Richard Butler Archives

Two females with brown hair wearing dark-colored campus EMS pullovers pack supplies and tools into their campus ambulance.
Apr 21, 2025
  • Kristen Martin

Student-led EMS team enhances campus emergency response

Less than five-minute response time. That was one of the first inspirations behind Campus Emergency Medical Services (EMS), a new first responder agency at East Carolina University. “I started working...

Sixteen men and women stand together smiling to celebrate the 60th anniversary of East Carolina University’s Faculty Senate.
Apr 17, 2025
  • Crystal Baity

ECU Faculty Senate celebrates 60th anniversary

East Carolina University is celebrating a managerial milestone this year: the 60th anniversary of the ECU Faculty Senate. The group formally organized in 1965 as a legislative and advisory body...

Apr 17, 2025
  • Crystal Baity

Outstanding faculty honored at 2025 University Teaching Awards

East Carolina University celebrated faculty members who excel in the classroom and beyond at the 2025 University Teaching Awards ceremony Tuesday in the Main Campus Student Center. “Our students, region...

Apr 16, 2025
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

ECU medical school faculty receive Master Educator honors

The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University has named three medical educators as the 2025 recipients of its Master Educator Awards. The Master Educator Program is designed to recognize excellence...

Apr 16, 2025
  • Jessica VanderKolk

‘Annihilation’ author VanderMeer gives talk, opens art show with ECU artist Eagle

Author Jeff VanderMeer told an East Carolina University crowd that he was happy to gain new readers of his “Southern Reach” books when the 2018 film “Annihilation,” inspired by his...

Two college women, wearing purple T-shirts and black leggings, kneel and sit on the floor. The woman on the left is doing the cat-cow yoga pose. The woman on the right plays a metallophone on her lap.
Apr 11, 2025
  • Jessica VanderKolk
  • Ronnie Woodward

Students pair music therapy, yoga in family caregiver research study

Sharing their research? In March, East Carolina University music therapy students had the chance to engage with others in their field as they presented their research at the Southeastern Region...

A dark-haired woman in a black graduation cap and gown poses against a brick background.
Apr 10, 2025
  • Benjamin Abel

Brain injury not enough to keep OT student from achieving her goals

Charlotte Pete knew since middle school that she wanted to be an occupational therapist and arrived in Greenville intent on graduating from the program. She was at the top of...

Apr 08, 2025
  • Bobby Ampezzan

Child life specialists treat childhood fears, grow resilient humans

Thursday mornings at the Brody Outpatient Clinic’s pediatric hematology-oncology practice is given over to children with sickle cell disease, a congenital condition that limits aerobic activity and can be painful...

Apr 08, 2025
  • Kim Tilghman

Pirates connect with community priorities during bus tour

As morning dawned on the first day of East Carolina University’s spring break, 39 faculty and staff members from across campus boarded a Pirate bus for a two-day journey through...

A large group of people, with PeeDee the Pirate kneeling in front, hold up purple Research One signs and make a Pirate hook.
Apr 04, 2025
  • Crystal Baity

ECU the model for US research institutions of the future

What is R1? The R1 research classification identifies the top 5% of U.S. universities that demonstrate the highest levels of research activity as designated by Carnegie Classifications of Institutions of...