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FIRST CONNECTION<br/> Crash course prepares incoming students for life at ECU

ACCELERATING CHANGE<br/>
Brody School of Medicine receives $1 million national award

'EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED'<br/> Dental school opens service learning center in Elizabeth City

HEALTHY HARVEST<br/> ECU research focuses on community gardens, farmers markets

DIFFICULT DECISIONS<br/> Research examines guest workers' motives, struggles

'GREAT GRACE, GREAT PASSION'<br/> ECU Honors College bids farewell to transformative leader

THREE YEARS RUNNING<br/> Brody School of Medicine tops in producing family physicians

CUSTOM WHEELS<br/> ECU group builds bicycles for children with disabilities

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Family therapy programs receive reaccreditation

American Athletic Conference debuts new logo

ECU alumna addresses spring graduates

ECU, Big East announce All Sports membership status

Sen. Burr talks health care during visit to Brody

Symposium to focus on public service

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Business faculty report publications

Nurse faculty member serves at N.C. General Assembly

ECU student discusses Tuscarora at UNCC history forum

ECU to hold candlelight vigil

St. Amant delivers keynote presentation

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ECU alum qualifies for U.S. Open

ECU graduate and 2012 Conference USA Player of the Year Harold Varner III of Gastonia, N.C. qualified for the 2013 U.S. Open as an alternate from the sectional qualifier in Rockville, Md. Varner set state records as the first African American to win both the North Carolina Amateur at Greensboro and two months later, the Match Play Championship in Bermuda Run. Read more at ECUPirates.com. Read a Spring 2012 East magazine profile of Varner.

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ECU grad is 'Hot Dad' winner on Today Show

ECU medical school graduate Andrew Ungaro was featured June 14 on the Today Show with Kathie Lee and Hoda Kotb as winner of the iVillage Hottest Dad in America contest. Ungaro is a Navy doctor who lives in Portsmouth, Va. with his wife, Marley, and children Langley, 14, and Grey, 10. He was selected from among 1,500 entries narrowed down to nine categories that received 150,000 votes online. Read more...

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ECU Wins C. Peter Magrath University/Community Engagement Award

Magrath Award Andy Anaconda and Patch Clark talk about going to Iraq.

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Heavy rains affect water quality

Heavy rains from summer storms like Tropical Storm Andrea, which caused sudden downpours across the region June 7, can lead to stormwater runoff from rainwater that “runs off” the land rather than seeping into the ground, according to the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources. That untreated water can affect water quality in streams, lakes and rivers around eastern North Carolina. ECU environmental health professor Dr. Tim Kelley is an expert in water quality. Read more...

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Campus News

Soldier's memoir selected for summer reading program

A memoir about a college student who founded a non-profit organization while on active duty with the U.S. Marine Corps has been selected as the 2013 Pirate Read at East Carolina University. “It Happened on the Way to War” by Rye Barcott is set in the year 2000. Barcott was stationed in Kibera – a slum located in Nairobi, Kenya. While there, Barcott made a connection with the locals and in turn formed a bond with two specific people. Read more...

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