUDIENCE
East Carolina University welcomed United States Poet Laureate Joy Harjo with a full house on Wednesday in the Main Campus Student Center Black Box Theater. Harjo, the first Native American poet...
BACK TO SCHOOL
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, self-described handyman Matt Rice mustered little work. He paints houses, repairs appliances and puts down tile, but with COVID concerns, he felt uncomfortable walking into strangers’...
MISSION-DRIVEN
East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine has again ranked as North Carolina’s most diverse medical school in a listing of the 2023 Best Graduate Schools released today by U.S....
ALL HANDS
As East Carolina University marked its 115th year and celebrated the installation of Chancellor Philip Rogers last week, Pirate Nation rose to the occasion and pledged more than $8.4 million...