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ECU grad profile Dymon Blango poses on the mall.
May 02, 2022
  • Kristen Martin

BLENDING PASSIONS

STATISTICS Name: Dymon Blango College: Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences Major: Double major in biology and chemistry, minor in forensic science Age: 21 Classification/Year: Senior Hometown: Greenville, N.C....

ECU grad profile Landon Blacknall poses on the mall.
May 02, 2022
  • Lacey L. Gray

FUTURE STATE REPRESENTATIVE

STATISTICS Name: Landon Kyle Blacknall College: Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences Major: Political science, minor in communication Age: 22 Classification/Year: Senior Hometown: Charlotte, North Carolina Hobbies/interests: Politics, sports...

May 02, 2022
  • Ken Buday

HOOKED

STATISTICS Name: Marco Agostini College: Engineering and Technology Major: Computer science, minor in coastal and marine studies Age: 22 Classification/Year: Senior Hometown: Wilson, North Carolina Hobbies/interests: Blacksmithing, woodworking and tennis...

Apr 29, 2022
  • Crystal Baity

Five receive Robert H. Wright Leadership Awards

Five graduating seniors have received the Robert H. Wright Leadership Award for excellence in service, leadership and academic achievements at East Carolina University. Thekra Hindi of Charlotte, Evan Martschenko of...

Luciano DeRose, a junior bioprocess engineering major from Titusville, Pennsylvania, works in a lab in the new Life Sciences and Biotechnology Building.
Apr 28, 2022
  • Ken Buday

GLOWING REVIEW

East Carolina University’s Life Sciences and Biotechnology Building opened in November, and bioprocess engineering students are already glowing about the new space. “It’s really, really cool,” said Luciano DeRose, a...

Apr 28, 2022
  • Spaine Stephens

Dental student nurtures lifelong interests toward a career in oral surgery

When Rachel Cantrell was 5 years old and on fishing trips with her father, she was fascinated by the process of cleaning the fish. Observing the parts of living things...

ECU students celebrate at graduation.
Apr 27, 2022
  • Jules Norwood

PIRATE PRIDE

East Carolina University will hold its commencement ceremony for spring and summer graduates in Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium on Friday, May 6, at 9 a.m. More than 4,600 graduates will be recognized...

Apr 27, 2022
  • Jules Norwood

ECU, FSU establish student pipelines in key areas

East Carolina University and Fayetteville State University (FSU) have taken the next step in establishing partnerships and pathways for students between the two institutions. Last fall, university leaders signed a...

ECU student Adam Berman poses in an art building.
Apr 26, 2022
  • Crystal Baity

Student: Adam Berman

East Carolina University student Adam Berman has spent the last three years working on his master’s degree while teaching printmaking in the School of Art and Design, where 18th and...

Chad Carwein, university sustainability manager, supervises while Julia Florack works with a bee hive frame.
Apr 22, 2022
  • Jules Norwood

DIG IT

East Carolina University and its student environmental organizations celebrated Earth Day with a full week of events, kicking off with a honey extraction demonstration and wrapping up with a farm...