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Jan 07, 2021
  • Jules Norwood

ON THE WING

Through a longstanding partnership between East Carolina University and Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, researchers have sequenced the genome of the white-winged wood duck, which could help in...

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Jan 05, 2021
  • Matt Smith

UNWAVERING COMMITMENT

Despite the challenges that arose in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, East Carolina University continued its State Employees’ Credit Union Public Fellows Internship program, offering 20 students a chance...

Jan 04, 2021
  • Ken Buday

FINAL ‘JEOPARDY!’

When Alex Trebek’s final episodes of the television game show “Jeopardy!” air this week, one East Carolina University professor will pay particular attention. Dr. Bhibha M. Das, associate professor in...

Dec 23, 2020
  • Ken Buday

Faculty: Dr. Damon Swift

Dr. Damon Swift has learned to “dream big.” Taking a cue from his postdoctoral mentor Timothy Church, Swift is an associate professor in the Department of Kinesiology in the College...

Dec 23, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

Student: Kaitlyn Isherwood

Being bullied in middle school — and getting help from a mental health professional — has fueled Kaitlyn Isherwood’s determination to be a counselor. She wants other children who are...

Dec 23, 2020
  • Kristin Zachary

ECU’S TOP 20 OF 2020

2020 was a year unlike any other at East Carolina University. More than 250 stories published this year by ECU News Services and University Communications paint a picture of world-class...

Dec 21, 2020
  • Rob Spahr

WHITE COAT DRIVE-THRU

People all over the world were required to adjust their plans and traditions during 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The nation’s medical students were not immune. First-year...

Dec 21, 2020
  • Kristin Zachary

2020: YEAR IN REVIEW

Some may wish to pack the year 2020 and all of its contents into a box never to be seen again — no judgment here — but this year's 1,907...

Dec 21, 2020
  • ECU News Services

GET TESTED

CAMPUS LIVING RESIDENTS ECU has developed a Spring 2021 Campus Living reentry testing plan, along with procedures for isolation and quarantine housing. 1. Students living in the residence halls will...

East Carolina University Chancellor-Elect Dr. Philip Rogers films his introductory video to Pirate Nation in the Trustees Suite at the Main Campus Student Center on campus. (Photo by Cliff Hollis | Video by ECU Creative Services and Reed Wolfley)
Dec 18, 2020
  • ECU News Services

6 QUESTIONS WITH THE CHANCELLOR-ELECT

What was the last thing you read? Besides Twitter? The last book I read was a book by the name of "Range." (Editor's note: New York Times bestseller "Range: Why...