Faculty/Staff Archives

May 14, 2019
  • Rob Spahr

CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY

A researcher at ECU’s Brody School of Medicine testified before a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee Wednesday, May 15, about the negative health effects of chemical compounds that are estimated...

May 13, 2019
  • ECU News Services

Harriot College announces 2019 Dean’s Early Career Award recipient

East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences has named Dr. Joi Walker, assistant professor of chemistry, as the recipient of the 2019 Dean’s Early Career Award. The...

East Carolina University biology professor Chris Balakrishnan has been appointed as a temporary program director with the National Science Foundation’s Evolutionary Processes Cluster. The position allows Balakrishnan to make recommendations about which NSF research proposals to fund.
May 08, 2019
  • Matt Smith

NATIONAL APPOINTMENT

An East Carolina University associate professor will have the chance to shape science funding at the national level during the next two years. Chris Balakrishnan, a faculty member in the...

May 08, 2019
  • ECU News Services

ECU associate professor receives inaugural Mellon/ACLS Scholars & Society Fellowship

Dr. Helena Feder, director of East Carolina University’s Great Books Program and associate professor of literature and environment, is one of the inaugural recipients of the Mellon/American Council of Learned...

Researcher on arctic ice
Apr 26, 2019
  • Jamie Smith

SUCCESS IN THE ARCTIC

Changes seen in the Arctic climate have a direct impact on the frequency and intensity of hurricanes experienced in eastern North Carolina. That is why Dan Dickerson, an East Carolina...

Apr 16, 2019
  • Crystal Baity

RECOGNIZING EXCELLENT TEACHERS

East Carolina University honored its outstanding teachers, mentors and researchers during the annual University Teaching Awards ceremony on April 8. “At the heart of every great university is a great...

Apr 10, 2019
  • ECU News Services

ECU expert featured overseas

An East Carolina University professor was recently featured in an overseas newspaper for her research into misinformation and medical care. Andrea Kitta, an associate professor in the Department of English,...

Apr 05, 2019
  • ECU News Services

CON faculty member uses radio segment to discuss health topics

One College of Nursing faculty member has found a creative way to air—and share—health information with the community. Wendy Bridgers, clinical instructor in baccalaureate education in the College of Nursing,...

Apr 02, 2019
  • ECU News Services

Agricultural health, safety issues addressed during collaborative N.C. symposium

Agromedicine experts from around the country descended on the Research Triangle on March 27 to discuss issues facing agricultural industry workers and their families. The 2019 North Carolina Agricultural Health...

Mar 28, 2019
  • Jamie Smith

ARCTIC ADVENTURE

Snow sensors developed by students and faculty at East Carolina University to aid in climate change research will soon make their way to the Arctic with Dr. Dan Dickerson. Dickerson,...