STEM Symposium marks third year at ECU
Nearly 400 K-12 teachers from across North Carolina attended ECU's third annual STEM Symposium on July 28-29. Keynote speaker Leonard Paulk III traced his path from ECU football player to...
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ECU ecologists collaborate on reef, habitat restoration projects to protect shorelines, tourism
ECU researchers have received a $150,000 North Carolina Sea Grant to help evaluate living shoreline designs’ ability to reduce coastal erosion while creating habitat for oysters, fish and marsh species....
Staff: Hailey DeSutter
As a college freshman at East Carolina University, Hailey DeSutter may not have known what she wanted to do for her career. But her mother sure knew. Now, 10 years...
Undergraduate researchers show promise, research results
Undergraduate and visiting student researchers showcased faculty-mentored projects in AI, public health, engineering, healthcare and other fields at the Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium. Students gain hands-on experience in critical thinking,...
Improving medical treatments through physics
ECU medical physics research could improve antibiotic treatments by making drug-resistant bacteria easier to kill. Graduate student Holly Maschenik studies bacterial spore memory to better understand germination and antibiotic resistance....
ECU vocal program offers oft-missing science to singing
ECU’s vocal pedagogy workshop teaches voice science to singing instructors, helping them better diagnose problems and teach vocal technique. Fifty educators attended the inaugural workshop, leading organizers to add an...
Dozens gather to celebrate new Alford Rehearsal Room, scholarship
ECU’s School of Music named a rehearsal room for the late Charles Stephen Alford during a June 21 event with family, friends and music supporters. The Alford family established a...
Students assist with hurricane recovery during Jamaican alternative break trip
ECU students traveled to Jamaica for a global service-learning experience, supporting Hurricane Melissa recovery in communities impacted by the Category 5 storm. The alternative break program partnered ECU with UNC...
Nurse educator turns her own cancer battle into a classroom
ECU DNP graduate Dr. Heather Helton is using social media to share evidence-based women's health education while documenting her treatment for invasive triple-negative breast cancer. Helton's doctoral research explored how...
Rudy Alexander is a permanent fixture of performing arts at ECU
University leaders, family and friends gathered in June to honor Rudy Alexander for his many contributions to the S. Rudolph Alexander Performing Arts Series and ECU. Alexander put the university...