ECU Now Blog Archives

Mar 30, 2023
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU graduate student delves into the history, composition of historical remedies

An exploration of the ingredients in herbal remedies by East Carolina University students gave participants in a recent lecture series a glimpse at health care and medications from days gone...

Mar 29, 2023
  • Lacey L. Gray

Mentoring fellow aims to support ECU faculty

Jennifer Sisk, East Carolina University senior teaching instructor of English for the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences, is making a positive difference for faculty, now and in the...

Mar 29, 2023
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Alumni provide program experience in Brody Scholar selection

When the 2024 East Carolina University Brody Scholars and Fellows are announced in August, they will join the ranks of more than 150 medical school scholars who have shown high...

Mar 28, 2023
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU medical school faculty physicians honored for excellence in education, mentorship

Three physicians — David Collier, James deVente and Ricky Watson — were recently named master educators by the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. All three are Brody...

Mar 22, 2023
  • Benjamin Abel

ECU medical students establish ‘doula-like’ volunteer program

Getting through medical school can be tough — long hours, books and tests, and more books. However, between classes and all-nighters, two students from the East Carolina University Brody School...

Mar 21, 2023
  • Ken Buday

Engineering professor looking for traffic jams in the brain’s highways

The human brain is like a complex group of highways, and despite a good road map, traffic jams may develop. Sunghan Kim, an associate professor in East Carolina University’s Department...

Mar 17, 2023
  • Kim Tilghman

REDE bus tour encourages collaboration for transformation

While many stayed home or traveled to warmer climates during spring break, a group of East Carolina University faculty, students and staff embarked on a tour throughout eastern North Carolina’s...

Mar 16, 2023
  • Ronnie Woodward

Event, programs celebrate International Women’s Day

An International Women’s Day celebration at East Carolina University on Tuesday provided an array of programming options for attendees, including a film screening of “The Seeds of Vandana Shiva” and...

Mar 15, 2023
  • Matt Smith

Pirate Nation Gives expands participation opportunities

There are more ways than ever to participate in this year’s Pirate Nation Gives — East Carolina University’s annual day of giving. On Wednesday, look for ways to show your...

Mar 13, 2023
  • Benjamin Abel

ECU allied health programs receive approvals to increase offerings

Two programs within East Carolina University’s College of Allied Health Sciences have received approval to increase their course offerings, including expansion of ECU's bachelor’s degree in clinical laboratory sciences and...