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Nov 16, 2021

Staff: Colleen Roland

If you’re looking for Colleen Roland around noon each day, you won’t find her in her office in East Carolina University’s Graduate School. But be patient. When she gets back...

Dr. Philip Rogers gives a report to the ECU Board of Trustees. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Nov 12, 2021
  • ECU News Services

EYE TO THE FUTURE

East Carolina University marked several milestones Friday as it kicked off a historic fundraising campaign and took the first step in the final approval process of creating ECU Health. At...

Chancellor Philip Rogers, ECU Board of Trustees members and other dignitaries cut the ribbon to officially open the new Life Sciences and Biotechnology Building.
Nov 11, 2021
  • Ken Buday

A GRAND OPENING

It’s not just a building. For East Carolina University, the new Life Sciences and Biotechnology Building represents the future. Chancellor Philip Rogers, ECU Board of Trustees members and other dignitaries...

Nov 11, 2021
  • Rob Spahr

VETERAN SMILES

It is not uncommon to see civilians thank military veterans for their service, but it is not every day when the veteran replies by thanking the civilian for their service...

Nov 10, 2021
  • Erin Ward

RECOGNIZING MILITARY SERVICE

The Distinguished Military Service Society honored service to the nation and service to East Carolina University at a ceremony and dinner held at the Greenville Hilton on Friday. In partnership...

Undergraduate students Marina Boatman and Lauren Johansen position tubes and air filters to collect air samples that will be tested for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Nov 09, 2021
  • Natalie Sayewich

AIRBORNE DETECTION

Researchers at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine have found a new way to detect the virus that causes COVID-19 by testing the air passing through building ventilation systems....

ECU Chancellor Philip Rogers, left, and Col. Mikel Huber
Nov 08, 2021
  • Ken Buday

CONNECTION TO THE CORPS

East Carolina University and Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point have joined forces to help with educational opportunities for military and Department of Defense personnel on the base. Chancellor Philip...

Fourth-year ECU School of Dental Medicine student Victoria Hardy prepares to perform a root canal on her mother, Barbara Hardy. The School of Dental Medicine is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. (Photos by Rhett Butler)
Nov 04, 2021
  • Spaine Stephens

DECADE OF DENTISTRY

Several years ago, Victoria Hardy stared out the window of an East Carolina University Transit bus at Ledyard E. Ross Hall, the new home of the School of Dental Medicine...

Nov 03, 2021
  • Natalie Sayewich

STARTING STEM EARLY

If you happened to see Dr. Virginia C. Stage on the ground, digging through the dirt to find roly-polies outside ECU’s Health Sciences Building this past summer, you might not...

Nov 02, 2021
  • Lacey L. Gray

FORENSIC LESSONS IN 3D

Criminal justice students at East Carolina University are the first students in North Carolina, and the surrounding states of Virginia and Florida, to use a 3D laser scanner — the...