ECU Contributor Archives

Feb 21, 2023
  • Meaghan Skelly

Life-changing research: 5 facts about the East Carolina Diabetes and Obesity Institute

What once started as a virtual institute more than 20 years ago has transcended into the East Carolina Diabetes and Obesity Institute (ECDOI), a unique interdisciplinary research facility that is...

Feb 20, 2023
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU Voyages Series to feature bestselling, national award-winning North Carolina author

East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences concludes the 16th season of its signature Voyages of Discovery Series at 7 p.m. on March 2 in the Main...

The East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine hosted the inaugural cohort of the Dr. Jasper L. Lewis, Jr. Collaborative in Pediatric Dentistry, providing dentists skills they need to care for the youngest dental patients
Feb 20, 2023
  • Spaine Stephens

PEDIATRIC DENTAL COLLABORATIVE

After years of shaping a concrete idea from a vision, the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine hosted the inaugural cohort of the Jasper L. Lewis, Jr. Collaborative in...

Feb 17, 2023
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

ECU, Golden LEAF Foundation prepare scholars for regional impact

“Stand if you’re a first-generation student. Stand if you are majoring in education. Stand if you are a proud Pirate.” By the end of the list, everyone at the eighth...

Feb 17, 2023
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU dental school kicks off Jones County school-based oral health program

The East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine kicked off a new program earlier this month that will provided oral health care and dental hygiene education to schoolchildren in Jones...

Students in East Carolina University's Super Bowl LVII Event Management class pose together during their experience volunteering at the Super Bowl in Glendale, Arizona.
Feb 17, 2023
  • Ronnie Woodward

SUPER EXPERIENCE

As one of the students who volunteered at Super Bowl LVII in Glendale, Arizona, as part of a sports studies class in East Carolina University's College of Health and Human...

Feb 16, 2023
  • Ken Buday

THE FAST TRACK

Colin Foley is on the fast track to a career in engineering. The East Carolina University sophomore from New London spent this past summer and part of his winter break...

Feb 16, 2023
  • Hannah Eccleston

Student: Anthony Blackmon

An ACL injury while playing football has inspired East Carolina University senior Anthony Blackmon to pursue a career in anesthesiology. After experiencing anesthesia firsthand, Blackmon realized he was interested in...

A view from a hillside in Italy is what many East Carolina University students participating in the ECU Tuscany program see on their studies abroad. ECU's growing international program was one of four institutions nationwide to receive the Senator Paul Simon Award for Comprehensive Internationalization by NAFSA: Association of International Educators.
Feb 15, 2023
  • Jamie Smith

NATIONAL AWARD

East Carolina University’s growing international program was one of four institutions nationwide to receive the Senator Paul Simon Award for Comprehensive Internationalization by NAFSA: Association of International Educators. The award...

Feb 15, 2023
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU dental school tradition shines light on student research, scholarship

The East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine held its eighth annual Celebration of Research and Scholarship (CORAS) on Feb. 8, hosting 45 research posters and a keynote speaker from...