ECU News Services Archives

Apr 11, 2016
  • Amy Adams Ellis

EMERGENCY EXPERIENCE

Amid blinking lights, shattering glass and thumping helicopter blades, adrenaline was pumping at the Winterville Fire-Rescue-EMS station April 9 as students from the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina...

Chancellor Cecil Staton and his wife, Catherine, award the Amethyst to Bill Clark.
Apr 11, 2016
  • Jessica Nottingham
  • Lacey L. Gray

HANDS-ON LEARNING

East Carolina University welcomed 300 high school juniors to campus Friday, April 8, for hands-on learning in STEM disciplines (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), as part of the 5th annual...

Apr 11, 2016
  • ECU News Services

College of Allied Health Sciences awards 35 student scholarships

The College of Allied Health Sciences held its annual Scholarship Celebration during a March 31 luncheon at the Rock Springs Center. The event, created in 2014 to honor outstanding students...

Board of Trustees member Danny Scott presents a gift to Chancellor Steve Ballard. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Apr 08, 2016
  • ECU News Services

RECOGNIZING LEADERSHIP

The East Carolina University Board of Trustees gathered for their regularly scheduled meeting on Friday, April 8. It was Chancellor Steve Ballard’s 61st and final Board of Trustees meeting before...

Oakwood School student Kaitlyn Kostrzebski throws a baseball into webbing while wearing a sleeve with sensors in it to measure force. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Apr 08, 2016
  • Kathy Muse

HEALTHY MOVEMENTS

Fitted with a sensor that tracks elbow movements and muscle strain, 10th grade student Kaitlyn Kostrzebski, swings her arm back and hurls one ball after another in a biomechanics laboratory...

Chelsey Turner, left, and Cheyenna Francis pose with their poster detailing their research into medication adherence and health literacy among cancer patients. (Photos by Cliff Hollis; videos by Rich Klindworth)
Apr 07, 2016
  • Doug Boyd

SPOTLIGHT ON SCHOLARSHIP

Scholarship is in the spotlight this week at East Carolina University as approximately 360 undergraduate and graduate students as well as postdoctoral scholars are presenting their research and creative work...

Apr 06, 2016
  • ECU News Services

ECU to hold annual fashion show

Ready-to-wear and art-inspired fashion will hit the runway at East Carolina University’s 12th annual Apparel and Interior Merchandising Organization (AIMO) Fashion Show. The event will be held 7-9 p.m. Thursday,...

Apr 05, 2016
  • ECU News Services

Students bring academics to BuzzFeed

While scrolling through your online newsfeed, you may have noticed offbeat quizzes and posts from BuzzFeed, a global network for news and entertainment that generates six billion views each month....

Apr 04, 2016
  • Amy Adams Ellis

Five-year Achievement Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Activity

Dr. S. Raza “Raz” Shaikh, associate professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and a member of the East Carolina Diabetes and Obesity Institute (ECDOI) at the Brody...

Apr 04, 2016
  • Kathy Muse

Scholarship of Engagement Award

Paige Viren’s passion for travel and meeting people is part of her DNA. If you spend a few minutes with her, this fact becomes apparent. She has traveled to six...