Faculty/Staff Archives

Aug 22, 2022
  • Doug Boyd

A NEW FALL

A gathering of nearly 200 faculty and staff members Friday in Wright Auditorium marked the start of a fall semester that, for the first time since 2019, will not be...

Aug 17, 2022
  • Crystal Baity

Center helps people improve communication skills, conquer public speaking fears

An East Carolina University center that helps people improve their professional communication skills and public speaking prowess has a new name. The Speech Communication Center is now called the Center...

Aug 12, 2022
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU leads blood pressure clinical trial using home monitoring, team approach

Researchers at East Carolina University will lead a five-year randomized clinical trial aimed at improving blood pressure control in rural and urban patients using targeted home-based monitoring and telehealth and...

Aug 09, 2022
  • Jules Norwood

GLOBAL CONNECTIONS

East Carolina University’s Dr. Jami Leibowitz, associate director of global affairs, has received a Fulbright U.S. Global Scholar Program award from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign...

Aug 08, 2022
  • Benjamin Abel

Nursing dean selected as American Academy of Nursing fellow

Dr. Bim Akintade, the new dean of East Carolina University’s College of Nursing, will be inducted as a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, recognized by the nursing community...

Aug 08, 2022
  • Lacey L. Gray

TRANSFORMATIONAL VOICES

East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences will launch the 16th season of its Voyages of Discovery Series this fall, featuring three experts who will address the topics of...

Dr. Jeffrey Eells, Brody School of Medicine associate professor of anatomy and cell biology, led a study on the relationship between COVID-19 exposure and the likelihood of development of Parkinson’s disease.
Aug 04, 2022
  • Benjamin Abel

COVID-PARKINSON’S LINK

A team of scientists, led by researchers from East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine, have identified another problem stemming from COVID-19 infections — the potential for greater risk of...

Aug 02, 2022
  • Crystal Baity

‘Favorite time of year:’ Staff, faculty eager to welcome students

With fall semester around the corner, East Carolina University students will start moving their things to residence halls this week during optional drop-off. Between Thursday and Saturday, almost 1,700 students...

Aug 02, 2022
  • Lacey L. Gray

FORGOTTEN WWII BATTLE

Researchers in East Carolina University’s Program in Maritime Studies have received a $707,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Office of Ocean Exploration and Research to explore...

She’s been skydiving and was in a movie, but LuAnn Sullivan is proud of her nearly 34 years working at East Carolina University.
Aug 01, 2022
  • Ken Buday

Staff: LuAnn Sullivan

LuAnn Sullivan was hired at East Carolina University after an interview and one phone call immediately afterward. “You don’t get a job like that anymore,” she said. Now, nearly 34...