ECU Contributor Archives

Oct 27, 2022
  • Benjamin Abel

ECU research study aims to unravel secrets of human gene expression

A pair of researchers at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine have received $280,000 in funding from Janssen Pharmaceuticals to study the way that genes are expressed in humans,...

Oct 26, 2022
  • Michael Rudd

COB alum shares business success stories at annual business leadership conference

More than 1,200 students, alumni and presenters attended the seventh annual Business Leadership Conference held Oct. 20 on the campus of East Carolina University. During the one-day event, College of...

David Murray, from left, Arvind Mallikarjunan, Valentine Okafor and Vaishnavi Siripurapu — all North Carolina residents — have been chosen for the Class of 2026 Brody Scholar and Brody Fellow award, valued at approximately $118,000.
Oct 26, 2022
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

BRODY SCHOLARS

Four students at East Carolina University's Brody School of Medicine have been awarded the university’s most prestigious medical scholarship. David Murray, Valentine Okafor, Arvind Mallikarjunan and Vaishnavi Siripurapu — all...

Oct 25, 2022
  • Benjamin Abel

Albernaz Lecture speakers encourage medical students to embrace storytelling

The noon-time crowd that filed into the East Carolina Heart Institute Oct. 24 was fairly typical, headed to a catered luncheon to listen to a speaker talk about something related...

Oct 25, 2022
  • ECU Advancement

ECU Foundation welcomes new board members

East Carolina University alumni Stephanie Bond, Vonta Leach and Misty L. Miller have joined the ECU Foundation’s board of directors. Their four-year terms started in July and will end in...

American flags line the ECU mall.
Oct 25, 2022
  • Hannah Eccleston

HONORING SERVICE

East Carolina University alumni Thomas Arthur and Paul Singleton will be inducted to the Distinguished Military Service Society (DMSS) in November. The ECU Alumni Association recognizes alumni and friends for...

Oct 21, 2022
  • Spaine Stephens

BIOENERGETICS TO BEDSIDE

A researcher in the Brody School of Medicine has joined forces with a Brody/ECU Health surgical oncologist on a two-year, $200,000 Department of Defense Melanoma Research Program funded project that...

Oct 14, 2022
  • Crystal Baity

Alumni awards recognize outstanding service to ECU

Six outstanding East Carolina University alumni and friends will be recognized by the ECU Alumni Association over homecoming weekend. The ECU alumni awards celebrate individuals who demonstrate outstanding service to...

Oct 13, 2022
  • Crystal Baity

Gifts fund research, student scholarship at ECU

Shirley and Marvin Slaughter’s legacy of supporting East Carolina University students is continuing. Planned gifts by Shirley Slaughter, who died April 16, will provide $25,000 for the creation of the...

Oct 13, 2022
  • ECU News Services

Alumni awards recognize outstanding service to ECU

Six outstanding East Carolina University alumni and friends will be recognized by the ECU Alumni Association over homecoming weekend. The ECU alumni awards celebrate individuals who demonstrate outstanding service to...