Lacey L. Gray Archives

A nearly bald man with a white mustache and goatee, wearing a colorful scarf and black suit jacket, gestures with his hands while sitting to the left of a small table with a gold lamp. A woman with black, curly hair wearing a black dress with a colored streak pattern, sits to the right and holds a microphone with a folder in her lap.
Nov 18, 2024
  • Lacey L. Gray

Trailblazing tales: An evening with actor, director and literacy advocate LeVar Burton

The atmosphere was palpable as an audience of nearly 900 community members, students, faculty and staff enthusiastically welcomed — with a standing ovation — actor, director and literacy advocate LeVar...

Nov 18, 2024
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU receives Public Interest Technology University Network award

East Carolina University, in partnership with Missouri University of Science and Technology, is a 2024 Network Challenge Grantee awarded by the Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN). PIT-UN projects advance...

Local community families and children talk to an East Carolina University student at an exhibit outside at the Town Common in Greenville, North Carolina, during the 2023 Tar River Community Science Festival. A red food truck and tent with more staff appear in the background.
Nov 04, 2024
  • Lacey L. Gray

Community festival to celebrate Tar River, science, learning

Zasha Griffin, one of East Carolina University’s Brinkley-Lane Scholars from the Honors College, has excitedly helped to get other students involved in the third annual Tar River Community Science Festival...

Oct 16, 2024
  • Lacey L. Gray

Harriot College thanks donors, honors student scholarship recipients at annual celebration

East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences celebrated students and thanked its generous donors at the college’s ninth annual scholarship celebration on Oct. 11 in the Main...

Bayli Locklear, wearing a white lab coat, stands in front of a countertop full of scientific equipment.
Oct 08, 2024
  • Lacey L. Gray

First MARC students reaping benefits of mentoring, impactful research

  East Carolina University juniors and seniors are receiving the chance of a lifetime through the Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) training program. The immersive biomedical scholars program is...

Oct 02, 2024
  • Lacey L. Gray

Marshall Island serves as resting place for WWII battle vehicles

The island of Roi-Namur is located in the northern part of Kwajalein Atoll, one of the many volcanic islands and coral atolls comprising the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Situated...

Sep 12, 2024
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU professor attends leadership symposium, forges bonds between ECU ROTC, criminal justice

Dr. Heidi Bonner, East Carolina University professor and chair of the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, had the unique opportunity to participate in the United States Army Cadet Summer...

Dr. Jack Pender poses for a photo in a lab in the Science and Technology Building. (ECU Photo by Rhett Butler)
Sep 03, 2024
  • Lacey L. Gray

Staff: Dr. Jack Pender

In any lab, Dr. Jack Pender is professional but easily approachable with a big smile. His role at East Carolina University blurs the lines between faculty and staff. He teaches...

Aug 27, 2024
  • Lacey L. Gray

Students research broadband access for rural, low-income eastern North Carolina communities

East Carolina University students are helping a small business owner expand broadband access in eastern North Carolina, a resource that many people rely on daily and take for granted. Jessica...

Aug 26, 2024
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU’s Harriot College names Dr. Joseph Luczkovich to distinguished professorship

East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences has named Dr. Joseph Luczkovich, professor in the Department of Biology, to the prestigious rank of distinguished professor. Luczkovich is...