Faculty/Staff Archives

Jun 08, 2023
  • Ronnie Woodward

Memorial exhibit for longtime library employee showcases ship plan

When Joe Barricella looks at the Ralph L. Scott Memorial Exhibit located on the first floor of East Carolina University’s main campus library, many thoughts surface. One of them is...

Espen Spangenburg, left, and a student work in the Spangenburg Lab at East Carolina University’s East Carolina Diabetes and Obesity Institute.
Jun 07, 2023
  • Benjamin Abel

UNEXPECTED DISCOVERY

Researchers at East Carolina University have discovered that a muscle in the foot appears fundamentally different from other muscles because of how it behaves without oxygen. Their inquiry is just...

Jun 06, 2023
  • Crystal Baity

Benefit raises funds for 2024 ECU summer theatre

East Carolina University faculty members with featured guest musical director Ana Flavia Zuim of New York University will present “A Musical Evening of Jaques Brel” on June 10-11. Three shows...

Anna Lobozinska, left, discusses her research with Ying Zhou during the 16th annual Global Partners in Education Conference inside East Carolina University's Main Campus Student Center.
Jun 06, 2023
  • Ken Buday

GLOBAL GATHERING

The world is a big place. The Global Partners in Education Conference at East Carolina University aimed to make it a bit smaller through collaboration, relationships and partnerships. The three-day...

Jun 02, 2023
  • Crystal Baity

ECU/Loessin Playhouse announces 2023-24 season

The ECU/Loessin Playhouse in the East Carolina University School of Theatre and Dance has announced its 2023-24 season, which will kick off in September with the annual fall dance concert....

Roger Russell, associate director of Laupus Library, and Jamie Bloss, library associate professor and Laupus liaison librarian, partnered to lead a grant to improve digital literacy and broadband access for migrant farmworkers.
May 31, 2023
  • Benjamin Abel

LITERACY GRANT

A librarian-led research project funded by a nearly $750,000 Institute of Museum and Library Services National Leadership Grant will assess migrant and seasonal farmworkers’ literacy and access to broadband service...

Nearly 100 fifth grade students from two North Carolina elementary schools visited East Carolina University this spring to tour the campus and learn about the educational, recreational and career possibilities available to them as future Pirates.
May 25, 2023
  • Lacey L. Gray

EXPANDING YOUNG MINDS

This spring, East Carolina University’s Office of Undergraduate Admissions and the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences partnered to bring nearly 100 elementary students to tour the ECU campus...

A student on one of East Carolina University Assistant Professor Rebecca Asch’s field trips holds a menhaden, a small pelagic fish located along the North Carolina coast.
May 22, 2023
  • Lacey L. Gray

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES

East Carolina University faculty and students in the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences are researching range-expanding marine species and changing fish populations, as well as the effects climate...

May 19, 2023
  • Kristen Martin

Virtual, augmented reality engages students in science education, climate change

Research by two East Carolina University College of Education faculty members aims to bring the natural world to life for future teachers and K-12 students through augmented and virtual reality....

May 19, 2023
  • Crystal Baity

Longtime ECU employees recognized with service awards

Employees who have worked at East Carolina University for 30 years or more were honored with service awards during a ceremony Tuesday afternoon at Harvey Hall. The event bookended several...