Source: James Morrison, WUNC, 2/16/18


East Carolina University is on a mission to improve health and economic prosperity in rural parts of the state, and is using big data to pursue that goal. The university announced this week it will be partnering with Cary-based analytics firm SAS.
One clear economic opportunity is for agriculture-reliant communities to grow crops for increasingly popular bio-based products and fuels, according to ECU Vice Chancellor Jay Golden.

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