COASTAL CAMP
The campers filed back into the lab after spending the morning collecting water samples at several sites in the ocean and sound along North Carolina’s Outer Banks. After watching a...
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SANDSCAPE
East Carolina University’s Department of Geological Sciences is using a new teaching tool that accelerates students’ understanding of topographical maps and geologic concepts. The augmented reality (AR) sandbox consists of...
OCEAN OUTREACH
For years, beachgoers have learned to “break the grip of the rip” by swimming parallel to shore to escape currents pulling them out to sea. Now a partnership of researchers,...
NEW NURSES
North Carolina’s need for more nurses is clear: the state’s elderly population is expected to double by 2020, and one in five nurses is nearing retirement age. But with those...
PROCESSION AND PONCHOS
Twins Denise and Danielle Grover have never attended a graduation where it didn't rain. A tropical storm accompanied their 2013 graduation at Corinth Holders High School in Wendell. So on-and-off...
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
FoodMASTER, an initiative that uses food and cooking to teach science and math concepts, has grown from an idea to a wide-ranging collaboration between partners on campus and in the...
HOOAH AND AARGH
Among the nearly 5,000 graduates who will turn their tassels at East Carolina University on Friday will be a small group who have earned their degrees after serving their country...
DAY OF DISTINCTION
East Carolina University’s faculty and staff were presented with awards recognizing their service, leadership, ambition and spirit during the seventh annual Founders Day and University Awards Celebration on April 27...
STEPPING UP
A new event at East Carolina University's Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium is aimed at supporting programs and scholarships for student veterans. The inaugural Storm the Stadium Challenge will be held from 8-10...
LEARNING TO LEAD
Duke Energy President and CEO Lynn Good, along with nearly 50 other business and industry leaders, many of them ECU alumni, shared their experience and advice with East Carolina University...