Lacey L. Gray Archives

Mar 24, 2016
  • Lacey L. Gray

CODE TALKERS OF WWII

A five-man drum circle welcomed more than 600 audience members to East Carolina University's Wright Auditorium at last night's final 2015-16 Voyages of Discovery lecture. Zonnie Gorman, acclaimed historian of...

Dec 07, 2015
  • Lacey L. Gray

BEYOND THE CLASSROOM

ECU students present at symposium  East Carolina University students presented their research at the annual State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research & Creativity Symposium Nov. 15 at High Point University. ...

Sep 30, 2015
  • Lacey L. Gray

VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY

The rapid rise of the terrorist Islamic State group demonstrates the power of social media, acclaimed author and journalist Peter Bergen told a crowd at East Carolina University Tuesday night....

Underwater explorer Jean-Michel Cousteau visited with East Carolina University students Oct. 1 before delivering the premier lecture for the Voyages of Discovery lecture series on campus. Cousteau urged better management of the Earth's oceans, which make up 75 percent of the planet. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Oct 02, 2014
  • Lacey L. Gray

SEEKING SOLUTIONS

Renowned underwater explorer Jean-Michel Cousteau urged action to protect endangered ocean resources in a presentation Wednesday, Oct. 1 at East Carolina University. “Marine debris is a global problem with a...

Mar 11, 2014
  • Joy Holster
  • Lacey L. Gray

EVIDENCE IS IN

A new degree program at East Carolina University gives students an edge – and potentially higher salaries – in careers requiring skills in forensic science and crime scene investigation. The...

Dec 16, 2013
  • Lacey L. Gray

WAR ON THE WEB

The word podcast was barely in use when Gerald Prokopowicz began recording "Civil War Talk Radio." But the professor and chair of the Department of History at East Carolina University...

Nov 08, 2013
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU producing nation’s highest number of professional archaeologists

East Carolina University's graduate programs are producing more professional archeologists than any other program in the nation, according to a recent listing in the Society for American Archeology. A recent...

Sep 27, 2013
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU Voyages of Discovery lecture features Dr. Jane Goodall

Renowned British primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall will address students, faculty, staff and guests of East Carolina University at a sold-out event Tuesday in Wright Auditorium.  The founder of the Jane...

Oct 03, 2012
  • Lacey L. Gray

SECRETS IN THE SAND

All human beings evolved from Africa, distinguished paleoanthropologist Dr. Louise Leakey told a capacity crowd in Wright Auditorium at East Carolina University Oct. 2. We evolved into early people (hominids)...

Sep 29, 2009
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU researchers discover complex pattern of mimicry evolution in local millipedes

GREENVILLE, N.C. —   An intriguing and compelling example of evolution by natural selection has been demonstrated in a study involving Southern Appalachian Mountain millipedes, conducted by East Carolina University biologists...