Faculty/Staff Archives

Jul 26, 2019

Wayne Johns receives top prize in record-breaking NCLR poetry contest

The North Carolina Literary Review, an East Carolina University publication, received a record number of entries for its 2019 James Applewhite Poetry Prize, which has been awarded to Wayne Johns....

Jul 22, 2019

ECU team develops cybersecurity game as learning tool

About 20 computer teaching instructors participated in a high-stakes game of cybersecurity during a Competitive Labs-as-a-Service (CLaaS) workshop Wednesday and Thursday in the College of Engineering and Technology at East...

Jul 09, 2019
  • Rob Spahr

RESEARCH BREAKTHROUGH

Neurodegenerative diseases – such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and ALS – are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among older adults. The risk of these diseases is reduced by intake...

Jun 24, 2019

ECU Nursing professor appointed to FDA advisory committee

An ECU College of Nursing faculty member has been appointed to serve on a committee for the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), the nation’s foremost authority on protecting public...

Jun 21, 2019

Research shows fewer males born in U.S. during periods of stress

It is a common understanding in scientific research that the male species, in general, are frailer and experience higher rates of mortality across their lifespans than females. Now, there is...

Jun 19, 2019

Donica tapped as new occupational therapy chair

The new chair of ECU’s Department of Occupational Therapy in the College of Allied Health Sciences hopes to retain the department’s stellar reputation and its balance of research opportunities to...

Jun 17, 2019

REI publishes online rural education journal

ECU’s Rural Education Institute (REI) and ECU Library Services have launched an online, peer-reviewed and open-access journal on rural education. Theory & Practice in Rural Education, also known as TPRE, will...

Jun 14, 2019

Health Sciences vice chancellor awarded alma mater’s highest honor

Dr. Mark Stacy, dean of the Brody School of Medicine and vice chancellor of ECU’s Division of Health Sciences, was recently awarded the University of Missouri School of Medicine’s highest...

Jun 12, 2019
  • Matt Smith

CAREER ACHIEVEMENT

An East Carolina University assistant professor turned in her bass guitar for a soil probe to rock out with microbes. The unconventional move from rocker to scientist paid off for...

May 30, 2019

ECU students lend a hand, learn about Puerto Rico during ABE trip

Cinya Brand turned her tassel and graduated from East Carolina University with a biology degree on May 3. The next day, she boarded a flight to Puerto Rico — not...