Ken Buday Archives

Mar 06, 2025
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ECU Technology Summit offers life lessons, career advice

Sometimes, life lessons are hard. Other times, they’ll get you 50 bucks. East Carolina University student Jacob Reinger learned the latter during the Technology Summit on Tuesday in the Main...

A man wearing glasses and a light blue, collared shirt sits at a desk next to a gray robotic dog that has an East Carolina University Pirate sticker on it.
Feb 17, 2025
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Faculty: Dr. Yilei Huang

Perhaps no other dogs on campus receive as many odd looks as Little Dee and Pete, the walking robot dogs that Dr. Yilei Huang takes out every so often. “Most...

A young woman in a brown sweater smiles as she stands next to an older woman with a black scarf and brown sweater to get their picture made against a purple background. At right, a person holds a cell phone up to take the picture.
Jan 31, 2025
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ECU Excels celebrates successes of freshmen, transfer students

Kinley Nance showed up at East Carolina University in the fall not knowing what to expect. The freshman from Chadbourn was nearly three hours from home, living on her own...

Jan 22, 2025
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ECU researcher explores sustainable concrete production

An East Carolina University construction management researcher has published work that describes a more sustainable process to produce concrete. Dr. Amin Akhnoukh worked with Natrx, a Raleigh sustainable technologies company,...

Jan 06, 2025
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ECU receives $650,000 grant to help companies with pollution prevention

The East Carolina University Center for Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering (CSE3) has received a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to enhance sustainability and prevent pollution in North Carolina...

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Dec 13, 2024
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Staff: Ashlee Lancaster

Level Cross is known as the home of NASCAR racing legend Richard Petty. But for Ashlee Lancaster, her hometown means a little more than that. “I’m related to most of...

Dec 09, 2024
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ECU team finishes in top 2% of national cybersecurity competition

A team of East Carolina University students finished in the top 2% of the country during the National Cyber League’s national cybersecurity competition Nov. 8-10. “We’re thrilled with our standing...

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Nov 27, 2024
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Research showcase highlights projects that support the military

Researchers in the East Carolina University College of Engineering and Technology (CET) highlighted their work on military projects that can save lives and save money as part of the CET...

Nov 20, 2024
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ECU finishes second in national robotics competition

A team of East Carolina University students placed second in the Association of Technology, Management and Applied Engineering (ATMAE) national robotics competition Oct. 28-31 in Las Vegas. The finish continued...

Nov 13, 2024
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Faculty: Dr. Katie Ford

Sometimes, parents do know what’s best. “My dad told me to study Spanish because he said it would be more useful,” said Dr. Katie Ford, associate dean and director of...