ZOMBIE CRABS
A parasitic barnacle present in eastern North Carolina’s estuaries is highly damaging to its mud crab hosts — castrating them and replacing the crab’s reproductive system with its own, fooling...
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ECU Alumni Association to recognize 2019 award winners
The East Carolina University Alumni Association will recognize four alumni and two honorary Pirates at its annual alumni awards ceremony on Friday, Oct. 25. The awards recognize alumni and friends...
HEALTHIER BABIES
Newborn babies whose mothers exercised during their pregnancy have improved motor skills, heart function and body composition, East Carolina University researchers have found. Understanding the health benefits of exercise for...
HEALTHIER BABIES
Newborn babies whose mothers exercised during their pregnancy have improved motor skills, heart function and body composition, East Carolina University researchers have found. Understanding the health benefits of exercise for...
SBTDC, ECU to host entrepreneurship funding program
EVENT INFORMATION What: “Becoming an Investor-Ready Entrepreneur” workshop hosted by the Small Business and Technology Development Center at East Carolina University When: Tuesday, Oct. 29, from 8 a.m. to 4:30...
SUPERNATURAL
Have you heard bumps in the night in buildings on East Carolina University’s campus? Maybe a door slamming mysteriously in Christenbury Gym. Cold brushes of air in Joyner Library. Children...
ECU brings together stakeholders to discuss aerospace industry
East Carolina University is determining how it can assist the state's aerospace industry after listening to feedback from academics, industry leaders, economic directors and government representatives at a workforce development...
SOARING TO NEW HEIGHTS
SWE president addresses students During Spirt AeroSystems’ visit, members of ECU’s Society of Women Engineers (SWE) were addressed by their organization’s national president. Cindy Hoover, vice president and chief engineer...
ECU Police investigating student death
Tuesday, Oct. 22 – Update The student who passed away in a residence hall on East Carolina University’s campus Saturday, Oct. 19 has been identified as Joseph Robert Harbolt of...
FEAR IN FILM
Since the earliest days of commercial cinema, filmmakers have produced movies intended to shock and terrify their audience — and viewers keep coming back for more. This Halloween season, Dr....