Doug Boyd Archives

Jul 10, 2023
  • Doug Boyd
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Tame the Flame

Tame the Flame STORY BY DOUG BOYD AND PATRICIA EARNHARDT TYNDALL Charles Darwin considered fire and language the two most important discoveries of humankind. Of those, fire has been a...

Jul 10, 2023
  • Doug Boyd

Remembering ECU Sports Icons

Remembering ECU sports icons Jeff CHarles, Tery Holland STORY BY DOUG BOYD Brian Bailey remembers the first time he heard of Jeff Charles. It was 1988. Bailey, sports director at WNCT...

Alexander Murashov and Elena Pak study the effects of ancestral diet
Dec 16, 2022
  • Doug Boyd

Research shows you are what your ancestors ate

Parental diet and physical activity levels are critical factors in the prevalence of obesity and metabolic disorders such as diabetes not only among their offspring but also their children’s children...

Dec 16, 2022
  • Doug Boyd

Headache Hunter

It might start with an aura — a scintillating scotoma of zigzag lines, opaque circles, rings of colors. You might turn or blink, but it just gets worse. Then the...

Jun 27, 2022
  • Doug Boyd

Primary Care

STORY BY DOUG BOYD Primary Care The Brody family has been key to ECU’s growth in medicine and medical research Dr. Helina Gan ’22 starts her residency in family medicine...

Jun 08, 2022
  • Doug Boyd

Programs, experts at ECU help new businesses get started and existing businesses get stronger

April Kelly has taken some guidance from programs and experts at ECU and turned it into the building blocks of a company she hopes will give parents a vegan alternative...

John McLamb
Feb 07, 2022
  • Doug Boyd

5 minutes with JON MCLAMB ’92

Position: Founder and president of CourtHarbor Degree: Leisure systems studies Hometown: Lexington, North Carolina “CourtHarbor is the creator of patented, free-standing tennis court dividers that provide more enjoyable tennis by...

Feb 07, 2022
  • Doug Boyd

ECU receives $5 million to strengthen coastal communities

A $5 million federal grant will support ECU researchers and students as they work to strengthen resilience in communities along the Albemarle-Pamlico estuary system of coastal North Carolina.  ECU will...

Jun 16, 2021
  • Crystal Baity
  • Doug Boyd
  • Erin Ward
  • Ken Buday

Earth Works

Earth Works Look around the country and you’ll find East Carolina alumni working with the land and the species that inhabit it to make the world a better place. If...

Jan 07, 2021
  • Doug Boyd

Winning on track and water

“Big Ed” Watkins ’98 fueled every one of Denny Hamlin’s seven wins in this season’s NASCAR Cup Series. Though the team came up short in the championship race, it was...