WHY PEOPLE SMOKE
Two years ago, East Carolina University psychiatrist Vivek Anand documented adolescent use of and opinions on electronic cigarettes. Now, he’s pinpointing the mechanisms behind smoking behavior. Anand’s 2015 findings showed...
David Irwin Archives
CAMPUS MISSION
East Carolina University continues to strengthen its military programs, most recently with the addition of Lt. Col. Melissa Coleman, professor of military science, and Lt. Col. April Wimmer, professor of...
STATINS IN FOCUS
Millions of people in the U.S. take statins, a class of drugs prescribed to lower cholesterol, reducing the risk of heart disease and other health problems. Now, researchers at East...
LOW and SLOW
It’s hot. It’s saucy. And come September, it’s a match made in heaven – hog heaven, that is. ECU and BBQ. “Any game that’s three or later, we’re going to...
Student: Katie Chandler
Katie Chandler will graduate in May as a quadruple major in History, Philosophy, Great Books, and Religious Studies. As a freshman, Chandler was a history major. She took advantage of...
PAINT AND NUMBERS
How do you study a graph if you can’t see it? That’s the problem that faced East Carolina University students Lee Brame and Regan Simmer, his tutor at the Pirate...
STEM FOCUS
Two National Science Foundation grants totaling almost $1.6 million will help East Carolina University’s College of Education improve undergraduate science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, education and introduce computational...
OCEAN EXPLORATION
Oceanographer Dr. Robert Ballard kicked off the 2017-18 season of ECU’s Voyages of Discovery Series on Sept. 14 with a discussion on “Human History Under Water.” During the event, Ballard...
RURAL PROSPERITY
A first-ever effort to marshal the combined resources of 12 East Carolina University colleges and schools, 14 centers and institutes and university partners behind a single, coordinated campaign, the “Rural...
TOP COLLEGES
East Carolina University once again ranks in the top tier of national universities in a new listing by U.S. News & World Report. ECU is one of the top four...