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Student Emily Scott interned this summer at the North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher.
Aug 20, 2018
  • Matt Smith

OLD PASSION RESURFACES

Between hosting interactive exhibits and hand feeding aquatic animals as part of her internship at the North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher, East Carolina University sophomore Emily Scott has one...

Aug 20, 2018
  • ECU News Services

SUMMER INTERNSHIPS

East Carolina University students spent their summer delving into internships, travel, research and service. At internships across the United States and beyond, students learned about their intended professions while gaining...

Twins Matthew, left, and Andrew Guillot, seniors in ECU’s construction management program, interned this summer.
Aug 20, 2018
  • Michael Rudd

BUILDING ON CLASSROOM KNOWLEDGE

Twins Andrew and Matthew Guillot are seniors in ECU’s construction management program, housed in the College of Engineering and Technology. They are from Monroe. Matthew plans to graduate from ECU...

Aug 17, 2018
  • ECU News Services

Corbett named Coastal Studies Institute director

East Carolina University has named Dr. Reide Corbett as its new dean of integrated coastal programs and director of the Coastal Studies Institute. Corbett, a Pirate since 2000, has served...

Dr. Tom Irons gives first-year medical students at the Brody School of Medicine a historical tour of Greenville.
Aug 09, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

MEDICAL STUDENT BUS TOUR

Groups of first-year medical school students boarded an ECU bus on Aug. 1, knowing only that they were going to get a tour of Greenville. What they actually received was...

Aug 08, 2018
  • ECU News Services

ONE PIRATE NATION™

These new videos give our audiences a glimpse into ECU through a wide-range of exciting activities shot all across (and from above) the ECU campus in early summer. A 30-second...

Fadi Issa, assistant professor of neurobiology, examines a group of zebrafish in his lab.
Aug 06, 2018
  • Matt Smith

FISHY FINDINGS

An East Carolina University researcher is studying the effects of social behavior on nervous system function and development in a most unlikely place ­– a fish tank. Spearheaded by a...

Aug 03, 2018
  • ECU News Services

ECU Physicians nurse practitioner earns dermatology certification

A nurse practitioner with ECU Physicians has earned a certification in dermatology. Erin McGillicuddy Hurd has been awarded the Dermatology Certified Nurse Practitioner (DCNP) designation by the Dermatology Nursing Certification...

Aug 03, 2018
  • ECU News Services

ECU welcomes the most diverse class of medical students in its history

The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University officially welcomed the most diverse class of medical students in its 42-year history during its annual White Coat Ceremony on Friday...

Aug 01, 2018
  • ECU News Services

COMING TOGETHER

On our first full day in Milan, we visited a health communication company called Healthware International. Healthware International “combines advisory, agency services and technology capabilities to improve health outcomes while...