Crystal Baity Archives

Nov 21, 2019
  • Crystal Baity

GOING HOME AGAIN

The move to college isn’t all about academics. Most students are living on their own for the first time, deciding when to come and go without curfews or parental supervision....

Howell Binkley, ECU alumnus and Tony Award-winning lighting designer, speaks to theater and dance students in McGinnis Theatre on Nov. 8. (Photos by Rhett Butler)
Nov 13, 2019
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ALL ABOUT EXPOSURE

Alumnus and award-winning lighting designer Howell Binkley returned to East Carolina University’s School of Theatre and Dance on Nov. 8 to visit with students and attend a scholarship fundraising gala....

Nov 06, 2019
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INTIMATE DIRECTION

East Carolina University is at the forefront of training theater and dance students in the latest industry standards led by a growing part of production teams: intimacy directors and coordinators....

Dr. Adam Nowakowski from Krosno State College in Poland teaches intercultural communication in ECU’s Joyner East. (Photo by Rhett Butler)
Oct 23, 2019
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READING BETWEEN LINES

East Carolina University’s School of Communication has welcomed two faculty members from Poland this semester as part of a partnership formed almost a decade ago. Dr. Ewa Rusek and Dr....

Oct 01, 2019
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HEALTHY FARMWORKERS

Heat-related illnesses, pesticide exposure and other occupational hazards face migrant and seasonal farmworkers each day. But a new three-year, $427,551 health disparities grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National...

Aug 02, 2019
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  • Matt Smith

RESEARCH SHOWCASED

Students from universities in North Carolina and across the U.S. fine-tuned their research skills with a range of projects –from creating useful organic compounds to detecting concussions through virtual reality...

Jul 25, 2019
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A LOOK BACK

Twenty retired faculty artists from East Carolina University will be featured in an exhibit opening Aug. 2 in Gray Gallery. It is the second of three planned exhibits celebrating the...

Jul 19, 2019
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NEVER GIVE UP

PERFORMANCES July 25 and 26 – 10 a.m., 2 p.m., 7 p.m. July 27 – 10 a.m., 2 p.m. All seats $12 with general admission seating in Black Box Theatre....

Jun 05, 2019
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DESIGN MATTERS

East Carolina University researchers hope their findings on consumers’ views of packaging design will impact the FDA’s review of a new heated tobacco product expected to be sold in the...

May 28, 2019
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HEELING IS HEALING

Brent Carpenter says he sometimes feels like a duck out of water, but research at East Carolina University is helping him get back in his element by learning to sail....