ECU Contributor Archives

Mar 07, 2022
  • Jackie Drake

Rural Health Symposium highlights equity, oral health, COVID-19 impact

Health equity, oral health, resilience and the impact of COVID-19 on rural health care were some of many topics covered at the fifth annual Rural Health Symposium on Feb. 23-25....

Mar 07, 2022
  • Jules Norwood

SUNKEN HISTORY

It’s no secret that hundreds, if not thousands, of ships and their crews have met their fate off the coast of North Carolina; the area is known, after all, as...

Mar 04, 2022
  • ECU News Services

ECU students, staff to participate in alternative spring break

Students and staff from East Carolina University will spend spring break serving others in eastern North Carolina and in Raleigh. ECU’s Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement has partnered with local...

Mar 04, 2022
  • Spaine Stephens

DENTAL WHITE COAT

Before choosing dental school, Brianna Horne carefully considered a variety of different careers in the health care field. When she slipped on her white coat Thursday evening during the East...

Mar 03, 2022
  • Ken Buday

ECU professor to help study effectiveness of concrete sealants in roads

An East Carolina University professor is taking a crack — literally — at solving road problems in North Carolina. Dr. Amin Akhnoukh, associate professor in the Department of Construction Management,...

Mar 03, 2022
  • Spaine Stephens

SONRÍE MEANS SMILE

Elena Uzun sat transfixed by the developing conflict in Ukraine into the wee hours of Saturday, Feb. 26. But when dawn arrived, she headed to the East Carolina University School...

Mar 02, 2022
  • Rob Spahr

MEDITERRANEAN DIET

Evidence increasingly supports the idea that plant-based dietary patterns, such as the Mediterranean diet, may play an important role in the risk reduction of many chronic diseases. To better educate...

Mar 02, 2022
  • ECU News Services

ECU to host commencement ceremony, college recognition ceremonies

For more than 115 years, East Carolina University’s commencement ceremony has been a time to recognize and celebrate the achievements of our students. This time-honored tradition congratulates them for a...

Mar 02, 2022
  • Lacey L. Gray

Harriot College dean announces revised associate dean positions

Allison S. Danell, dean of the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences at East Carolina University, has announced the selection of two faculty members who will serve in newly...

Feb 28, 2022
  • ECU News Services

Update to ECU’s COVID-19 Policies

As COVID-19 infection and hospitalization rates continue to decline in North Carolina and across the country, and as guidance from local, state and federal health officials evolves, the university continues...