Graduate School Archives

Markis’ Hamilton, an undergraduate student from Fayetteville State University, works in a hood in the East Carolina University Life Sciences and Biotechnology Building.
Sep 20, 2022
  • Benjamin Abel

HEALTH PROMOTION GRANT

An East Carolina University and Fayetteville State University partnership has secured more than $1.3 million in grant funding from the North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation to address regional public health needs....

Sep 16, 2022
  • Doug Boyd

ECU graduate wants to solve the mysteries of migraine headaches

It might start with an aura — a scintillating scotoma of zigzag lines, opaque circles, rings of colors. You might turn or blink, but it just gets worse. Then the...

The PIRATE Leadership Academy Class of 2022 includes, from left, Patrice Watford, Lynetti Warden, Holly Winslow, Darrick Wood, Sharita Wade, Jessica Prayer, Kristal Brooks and Mara Swindell.
Aug 29, 2022
  • Rich Klindworth

PRINCIPAL PIPELINE

East Carolina University has a pipeline that produces a different kind of commodity — future principals. The PIRATE Leadership Academy at ECU prepares proven teacher leaders to become assistant principals...

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...

ECU occupational therapy students practice guiding patients through life tasks in the College of Allied Health’s simulated apartment, where students use hands-on approaches to learn occupational therapy skills.
Jul 26, 2022
  • Spaine Stephens

DOCTOR OF OT

East Carolina University’s College of Allied Health Sciences is set to offer a doctoral degree program in occupational therapy — the first at any public university in the state. “As...

ECU’s summer field school in historical archaeology, hosted by Harriot College’s Department of Anthropology, included 15 undergraduate students and three graduate students who researched the 18th century Palmer-Marsh house in Bath.
Jul 20, 2022
  • Lacey L. Gray

GAINING CAREER EXPERIENCE

East Carolina University students in the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences recently completed a month-long archaeology dig of one of the oldest structures in Bath, the oldest town...

A pair of Task Force Dagger Foundation veterans excavate a unit. East Carolina University researchers and Task Force Dagger continue to search for and recover missing aircraft and WWII personnel off the coast of Saipan.
Jul 06, 2022
  • Lacey L. Gray

DIVE THERAPY AND RECOVERY

East Carolina University researchers continue to search for and recover missing aircraft and WWII personnel off the coast of Saipan through a project led by Thomas Harriot College of Arts...

Jul 01, 2022
  • Jules Norwood

Fayetteville State students visit ECU biology lab

Undergraduate students from Fayetteville State University visited East Carolina University’s Life Sciences and Biotechnology Building last month to participate in a summer research experience as part of a continuing effort...

Jun 28, 2022
  • Hannah Eccleston

Student: Adam Forsell

Adam Forsell wants to challenge himself and others to get out of their comfort zones and try new experiences. A veteran and graduate student, Forsell has taken his passion for...

Dr. Darrell Neufer, left, and Dr. Shahnaz Aziz are recipients of a National Institutes of Health grant to study workaholism and insulin levels
Jun 15, 2022
  • Lacey L. Gray

WORKAHOLISM AND DIABETES

East Carolina University faculty in the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences and the Brody School of Medicine have received $451,053 in grant funding from the National Institutes of...