STATINS IN FOCUS
Millions of people in the U.S. take statins, a class of drugs prescribed to lower cholesterol, reducing the risk of heart disease and other health problems. Now, researchers at East...
September 2017 Archives
ECU students donate $4,723.50 to Hurricane Harvey and Irma relief efforts
ECU students stepped up to make a difference with hurricane relief efforts for communities directly impacted by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. 530 ECU students donated from their dining plan on...
LOW and SLOW
It’s hot. It’s saucy. And come September, it’s a match made in heaven – hog heaven, that is. ECU and BBQ. “Any game that’s three or later, we’re going to...
Student: Katie Chandler
Katie Chandler will graduate in May as a quadruple major in History, Philosophy, Great Books, and Religious Studies. As a freshman, Chandler was a history major. She took advantage of...
Brody students help transform medical education
Faculty at ECU’s Brody School of Medicine have made national news in recent months because of their contributions toward transforming medical education around high quality, team-based, patient-centered care. Brody’s innovative curriculum...
ECU’s College of Nursing offers new Master of Nursing Science concentration
A new online program launched this semester by ECU’s College of Nursing is poised to help the region address its shortage of mental health care professionals. Graduates of the Psychiatric-Mental...
ECU unveils official class ring designs
When alumnus Ryan Beeson looked into getting his East Carolina University class ring, he wanted something special like his dad, an N.C. State graduate, had. “All of his friends have...
PAINT AND NUMBERS
How do you study a graph if you can’t see it? That’s the problem that faced East Carolina University students Lee Brame and Regan Simmer, his tutor at the Pirate...
STEM FOCUS
Two National Science Foundation grants totaling almost $1.6 million will help East Carolina University’s College of Education improve undergraduate science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, education and introduce computational...
OCEAN EXPLORATION
Oceanographer Dr. Robert Ballard kicked off the 2017-18 season of ECU’s Voyages of Discovery Series on Sept. 14 with a discussion on “Human History Under Water.” During the event, Ballard...