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Oct 22, 2021
  • Erin Ward

HEALTHIER MOMS, HEALTHIER BABIES

To get to a prenatal appointment, Stephanie Massey must leave the small town of Newport in the eastern edge of North Carolina and drive 70 miles inland on rural roads...

Oct 22, 2021
  • Ken Buday

Staff: Margaret Turner

On the tennis court, Margaret Turner is as competitive as anyone. Off the court, she competes for top students as the director of admissions and recruiting in the Honors College...

Oct 21, 2021
  • Crystal Baity
  • Stephanie Slusser

DANCE @ WRIGHT

A range of styles from jazz and tap to ballet and contemporary will be showcased in the annual Dance @ Wright performance at East Carolina University on Saturday and Sunday....

Oct 20, 2021
  • Crystal Baity

PROTECTING PIRATES

More than 500 people rolled up their sleeves for a flu shot — and almost 200 got a COVID-19 vaccine or booster — on a picture-perfect Tuesday at East Carolina...

Oct 18, 2021
  • Jules Norwood

TOURING THE SHIP

Hundreds of prospective East Carolina University students, along with parents and friends, visited campus Saturday for Fall Open House 2021, which marked a return to in-person visitation following last year’s...

Oct 14, 2021
  • Rob Spahr

RURAL FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY

East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine and Vidant Health have launched a new Rural Family Medicine Residency Program that will equip physicians with specialized training in caring for patients...

Oct 13, 2021
  • Doug Boyd

BUILDING RESILIENCY

A $5 million federal grant will support East Carolina University researchers and students as they work to strengthen resilience in communities along the Albemarle-Pamlico estuary system of coastal North Carolina....

Oct 12, 2021
  • Erin Ward

BRAIN HEALTH

Decades before someone starts experiencing the hand tremors, shaking or loss of balance associated with Parkinson’s disease, changes in their gut could signal potential problems. Researchers at East Carolina University’s...

Oct 11, 2021
  • Natalie Sayewich

UNDERSTANDING ‘LONG COVID’

A team from ECU’s Brody School of Medicine is collaborating with health care providers from Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth to understand the extended effects of COVID-19, and to...

Oct 08, 2021
  • ECU Contributor

ALUMNI AWARDS

The East Carolina University Alumni Association recognized six alumni at A Purple and Gold Evening, its annual awards ceremony Oct. 1 at the Greenville Convention Center. The awards, which were...