DIGGING DEEP
An East Carolina University professor will oversee a $1.5 million grant funding research into what lies underneath the Earth's oceans and continents. The grant was awarded by the Alfred P....
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Race to the Top grant boosts early childhood education
A federal grant awarded Friday, Dec. 16 provides Eastern North Carolina with a chance to increase and improve educational opportunities for young children, according to a faculty member in the...
ECU COMMENCEMENT
Ashley Tyson’s decorated mortarboard summed up her years at ECU this way: “I can do trauma and drama.” Tyson of Washington, N.C., was one of many boisterous College of Nursing...
SEEKING SUBSTANCE
Christina Brown-Bochicchio left Hollywood – and a career that catered to film and television celebrities – to enroll as a graduate student at East Carolina University. While she enjoyed planning...
AMAZING PACE
Students of sociology are familiar with the Thomas theorem. “If men define their situations as real,” it states, “they are real in their consequences.” That premise and her family’s prayers...
LOCKDOWN REVIEW
Officials at East Carolina University have issued a positive assessment of the cautionary measures taken during a lockdown Nov. 16 after a student walking toward campus with an umbrella was...
TIGHT TIMES
East Carolina student Jonathan Yelverton approached people walking on the campus mall Friday afternoon with paper and a plea. “Do you have time to sign a petition?” he asked each...
EVERYONE IN THE GAME
On a basketball court at East Carolina University, 9-year-old Tolbert Wangila gets a firm grip on the ball, bends forward, manipulating his legs, arms, and wrists for a smooth release....
ECU employees urged to join ‘green’ shutdown
Holiday lights may illuminate Greenville this month but East Carolina University plans to go dark during a scheduled 10-day shutdown beginning Saturday, Dec. 24 and ending Tuesday, Jan. 3. This...
WINNING WORK
Peter Romary, director of Student Legal Services at East Carolina University, has represented, free of charge, more than 1,200 victims of domestic violence. His volunteer work has made him a...