Could Sodom have been destroyed by meteor?
An ancient Middle Eastern city likely was destroyed by a cosmic airburst and could have been the origin of the biblical story of Sodom and Gomorrah. That’s according to an...
Jules Norwood Archives
Wind In Their Sails
STORY BY JULES NORWOOD Wind in Their Sails A new partnership helps people with disabilities get on the water It’s a picture-perfect afternoon on the Pamlico River as Brent Carpenter...
Tree Campus
Tree Campus STORY BY JULES NORWOOD Between the Wright and Graham buildings, protected by a ring of holly bushes, stands an overlooked landmark older than any building on East Carolina...
Untapped potential
Nyah Gore Year: Freshman Major: Anthropology Hometown: Evans, Georgia When Nyah Gore was recruited by East Carolina University sprints coach Udon Cheek, he learned she had been involved in many...
On the wing
Through a long-standing partnership between ECU and Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, researchers have sequenced the genome of the white-winged wood duck, which could help in the conservation...
Klein covers evolution of MTV in new book
When MTV launched in 1981 with “Video Killed the Radio Star” by the Buggles, it was billed as a 24-hour video jukebox, and the success of that format showed it...
New normal, new future?
2020 has brought dramatic changes to daily life in the United States and around the globe as employees have adapted to teleworking, students and teachers have tackled virtual learning, large...
Women in STEM thrive at ECU
ECU’s work to address gender inequality has received a major boost in the form of a three-year, $999,074 grant from the National Science Foundation. Interim Chancellor Ron Mitchelson is the...
Coastal Coursework
As the water warms in the early spring, baitfish school by the thousands and even millions off the coast of North Carolina’s Outer Banks. Gannets and cormorants divebomb the schools...
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...