ECU musicians create new music experience with electronics, percussion
When you click play on a digital song or drop the needle on a turntable, you expect to hear the same version of a song every time. East Carolina University...
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ECU nursing externship gives students real-world skills beyond the classroom
Chloe Hamlett, a fourth-semester East Carolina University nursing student from Nashville, North Carolina, could have spent her summer at the beach or working a part-time job at home. Instead, she...
Nutrition professor aims to boost The Gambia’s public health system with Fulbright scholarship
In January, Dr. Toyin Babatunde, an associate professor of nutrition science in East Carolina University’s College of Allied Health Sciences, will head to Banjul, the capital of The Gambia, to...
New Department of Earth, Environment and Planning prioritizes environment, communities
This spring, East Carolina University Chancellor Philip Rogers officially approved a request to merge two departments within the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences. The Department of Geography, Planning...
ECU faculty lead STEM students in immersive environmental science research
East Carolina University geological sciences faculty members led nine undergraduate students — mainly STEM majors from colleges and universities across the United States — through an immersive, educational summer research...
Student success initiatives grow with strategic support in FY 2025
Donors have embraced East Carolina University’s priority fundraising focus to further initiatives like scholarships and research, contributing nearly $74.4 million in philanthropic support, according to a fiscal year-end wrap-up of...
K-12 teachers dive into STEM at ECU symposium
As Shantres Clark dripped clear liquid into a test tube and watched it turn red, ideas bounced around in her head. “I’m thinking of a lesson right now,” said Clark,...
Youth thrive at ECU summer camps
It’s a hot summer day and the East Carolina University campus is bustling with middle school students pitching entrepreneurial ideas, high school band students rehearsing and future teachers working on...
ECU named partner in rural education leadership center
East Carolina University has been selected as a partner institution in a national center dedicated to improving teacher education and educational leadership in rural areas. The University Council for Educational...
Belk Foundation funds ECU’s teacher burnout research
Two East Carolina University professors will investigate the ways that educator preparation programs (EPPs) can prevent burnout in new teachers through a four-year research project supported by a $250,000, first-time...