ECU Contributor Archives

Feb 05, 2019
  • ECU News Services

CHANGING LIVES THROUGH RESEARCH

East Carolina University researchers and inventors will be recognized Tuesday evening, Feb. 5, at the university’s third annual Research and Scholarship Awards. The awards will honor ECU faculty with the...

Dr. Shannon Wallet, associate professor in the Department of Foundational Sciences at the ECU School of Dental Medicine, studies the communication of the immune system in her quest to understand diabetes. Along with her own research, she mentors student researchers.
Feb 04, 2019
  • Peggy Novotny

UNDERSTANDING DIABETES

After 20 years in diabetes research, Dr. Shannon Wallet believes that the key to addressing Type 1 diabetes is to understand the immune system processes that lead to the disease....

Camellias bloom outside the new ECU student center and parking deck. They’re part of the year-round landscape design at the new facilities.
Feb 01, 2019
  • Doug Boyd

NATIVE AND SUSTAINABLE

While East Carolina University’s new student center building has received much well-deserved attention, the grounds surrounding it are just as creative and innovative. Though the turf and some plants are...

Jan 30, 2019
  • ECU News Services

Bright named associate dean for ECU Brody School of Medicine admissions

Cedric M. Bright, associate dean for inclusive excellence at the UNC School of Medicine, has been named associate dean for admissions for the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina...

Jan 30, 2019
  • ECU News Services

ECU to host Part-Time Job and Internship Fair for students and alumni

East Carolina University Career Services will hold the Spring 2019 Part-Time Job and Internship Fair on Feb. 7 in the Main Campus Student Center Ballroom from 1-4 p.m. The event...

Jan 30, 2019
  • ECU News Services

Collaboratory Announced: ECU harnessing big data to aid regional industries

East Carolina University reinforced its commitment to drive economic growth in the region Monday with the announcement of a new Economic Growth Collaboratory. More than 100 industry and community leaders...

Dr. Alex K. Manda directs a research group at a Hyde County field site for his RAPID grant. Manda’s team is researching how Hurricane Florence and previous storms may be impacting eastern North Carolina farmers and their crops.
Jan 30, 2019
  • Lacey L. Gray

CONTINUING RESPONSE TO HURRICANE FLORENCE

Even before Hurricane Florence hit North Carolina in September 2018, East Carolina University was preparing to respond. Four ECU research groups, led by faculty in the Thomas Harriot College of...

Members of ECU’s Black Student Union serve lunch at the Community Crossroads Center.
Jan 25, 2019
  • Doug Boyd
  • Jamie Smith

LEGACY OF SERVICE

A day off from classes is normally a welcomed invitation to sleep in and take it easy, but on Monday, Jan. 21, hundreds of East Carolina University students braved an...

Baseball instructor Lance Martin hits as ECU researchers Patrick Rider and Nick Marray observe.
Jan 24, 2019
  • Doug Boyd

BATTER UP!

Eastern North Carolina is rich in baseball tradition, with a pair of Hall of Famers among its native sons. That tradition could take a step forward through work researchers at...

Jan 23, 2019
  • ECU News Services

ECU event celebrates life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

East Carolina University will present Payton Head as the keynote speaker for the Martin Luther King Jr. celebration Jan. 24 at 7 p.m. in Main Campus Student Center Ballroom. A...