Grad student bitten by T. rex research
An opportunity to participate in fascinating research as an undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh helped lead graduate student Shannon Brink to pursue a master’s degree at East Carolina...
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Five earn certification from ECU Economic Development Academy
In the first designation of its kind, five members of East Carolina University’s Economic Development Academy were named North Carolina Certified Economic Developers. Each member of the inaugural class completed...
ECU cardiologist earns national award for outstanding work in science and medicine
Dr. Blase Carabello has been awarded the 2020-2021 Harriet P. Dustan Award for Outstanding Work in Science as Related to Medicine from the American College of Physicians (ACP). Carabello is...
ECU students gain real-world experience interpreting data on seafloor earthquakes
Dr. Meg Blome, teaching assistant professor of geological sciences at East Carolina University, regularly teaches more than 50 students in an introductory oceanography course, but only half of those students...
ECU receives a National Endowment for the Arts Big Read grant
East Carolina University is one of 61 organizations nationwide selected to receive a 2021-22 National Endowment for the Arts Big Read grant. The grant project, directed by Dr. Marianne Montgomery,...
YouTube star MrBeast donates tech to ECU students
One of the most-subscribed YouTube creators in the country stopped by East Carolina University to donate more than $27,000 in laptops, iPads and headsets. MrBeast, the famously generous YouTuber whose...
Two new millipede species named for ECU employees
What’s long and flat, has many pairs of jointed legs, and is named for an East Carolina University employee? Two newly described species of millipedes, Nannaria breweri and Nannaria spruilli,...
At age 60, ECU student Karen Knight believes it’s never too late
Karen Knight always knew she wanted to further her education after receiving a degree in 1982. Now after nearly 40 years, this grandmother is doing just that. Knight is working...
Mitchell named winner of NCLR’s creative nonfiction prize
Steve Mitchell of Greensboro is the winner of the 2021 Alex Albright Creative Nonfiction Prize for “Ultimate Trip.” Mitchell will receive $400, and his essay will be published in the...
Baile selected to national economic and community engagement student advisory group
Rising East Carolina University senior Maggie Baile will represent the university on the inaugural Association of Public and Land-grant Universities’ (APLU) Commission on Economic and Community Engagement (CECE) Student Advisory...