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May 09, 2018
  • Erin Ward

PARKER PIRATES

They share the same name, the same parents and the same love of East Carolina University. Now, the Parker quadruplets are finished with their first year of college. Payton, Patrick...

Dr. Lisa Callahan delivered the convocation address at Brody School of Medicine’s graduation on Saturday.
May 08, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

BRODY ALUMNA RETURNS TO ECU

Dr. Lisa Callahan’s life has not played out according to plan. But that’s only because she is not a fan of planning. Instead, Callahan – a 1983 East Carolina University...

East Carolina University psychiatry residents Dr. Roopma Wadhwa, Dr. Vikas Gupta and Dr. Rachel Gooding (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Apr 30, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

ECU MAKES MINDGAMES FINALS

A team of East Carolina University psychiatry residents training at Vidant Medical Center was the top qualifier for the finals of a nationwide competition organized by the American Psychiatric Association....

Photography by Rob Goldberg
Apr 25, 2018
  • Bre Lewis

Student: Rachel Renfrow

Rachel Renfrow is a senior business management major from Wilson, a midfielder and center back for the ECU women’s soccer team, and a standout student in the College of Business....

Chancellor Cecil Staton awards the Amethyst vase twice a year to individuals, couples, foundations, and corporate partners who generously support ECU.
Apr 20, 2018
  • Erin Ward

CHANCELLOR’S AMETHYST

Thanks to donor initiatives, an East Carolina University student with dyslexia is succeeding in his classes, a nursing student with financial need is getting help paying for her education, and...

Jayme Johns as Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, and Joseph Webster as Theseus, Duke of Athens. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Apr 19, 2018
  • Bre Lewis

PAIN AND PASSION

A tale filled with lovers and fairies takes stage at McGinnis Theatre as William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” opens at East Carolina University on April 19. “‘Midsummer’ is a comedy...

ECU surgeons conduct POEM procedure at Vidant Medical Center. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Apr 17, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

TREATING ACHALASIA

Eating is one of the basic functions of life, but something that is often not possible for the approximately 200,000 U.S. residents living with achalasia. The rare disorder occurs when...

ECU Pirates cut their hair to raise money for pediatric cancer research during the 2018 Pirates Vs. Cancer event. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Apr 16, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

PIRATES VS. CANCER

Music from a live band pumped through speakers outside of ECU’S Health Sciences Student Center on Friday afternoon, as gusting winds provided relief from the eastern North Carolina springtime heat...

Apr 04, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

IMPROVING PATIENT COMMUNICATION

East Carolina University students interested in careers in health care will soon have a new tool to help them better communicate with Spanish-speaking patients, a rapidly increasing segment of the...

Apr 03, 2018
  • Angela Todd

IMPROVING QUALITY OF CARE

A surgical oncologist at ECU’s Brody School of Medicine was recently awarded a grant aimed at improving the care provided to breast cancer patients across the region. Dr. Jan Wong...