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James Speck from Pierre has been awarded a $6,500 scholarship from the Ruth Karim Endowment to further his edu...

The performance of devices like light-emitting diodes (LEDs) has been frequently limited by defects. The mechanisms by which defects eliminate charge carriers are clearly understood in materials that liberate light at red or green wavelengths.

James Speck – an award winning animator and designer who has worked on Hollywood films in the past – is bringing real-time motion capture to Cambodia in a unique format in collaboration with local dental and health professionals.

ECE Professor & Donald W. Whittier Distinguished Professor in ECE Umesh Mishra receives one of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) most prestigious honors – the 2022 Jun-ichi Nishizawa Medal

Registered voters in the towns of Ecru and Sherman will have the opportunity to elect city officials in next week’s municipal general election set for Tuesday, June 8.

Housing and Development Newsletter According to ISCS, DenBaars “has made seminal contributions to the science of nitride materials, and is recognized as an international authority on the growth and structure of nitride semiconductors by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD). He has performed pioneering work on polar, non-polar and semi-polar Gallium nitride (GaN) materials and devices.” A professor of materials who holds the university’s Mitsubishi Chemical Chair, DenBaars joine...

April 19, 2021 By Keith Norrington With the demise by fire of the Goldenrod Showboat in late 2017, an unsolved question remains concerning the big pilotwheel that was long displayed in the lobby area of the famous floating theater. When removed from the derelict showboat, along with numerous other artifacts destined for a proposed river museum, it was noted that the wheel is of the double-circle variety and is not the pilotwheel of...

Citizens in the Town of Ecru went to the polls last Tuesday and voted to put the first woman mayor into office for the town. Patty Turk garnered 159 votes ousting incumbent Jeff Smith who had 87 votes. Jeff Smith, who has been in office since the fall of 2016, getting into the office by special election that year after Mayor Mark Baldwin resigned, was elected to his first full term of office in May of 2017. “I’m proud of everything we’ve accomplished over the past four and a half...

There are two business days left to qualify in the municipal elections with Friday, February 5, as the qualifying deadline. Those qualifying thus in Ecru are incumbent Jeff Smith for mayor as a Republican. The alderman qualifying as Republicans are incumbent Dr. James Speck, incumbent Allison Shumaker, Joey Tharp and Jeannie Thompson. Qualifying as a democrat is incumbent Gloria High. At Thaxton, no candadate has yet to qualify for the mayor race. Qualifying as Independents for aldermen thus fa...