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Four research scientists in white lab coats huddle together for a portrait surrounded by shelves of lab equipment and supplies.
Jul 07, 2026
  • Bobby Ampezzan

Brody Brothers Endowment sponsors research team to embark on Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s discovery

A team of researchers at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine was awarded a $250,000 grant to look at how chronic inflammation in the brain drives diseases like Alzheimer’s...

Two graduates in purple caps and gowns walk side by side on a campus pathway, viewed from behind, with trees and academic buildings softly lit in the background.
May 05, 2026
  • ECU News Services

Meet ECU’s Class of 2026

On Friday, May 8, East Carolina University will confer 4,145 degrees and certificates to 4,006 students. Grounded in ECU’s motto of Servire, to serve, the Class of 2026 leaves prepared...

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
  • 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 02, 2026
  • Bobby Ampezzan

Researchers deepen industrial, educational and community partnerships on annual bus tour

The high seas in a galleon or U.S. 17 in a motorcoach, a Pirate vessel fully loaded will turn heads. During spring break, it was important to East Carolina University...

Large cream-colored “ECU” letters stand in front of a modern glass and brick building on East Carolina University’s campus, surrounded by bright purple flowers and green landscaping under a sunny blue sky.
Nov 25, 2025
  • Bobby Ampezzan

Innovation Academy Tempts Researchers to Turn Out Real-World Solutions

On a chilly afternoon earlier this month, the Club Level at Dowdy-Ficklin Stadium looked less like a football venue and more like a chamber of commerce affair. Faculty filed in...

Clean shaven man in white lab coat and nitrile gloves holds a pipette over a beaker of clear fluid in a clean lab surrounded by other lap instruments and refrigerators.
Oct 14, 2025
  • Bobby Ampezzan

Researcher offers up ‘new therapeutic target’ for treating high blood pressure

Heart disease is the No. 1 cause of death in the U.S. Stroke is No. 4. High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a leading risk factor for both, and in...

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