ECU’s youngest students learning at Lab School
This academic year was the inaugural one for ECU’s Lab School, which will complete its school year in June. Housed in a renovated wing of South Greenville Elementary School, the...
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Economic Development Academy aimed at officials, business leaders
In April, ECU officials unveiled plans to create an academy that will offer economic development training and certifications to elected officials, business leaders and economic development staffers. The program, which...
ECU surgeons treating rare disorder with novel surgery
Sandra Callis is one of approximately 200,000 U.S. residents living with achalasia, a rare disorder that makes it almost impossible to eat. The grandmother from Colerain remembers doctors first told...
McMahon ’69 speaks at spring commencement
Fireworks flew and tassels turned May 4 in Dowdy- Ficklen Stadium as 5,479 students graduated from East Carolina University. At ECU’s 109th spring commencement ceremony, fireworks capped off a new...
3-D printing leads to surgical breakthrough for patient
Pictured above are Arnold with his family and Dr. Preston Sparks, an ECU cardiothoracic surgery fellow. Bottom, graduate student Joshua Stevens is shown with Arnold and Anciano. Franklin Arnold was...
Art and design students make stand-up paddleboards
From top, instructor Judd Snapp assists a student; Amber Delgado works on her board; paddles being assembled; board parts await installation. Twelve ECU students learned the art of making paddleboards...
Staton initiated into Phi Kappa Phi honor society
Chancellor Cecil P. Staton was initiated into the ECU Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, the national honor society, during a ceremony April 9. Membership in Phi Kappa Phi is extended...
Professor uses laser for record-breaking particle pull
ECU physics professor Yong-Qing Li and students in his lab have successfully pulled—not pushed—a particle for 10 meters, a distance 10 times greater than earlier experiments. “The normal way of...
Health care training hits the road
ECU’s Clinical Simulation Center took another step forward this spring when it unveiled its new mobile health care simulation unit, a vehicle designed to take training and continuing education opportunities...
Scholars from around the world meet at ECU
Higher education professionals from 20 institutions around the world met at ECU this spring for the 10th annual Global Partners in Education Conference. The conference brought together representatives from colleges...