Faculty/Staff Archives

Apr 21, 2026
  • Ronnie Woodward

Vail-Smith presented with Order of the Long Leaf Pine

Karen Vail-Smith wanted a casual retirement celebration with no speeches. The event was progressing exactly as Vail-Smith had hoped, with one exception. Dr. Michele Wallen, chair of the East Carolina...

A group of seven people stands together at an indoor event in front of a blue ECU Miller School of Entrepreneurship backdrop. Four young men in suits stand in the center, smiling and holding a large ceremonial check for $20,000 made out to “Carolina Cleaning Boys,” dated April 15, 2026, recognizing them as winners of the Gene T. Aman Pirate Challenge. Three older adults—two men and one woman—stand alongside them, also smiling. The group is dressed in business attire, and the setting appears to be a formal awards or recognition ceremony
Apr 17, 2026
  • Rich Klindworth

Carolina Cleaning Boys clean up

A summertime job pressure washing homes in the North Carolina sun just might have become a hot career. East Carolina University business management and Honors College student Sam Dewar and...

Apr 16, 2026
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU honors leaders in research, creative activity and innovation

East Carolina University honored more than 60 scholars, researchers and innovators for their impactful work on April 9 during the Research and Scholarship Awards Ceremony. University leaders, faculty, staff and...

Apr 16, 2026
  • Lacey L. Gray

Biomedical physicist honored with lifetime achievement award

For 27 years, Dr. Yong-Qing Li, an East Carolina University professor of physics in the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences, has shared his passion for research in the...

Apr 15, 2026
  • Ken Buday

ECU computer science students, faculty embrace future with AI

Artificial intelligence can do a lot of things, but controlling the weather isn’t one of them. “I hate cold places,” Sarthak Acharya said. When deciding on where to attend college,...

Apr 10, 2026
  • Steven Grandy
  • Jules Norwood

A celebration of research

East Carolina University celebrated research and its impact as the Office of Research, Economic Development and Engagement, and the ECU Graduate School held their annual Research and Creative Achievement Week...

Apr 10, 2026
  • Spaine Stephens

Community college transfer agreement offers dental hygiene graduates new ECU degree option

When Ashleigh Tolin became a hygienist in the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine last year, she was confident in the training she received at Coastal Carolina Community College....

Apr 10, 2026
  • Benjamin Abel

Study explores group therapy for osteoarthritis relief

An interdisciplinary team composed of an East Carolina University physical therapist, an ECU Health doctor, and their physical therapy and nursing students recently wrapped up a pilot research study exploring...

Apr 07, 2026
  • Crystal Baity

ECU graduate programs among best nationally in new ranking

East Carolina University’s College of Nursing and the Brody School of Medicine are among the best in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2026 Best Graduate Schools...

woman in a brown blouse leans on a table and smiles as she poses for a picture in front of a window
Apr 06, 2026
  • Ken Buday

Faculty: Suzanne Lea

On a quest to become an environmental lawyer, Dr. Suzanne Lea had a revelation. “It was more about arguing in and out of the regulations and not so much about...

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