Jules Norwood Archives

Elizabeth Ables, assistant professor of biology, has received an NIH grant to fund her lab's research into cell fate mechanisms. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Mar 04, 2016
  • Jules Norwood

FLY PAPER

Researchers believe stem cells may be a key to resolving birth defects and diseases such as cancer, and now a project in East Carolina University's Department of Biology is aimed...

Opal Tometi, executive director of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration and co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, was the keynote speaker for Saturday’s N.C. Civility Summit. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Feb 29, 2016
  • Jules Norwood

NO MORE SILENCE

Opal Tometi, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement and executive director of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration, challenged East Carolina University students to make a difference during the...

Feb 22, 2016
  • Jules Norwood

CALL FOR CIVILITY

The N.C. Civility Summit, aimed at promoting understanding and positive change on East Carolina University’s campus and beyond, will feature keynote speaker Opal Tometi, executive director of the Black Alliance...

Feb 15, 2016
  • Jules Norwood

SOLE FOOD

Hundreds of pairs of shoes, each with a story to tell, filled the mall near the cupola on East Carolina University’s campus on Feb. 11. The S.H.O.E.S. Project, which stands...

Vashti Kitrell from the Pitt Co. Health Department discusses a display in the lobby of the ECHI with ECU's Xiaoming Zeng during the Mills Symposium. (Photos by Jay Clark)
Feb 08, 2016
  • Jules Norwood

TACKLING TEEN HEALTH

The issues and challenges surrounding teen health were the focus of the 12th annual Jean Mills Health Symposium, held Feb. 5 at the East Carolina Heart Institute at East Carolina...

Located near Windsor, Hope Plantation was the home of former N.C. Governor David Stone and is one of six eastern N.C. historic sites included in research aimed at increasing minority visitation. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Feb 04, 2016
  • Jules Norwood

REFLECTING HISTORY

One East Carolina University student’s research could help museums, plantations and Civil War sites in ongoing efforts to present a balanced view of history and to attract more minority visitors....

Dr. Christopher Geyer and his team at the Brody School of Medicine are researching the earliest stages of the male reproductive process. The results of the project could significantly advance understanding of how fertility is maintained throughout the male reproductive lifespan.
Feb 03, 2016
  • Jules Norwood

DELICATE BALANCE

Throughout a decades-long reproductive lifespan, the human male body maintains a delicate balance related to sperm production that has direct public health implications related to both infertility and testicular cancer....

ECU sophomore Emmett Sarkorh asks a question during the Brewster Forum, part of the Voyages of Discovery Lecture Series, on Jan. 26. Attendees explored the challenge of reconciling history with contemporary realities in the naming of memorials. (Photos by Jay Clark)
Jan 27, 2016
  • Jules Norwood

MONUMENTAL DISCUSSION

The controversy and debate surrounding memorials and building names, and the role they play in shaping our collective memory and understanding of history, have played out in recent years locally,...

Jan 13, 2016
  • Jules Norwood

SERVING THE COMMUNITY

For some it may be a day off from work, but for hundreds of East Carolina University students, faculty and staff, Martin Luther King Jr. Day will be a day...

Jan 04, 2016
  • Jules Norwood

DECADES OF SERVICE

East Carolina University Chancellor Emeritus John Howell, who served the university for three decades as a professor and administrator, died Jan. 3. His colleagues remember him for his knowledge, leadership...