ECU Contributor Archives

Constance Williams stepped into her first internship at The Blind Center and designed a full summer of activities including gardening for people with blindness or low vision as part of the ECU SECU Public Fellows Internship program.
Aug 11, 2022
  • Kim Tilghman

REAL PERSPECTIVE FOR TRUE SERVICE

It’s morning, and you place your feet on the ground to start your day. What do you do first? Open the windows to see the sun streaming in? Start the...

Ivan Martinez-Santoyo found himself in a different work environment and found his voice at A Time for Science in Grifton as part of ECU's SECU Public Fellows Internship program. (Photo by Kim Tilghman)
Aug 11, 2022
  • Kim Tilghman

AN ENVIRONMENT FOR DISCOVERY

You might miss the entrance in a curve on a residential country road between Lenoir and Pitt counties. But, as you loop back around and make your way down the...

Aug 11, 2022
  • ECU News Services

ECU’s Jami Leibowitz receives Fulbright U.S. Global Scholar award

East Carolina University’s Dr. Jami Leibowitz, associate director of global affairs and chair of Global Partners in Education, has received a Fulbright U.S. Global Scholar Program award for the 2022-23...

Aug 09, 2022
  • Jules Norwood

GLOBAL CONNECTIONS

East Carolina University’s Dr. Jami Leibowitz, associate director of global affairs, has received a Fulbright U.S. Global Scholar Program award from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign...

Aug 08, 2022
  • Benjamin Abel

Nursing dean selected as American Academy of Nursing fellow

Dr. Bim Akintade, the new dean of East Carolina University’s College of Nursing, will be inducted as a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, recognized by the nursing community...

Aug 08, 2022
  • Lacey L. Gray

TRANSFORMATIONAL VOICES

East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences will launch the 16th season of its Voyages of Discovery Series this fall, featuring three experts who will address the topics of...

Aug 05, 2022
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

Brody School of Medicine researchers advancing brain health knowledge

Two researchers at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine have been selected as the 2022 recipients of the Wooten Family Initiative for Brain Health Research Grant. Dr. Alessandro Didonna,...

Aug 04, 2022
  • ECU News Services

North Carolina Literary Review highlights role of writer-teachers in 2022 issue

The North Carolina Literary Review, produced at East Carolina University, begins its fourth decade in print featuring “Writers Who Teach, Teachers Who Write.” In the introduction to the 2022 issue,...

Dr. Jeffrey Eells, Brody School of Medicine associate professor of anatomy and cell biology, led a study on the relationship between COVID-19 exposure and the likelihood of development of Parkinson’s disease.
Aug 04, 2022
  • Benjamin Abel

COVID-PARKINSON’S LINK

A team of scientists, led by researchers from East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine, have identified another problem stemming from COVID-19 infections — the potential for greater risk of...

Aug 03, 2022
  • ECU News Services

COVID-19 Leave Provisions Ending

Pursuant to Governor Cooper’s plans to end the public health emergency for COVID-19 as of Aug. 15, 2022, and in accordance with the state’s Communicable Disease Emergency policy, certain human...