HEALTHY OUTCOMES
Babies with less fat, strong hearts, better metabolism and healthy cells are the benefits of exercise by pregnant women, according to research at East Carolina University. Linda May, an associate...
Community Engagement Archives
Dental students create oral care video for caretakers of pediatric ventilator patients
For two students in East Carolina University’s School of Dental Medicine, a passion for serving patients who need special care shines through action and advocacy. Lydia Hartung and Hope Anne...
GAMBLING RESEARCH
Dr. Michelle L. Malkin, East Carolina University assistant professor of criminal justice and criminology, is the director of a new Gambling Research and Policy Initiative (GRPI), which will assist in...
MUSIC THERAPY
Crowdfunding instrumental to program's success A crowdfunding campaign to raise $20,000 kicks off Nov. 1 to help fulfill the vision for the new music therapy clinic in East Carolina University’s...
ECU graduate Safranek rises to the occasion to open business
Before the trees began to shed their leaves in early fall, Ashely Safranek was preparing for a buying conference in Atlanta to order spring items for her newly opened boutique....
Midwifery Grant
At the end of September, officials at Betsy Johnson Hospital in Harnett County announced they would end labor and delivery services due to “declining demand for maternity services, recruitment challenges...
ECU alumna engages with North Carolina community to create more affordable housing
East Carolina University alumna Catherine Grimm is using her degree to help make an impact on the citizens of one eastern North Carolina community. Grimm, director of planning and economic...
BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS
The culminating academic experience for East Carolina University Honors College students is the signature honors project. Through this experience, students can pursue thesis-based or creative endeavor projects with a faculty...
Tyler West, Public Health
An email started East Carolina University public health major Tyler West’s journey to completing his signature honors project. Through emails from the health education and promotion department and the Honors...
OLDEST SHIPWRECK
This summer, two East Carolina University graduate students in the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences and Integrated Coastal Programs participated in a once-in-a-lifetime experience excavating the oldest known...