ECU News Services Archives

ECU alumnus Dan Kane, seated, prepares material for demonstration at the Mitochondrial Physiology School held on campus Aug. 10 - 13. Kane is assistant professor of human kinetics at St. Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia, Canada. (Photos by Gretchen Baugh)
Aug 19, 2015
  • Kathryn Kennedy

‘SUMMER CAMP’ FOR SCIENTISTS

Scientists from around the world converged on East Carolina University’s health sciences campus Aug. 10-13 to get a crash course in an organelle that powers all human cells. Mitochondrial Physiology...

Aug 17, 2015
  • ECU News Services

Sharing a special moment from the World Special Olympics

  Donna Mooneyham, an adjunct faculty member at East Carolina University’s College of Health and Human Performance, said she experienced many heartwarming moments as a coach of the U.S. aquatics...

Daniel Feterovskiy waves a flag as his mother Oksana Feterovkaya and father Aleksy Feterovskiy (last names vary because of gender) listen to a video message from President Barack Obama. The couple immigrated to the U.S. from Uzbekistan and were at ECU to participate in a naturalization ceremony. (Photos by Jay Clark)
Aug 17, 2015
  • Jay Clark

CELEBRATING CITIZENSHIP

Forty-eight applicants from 28 countries became United States citizens during a naturalization ceremony held at the East Carolina Heart Institute Aug. 14. This was the first time a naturalization ceremony...

Incoming Brody School of Medicine student Pooja Sarin is helped into her white coat by Dr. Susan Schmidt, associate dean for Student Affairs. All 80 new students received a white coat as a gift from the BSOM Alumni Society to recognize their induction into the Brody medical alumni family. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Aug 14, 2015
  • Amy Adams Ellis

‘NEVER THE SAME’

Brody School of Medicine Class of 2019 All 80 students are North Carolina residents. They were selected from 982 applicants and represent 25 counties of residence, from Buncombe in the...

ECU engineering students Hanadee Abu-Zayed, Nicholas Garcia and Carrie Robinson, left to right, conduct experiments using the wind tunnel on campus. (Photos by Jay Clark)
Aug 11, 2015
  • Crystal Baity

AERODYNAMICS LIVE

Seeing the impact of air and speed on objects beats reading a description in a textbook, according to East Carolina University engineering students. The principles of aerodynamics come to life...

ECU business management major Destiny Reid presents educational materials related to adoption to members of Congress, as part of her 10-week internship through the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI). (Photos by Kami Swingle with CCAI)
Aug 10, 2015
  • Kelly Setzer

MAKING AN IMPACT

While many college students spent their summer sleeping late or soaking up the sun, East Carolina University junior Destiny Reid was preparing a presentation to Congress. Reid was one of...

Aug 06, 2015
  • ECU News Services

ECU graduate stars in opera version of “Cold Mountain”

Mezzo-soprano Deborah Nansteel, who earned a degree in music from East Carolina University in 2007, premiered the role of Lucinda in the Santa Fe Opera Festival’s world premiere production of...

Aug 05, 2015
  • ECU News Services

Patriarca named among most influential deans

Former ECU College of Education Dean Dr. Linda A. Patriarca was named one of the 30 most influential deans of education in the United States by Mometrix Test Preparation. According...

Camp Needles in the Pines participant Dylan Simpson packs his gear in preparation for leaving on the final day of camp. The one-week camp offered each summer by the Department of Pediatrics in the Brody School of Medicine helps children learn strategies for coping with their Type 1 Diabetes. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Aug 04, 2015
  • Amy Adams Ellis

INDEPENDENCE DAYS

Right after breakfast on the final day of Camp Needles in the Pines, the director led 75 young campers in a rousing rendition of the camp song, complete with hand...

Aug 03, 2015
  • ECU News Services

ECU alum consults on Netflix series

Actor Charlie Cox (left) gives the credit to East Carolina University alumnus Joe Strechay (right) for the good reviews of his performance as Matt Murdock, a blind lawyer who at...