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As members of the class of 2023 walked into Minges Coliseum for convocation Aug. 18, they were handed small buttons with one very important word: Connect. Connecting and making the...
Fall 2019 Archives
He started ‘Bo Time.’ Now it’s ‘go time’
When Erik Jones won the Bojangles’ Southern 500 at Darlington on Labor Day weekend, the high point for Randy Poindexter ’78 probably wasn’t on the track. More likely, it was...
Artist, teacher, philanthropist, Pirate
Years ago, Sneads Ferry artist Sherry Thurston ’70 drew a pair of white rubber boots – the kind local shrimpers and anglers wear – called the drawing “Sneads Ferry Sneakers”...
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...
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...
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...
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....
Sedition and whiskey
Decades before Americans fought taxes in the Whiskey Rebellion, colonists apparently drank whiskey and talked rebellion in a southeastern N.C. tavern ECU students uncovered this summer. Last year at the...
Clues to dementia
Neurodegenerative diseases – such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and ALS – are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among older adults. Consuming docosahexaenoic acid, an omega-3 fatty acid found in...
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...