ZOMBIE CRABS
A parasitic barnacle present in eastern North Carolina’s estuaries is highly damaging to its mud crab hosts — castrating them and replacing the crab’s reproductive system with its own, fooling...
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SUPERNATURAL
Have you heard bumps in the night in buildings on East Carolina University’s campus? Maybe a door slamming mysteriously in Christenbury Gym. Cold brushes of air in Joyner Library. Children...
Research team works to prevent blood donation spoilage
Every two seconds someone in the United States needs blood and, despite nearly 6.8 million domestic blood donors each year, blood banks face a serious problem. Blood has a very...
FEAR IN FILM
Since the earliest days of commercial cinema, filmmakers have produced movies intended to shock and terrify their audience — and viewers keep coming back for more. This Halloween season, Dr....
FALL DANCE 2019
TICKETS Oct. 16-19 – 7:30 p.m. Oct. 19-20 – 2 p.m. $15 Public | $10 Students East Carolina University’s production of Fall Dance 2019 will take place in McGinnis Auditorium...
ECU librarian receives national award for professional excellence
A librarian at the ECU Laupus Health Sciences Library has received the 2019 Award for Professional Excellence by a New Health Sciences Librarian from the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Medical...
RESEARCH WORK AHEAD
Saving lives and saving money are the main goals of six N.C. Department of Transportation (DOT) grants totaling more than $862,000 received by faculty in East Carolina University’s College of...
SURGICAL SUPPORT
For the first time, a company started by East Carolina University faculty members has received a Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant from the National Institutes of Health....
Design for Disability initiative kicked off with a kickball game
Judy Byrd has three goals. “I want every child to be included in their PE class. I want every child to have the opportunity to learn how to play sports....
MYSTERIES OF THE DEEP
Maybe more than most, students and faculty in the East Carolina University Program for Maritime Studies live a Pirate’s life, diving deep into the robust maritime history of coastal North...