Richard Butler Archives

Nov 30, 2023
  • Ken Buday

ECU professors eye the future of transportation in North Carolina

Two East Carolina University professors are helping the N.C. Department of Transportation (NCDOT) prepare for the future as part of the University Transportation Center of Excellence. Dr. Amin K. Akhnoukh,...

Nov 29, 2023
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU surgery professor named to Academy of Master Surgeon Educators

Dr. Carl E. Haisch, professor of surgery in surgical immunology and transplantation and vice chair of surgical education in the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, has been...

Nov 28, 2023
  • Michael Rudd

Business Pirates hit NYC

A Google search on Pirates and New York City yields numerous results, including a Seattle Times article stating that in New York in 1692, “piracy was a leading economic-development tool...

Nov 28, 2023
  • ECU News Services

ECU dental school partners with UF on practice-based research grant

The University of Florida College of Dentistry and the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine received a five-year $3,692,175 National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, or NIDCR, grant...

Nov 28, 2023
  • Kristen Martin

ECU alumna receives national award recognizing her excellence in teaching

East Carolina University alumna Ainsley VanBuskirk thought she was attending a typical school assembly at Greenville’s Pactolus Global School, where she teaches first grade. However, the assembly was called to...

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Nov 28, 2023
  • Benjamin Abel

Environmental health researcher tackles medical school

Radhika Dhingra already had the letters ‘Dr.’ before her name before she stepped foot into the Brody School of Medicine as an East Carolina University student. Born and raised in...

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Nov 27, 2023
  • ECU News Services

ECU alum Kelly King to deliver Fall 2023 commencement address

East Carolina University’s commencement ceremony will take place Friday, Dec. 15, at 10 a.m. in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum to celebrate approximately 1,925 members of the fall Class of...

Nov 27, 2023
  • ECU News Services

ECU alum Kelly King to deliver Fall 2023 commencement address

East Carolina University’s commencement ceremony will take place Friday, Dec. 15, at 10 a.m. in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum to celebrate approximately 1,925 members of the fall Class of...

Nov 21, 2023
  • Rich Klindworth

Let’s Connect connects rural students to higher education information

ECU and Wayne Community College co-hosted Let’s Connect for middle and high school students. Assistant principal Randy Meisenhelder looked over the crowd of about 60 Spring Creek High School students...

Nov 21, 2023
  • Lacey L. Gray

DESTIGMATIZING MENTAL HEALTH

Rivaling pre-pandemic numbers with an audience of nearly 1,000 people, East Carolina University proudly welcomed actor, director, producer, triathlete and mental health advocate Sean Astin to campus on Nov. 16...