Crystal Baity Archives

Tom Braswell, interim director of the Wellington B. Gray Gallery, hangs a piece of art in a new exhibit opening May 23. (Photos by Rhett Butler)
May 17, 2018
  • Crystal Baity

ART IN MEMORIAM

A new exhibit at East Carolina University will feature the work of faculty going back to the early days of the School of Art and Design. The exhibit, “110 Years...

May 05, 2018
  • Crystal Baity
  • Jules Norwood

THE BUSINESS OF SUCCESS

Fireworks flew and tassels turned on a beautiful spring night in Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium as 5,479 students graduated from East Carolina University on May 4. The fireworks capped off a new...

ECU junior Chaniya Tingley has been awarded the Captain Christopher Cash Memorial Scholarship.
Apr 19, 2018
  • Crystal Baity

IN MEMORY

Chaniya Tingley didn’t know Capt. Chris Cash but her father, Craig, served in the same N.C. National Guard infantry battalion as Cash in Iraq. Now an East Carolina University junior,...

J.H. Rose High School student Noah Murray throws a baseball wearing a sleeve that transmits data on his movement.
Apr 12, 2018
  • Crystal Baity

SCIENCE MEETS FUN

Running, swinging, dancing and jumping are more than human movement. They’re biomechanics. And they’re fun. That’s the message that Dr. Paul DeVita and other East Carolina University faculty and students...

Mar 29, 2018
  • Crystal Baity

DESIGN CHALLENGE

East Carolina University interior design students are competing to create a new showroom design in Chicago’s Merchandise Mart. The showroom design contest is sponsored by furniture manufacturer Knoll, where alumna...

(Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Mar 15, 2018
  • Crystal Baity
  • ECU News Services

RACE FOR COOP

Nelson Cooper always worked to help students in East Carolina University’s Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies to succeed. Now former students, colleagues, friends and family will celebrate his life...

An ECU social work graduate student participates in a Mursion lab simulation exercise.
Mar 01, 2018
  • Crystal Baity

LIFE-LIKE THERAPY

East Carolina University social work students are using a virtual environment to talk with life-like teenagers about their parents’ drug use. The ECU School of Social Work has teamed with...

ECU Honors College student Maggie Marshall demonstrates how virtual reality will be used in a study on balance control and concussion.
Jan 30, 2018
  • Crystal Baity

CONCUSSION AND RECOVERY

Researchers in the Department of Kinesiology at East Carolina University are using virtual reality to study balance control in concussion and recovery. Concussions are most often caused by a blow...

ECU’s online programs have been ranked among the best in the nation by U.S. News.
Jan 09, 2018
  • Crystal Baity

BEST IN THE NATION

Online graduate programs in business, criminal justice, education and nursing at East Carolina University have been ranked among the best in the nation by U.S. News and World Report. The...

Jan 04, 2018
  • Crystal Baity

METAL MAKERS

This year’s Material Topics Symposium in East Carolina University’s College of Art and Design will be the biggest in its nine-year history. Scheduled Jan. 12-14, it’s the only annual event...