PURPLE PANTRY
College students have plenty to stress about — from exams and grades to their futures and the minefield of social life on campus. One stress they don’t need is wondering...
Richard Butler Archives
‘FEELS LIKE HOME’
Jaalen Best moved into College Hill Suites on Tuesday afternoon, hoping to avoid the rush of East Carolina University move-in traffic before starting a new job at the campus recreation...
MEDICAL STUDENT ORIENTATION
On their first day of orientation at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, this year’s 86 incoming medical students took part in traditional orientation-related tasks and tours....
GAME ON
A $1.38 million national grant awarded to an East Carolina University researcher will examine how a serious video game may help young adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or ADHD...
Student: Tyler Beasley
Tyler Beasley, a longtime Pirate, has now put East Carolina University on a state-level map. As the first graduate student representative for the UNC Association of Student Governments, ECU can...
LEADING THE WAY
The new Student Government Association officers of East Carolina University are ready to take on the new school year with plans to improve the experience of being a Pirate. Student...
EXPANDING MEMBERSHIP
In order to better connect and engage with alumni, the East Carolina University Alumni Association is transitioning from its current transactional, dues-based membership model to one that includes all Pirate...
BUILDING A BETTER BRODY
Upon being appointed dean of ECU’s Brody School of Medicine, Dr. Mark Stacy did something unprecedented. He challenged the medical school’s staff to help “Build a Better Brody” and announced...
OZONE EXPOSURE
Ground-level air pollution can cause a variety of health problems, and East Carolina University’s Dr. Kym Gowdy is taking a closer look at how and why. Her work, for which...
MADE TO SKATE
Camille Young’s four cousins will receive skateboards as Christmas presents – all made by her in a Summer Session 1 class in East Carolina University’s School of Art and Design....