Ken Buday Archives

Aug 12, 2025
  • Ken Buday

K-12 teachers dive into STEM at ECU symposium

As Shantres Clark dripped clear liquid into a test tube and watched it turn red, ideas bounced around in her head. “I’m thinking of a lesson right now,” said Clark,...

A man in a white and blue striped shirt is standing while holding a book in a classroom.
Aug 01, 2025
  • Ken Buday

Faculty: Dr. Hal Holloman

Hal Holloman was raised to live East Carolina University’s motto of service while growing up in the small North Carolina town of Aulander. “My mom was the town librarian and...

Jul 08, 2025
  • Ken Buday

ECU tech labs getting a half-million-dollar upgrade

Network and internet connectivity are part of everything, from how businesses succeed to even how you wash your clothes. That’s just one reason labs and classrooms in the East Carolina...

Two men, one at left in a purple shirt and the other in a green shirt, stand next to a large machine that prints three-dimensional objects while holding prosthetic foot attachments.
Jun 24, 2025
  • Ken Buday

ECU engineering students help develop prototype to support amputees in Africa

East Carolina University graduates set out to leave their marks on the world. Four 2025 engineering graduates have already done just that. Hannah Blackburn, Maranda Byrd, Lauren Simpson and Danielle...

Jun 06, 2025
  • Ken Buday

ECU conference highlights region’s growing pharma industry

East Carolina University’s Spring Pharma Conference highlighted industry growth while providing workers an opportunity to “find pharma knowledge.” Nearly 300 people from more than 100 pharmaceutical and life sciences companies...

Brinkley-Lane Scholar medallion in front of purple flowers.
May 21, 2025
  • Ken Buday

Brinkley-Lane Profile: Sam Smith

After Sam Smith zeroed in on construction as a career, he looked at colleges for his best option. The Youngsville resident didn’t look long. “I first became interested in ECU...

A large group of people hold shovels as they stand behind a small sandpit.
Apr 25, 2025
  • Ken Buday

ECU trustees celebrate a year of accomplishments

By the Numbers The Isley Indoor Performance Center and Wornom Family Field will include: 85,000 square feet of space 120-yard synthetic turf field 580 tons of structural steel 2,000 truckloads...

Two dumptrucks ride on a road covered in dirt in front of boarded-up and damaged buildings.
Mar 27, 2025
  • Ken Buday

Six months after Helene, ECU alumni continue to help with recovery

The rushing water turned roads into raging rivers, chewing up asphalt along with nearby buildings and homes. Six months later, repairs and rebuilding continue in western North Carolina. In the...

Mar 06, 2025
  • Ken Buday

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
  • Ken Buday

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...