Richard Butler Archives

Oct 01, 2019
  • Jamie Smith

Students build arctic snow sensor

Changes seen in the Arctic climate have an impact on the frequency and intensity of hurricanes experienced in eastern North Carolina. That is why Dan Dickerson, an ECU science education...

Oct 01, 2019
  • Lacey Gray

Wieland’s newest novel makes Oprah’s ‘Best of’ list

What happened to the 20th century poet Elizabeth Bishop during three life-changing weeks she spent in Paris amidst the imminent threat of World War II? The answer is what Liza...

Jeionni Jones talks with ECU Interim Chancellor Dan Gerlach during Gerlach’s tour of the Community School.
Oct 01, 2019
  • Kristen Martin

Community School addresses at-risk children’s needs

Meeting the needs of the whole child is a goal in public schools. This goal has become a reality at ECU’s Community School, where a network of university and local...

Oct 01, 2019
  • Spaine Stephens

Telepsychiatry

Not long ago, ECU psychiatrist Dr. Sy Saeed received a handwritten note from a woman halfway across the country who had read an article about him in her local newspaper....

Oct 01, 2019
  • Jules Norwood

New hives, habitat become home for ECU bees

ECU’s Health Sciences Campus has about 20,000 new residents following the installation this spring of two hives of western honeybees near the lake. Chad Carwein, ECU sustainability manager, said the...

Dan Gerlach walking with staff.
Sep 30, 2019
  • East Magazine

Want to know what’s on Chancellor Dan’s mind? Just ask.

Since May 6, his first day as East Carolina University’s interim chancellor, Dan Gerlach has covered a lot of ground. Literally. One summer day when he sat down for 15...

Keith Parnell
Sep 18, 2018
  • Doug Boyd

5 MINUTES WITH KEITH PARNELL ’88

Position: Senior aerospace science instructor, Jones Senior High School, Trenton Degree: Bachelor’s degree in biology Hometown: New Bern “It is easy to say that my days at ECU helped shape...

Trevon Brown playing football
Sep 18, 2018
  • Jules Norwood

Grabbing Opportunity

Trevon Brown Year: Senior Major: University studies Hometown: Wilmington Position: Wide receiver Trevon Brown could have folded. He could have become a statistic, another kid from a tough neighborhood who...

Marshall Moore ’92 writes about Chinese ghosts in his latest novel.
Sep 18, 2018
  • Doug Boyd

INHOSPITABLE SPIRITS FILL NOVEL ABOUT AN AMERICAN IN ASIA

From Havelock to Hong Kong, Marshall Moore ’92 has a lot to write about. The Hong-Kong based author and college professor has published his fourth novel, Inhospitable, about an American...

From left, Jennifer Bartels ’03 stars with Alicia Silverstone and Mena Suvari in “American Woman” on the Paramount Network.
Sep 18, 2018
  • Erin Shaw

'American Woman'

With her starring role in Paramount Network’s new dramedy “American Woman” alongside Alicia Silverstone and Mena Suvari, actress and Raleigh native Jennifer Bartels ’03 is enjoying a well-deserved moment in...