Faculty/Staff Archives

Apr 16, 2025
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

ECU medical school faculty receive Master Educator honors

The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University has named three medical educators as the 2025 recipients of its Master Educator Awards. The Master Educator Program is designed to recognize excellence...

Apr 16, 2025
  • Jessica VanderKolk

‘Annihilation’ author VanderMeer gives talk, opens art show with ECU artist Eagle

Author Jeff VanderMeer told an East Carolina University crowd that he was happy to gain new readers of his “Southern Reach” books when the 2018 film “Annihilation,” inspired by his...

A woman in a pink top runs on a treadmill while two men collect data.
Apr 14, 2025
  • Benjamin Abel

New research unveils insights on carbon-fiber shoes and foot health

The sports world is built on finding the next advantage to win the big game, break the finish line tape and win a medal. For runners, advantages are usually incremental,...

Two college women, wearing purple T-shirts and black leggings, kneel and sit on the floor. The woman on the left is doing the cat-cow yoga pose. The woman on the right plays a metallophone on her lap.
Apr 11, 2025
  • Jessica VanderKolk
  • Ronnie Woodward

Students pair music therapy, yoga in family caregiver research study

Sharing their research? In March, East Carolina University music therapy students had the chance to engage with others in their field as they presented their research at the Southeastern Region...

Apr 09, 2025
  • Crystal Baity

ECU graduate programs earn high rankings

East Carolina University’s master’s and doctoral programs in allied health sciences, medicine and nursing earned high rankings once again this year in U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 Best Graduate...

Apr 08, 2025
  • Bobby Ampezzan

Child life specialists treat childhood fears, grow resilient humans

Thursday mornings at the Brody Outpatient Clinic’s pediatric hematology-oncology practice is given over to children with sickle cell disease, a congenital condition that limits aerobic activity and can be painful...

A woman in a red shirt and black coat sits in a lab with test tubes and gloves
Apr 08, 2025
  • Shelby Hudnall

Faculty: Dr. Morgan Milton

As the temperatures rise, Dr. Morgan Milton’s research on Vibrio bacteria highlights the growing risks and why we should remain vigilant during the warmer months. At East Carolina University’s Brody...

Apr 08, 2025
  • Kim Tilghman

Pirates connect with community priorities during bus tour

As morning dawned on the first day of East Carolina University’s spring break, 39 faculty and staff members from across campus boarded a Pirate bus for a two-day journey through...

A large group of people, with PeeDee the Pirate kneeling in front, hold up purple Research One signs and make a Pirate hook.
Apr 04, 2025
  • Crystal Baity

ECU the model for US research institutions of the future

What is R1? The R1 research classification identifies the top 5% of U.S. universities that demonstrate the highest levels of research activity as designated by Carnegie Classifications of Institutions of...

Apr 03, 2025
  • Jessica VanderKolk

ECU debuts world premiere opera, builds community connections to performance

Audience members will laugh, cry and likely experience myriad other feelings as they follow the emotional story of Mattie in this weekend’s world premiere of “Gal Young ’Un,” from East...