ECU Contributor Archives

Jul 23, 2020
  • Jules Norwood

‘AN IMPORTANT ROLE’

Dr. Allison Danell, professor of chemistry, has been named dean of East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences (THCAS) by the ECU Board of Trustees and the...

Jul 22, 2020
  • Doug Boyd

University Writing Center assists job seekers, college applicants

Unemployment rates in North Carolina hit 7.6% in June – almost double the rate from a year ago. If you’re one of those seeking a job, East Carolina University’s Online...

Jul 20, 2020
  • Kelly Rusk

REC THERAPY GOES VIRTUAL

It’s a pretty typical summer camp scenario: Activity leader and East Carolina University rising senior Abbie Duke enthusiastically greets her campers, signing hello to Laylah Yarrell, who is deaf. Then...

Jul 20, 2020
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU collaborators, students study pathogen that affects animals, humans

East Carolina University faculty members are collaborating on research that could eventually lead to development of a drug or vaccine to fight bacteria that can infect farm animals and people....

Jul 16, 2020
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU-led COVID-19 survey now open to Pitt County participants

Phase One of the Pitt County Community Prevention and COVID-19 Testing Study, or Pitt County ComPACT Study, is now under way, and project leaders are seeking participants in Pitt County....

Jul 16, 2020
  • ECU News Services

New research from ECU suggests Blackbeard ran the QAR aground on purpose

It has long been speculated by historians that the notorious pirate Blackbeard may have intentionally run his ship, the Queen Anne’s Revenge (QAR), aground off the coast of North Carolina...

Jul 16, 2020
  • Lacey L. Gray

INTENTIONAL SHIPWRECK?

It has long been speculated by historians that the notorious pirate Blackbeard may have intentionally run his ship, the Queen Anne’s Revenge (QAR), aground off the coast of North Carolina...

Jul 15, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

Existing transportation program could be replicated to help increase access to care

A project funded by The Duke Endowment will allow East Carolina University researchers to evaluate an existing transportation program and pilot a similar one for underserved residents. The program, called...

Jul 14, 2020
  • ECU News Services

ECU researcher co-authors international plea for government, businesses to avoid harmful chemicals

WHAT: A group of 16 scientists from universities, the U.S. National Institutes of Health, the European Environment Agency, and non-governmental organizations recently published a peer-reviewed article in Environmental Science &...

Jul 14, 2020
  • Ken Buday

VIRTUAL SIMULATION

As East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine prepares future medical professionals, it relies on the Office of Clinical Simulation to provide lifelike patient scenarios for students. However, with coronavirus...