Student: Natalie McBryde
Senior Natalie McBryde has combined her passion for helping others with interests in exercise, psychology and mental health at East Carolina University. McBryde, who is earning a bachelor’s degree in...
Health and Human Performance Archives
RECOGNIZING INTERNATIONALIZATION
East Carolina University celebrated the beginning of International Education Week on Monday during the university’s International Awards Ceremony. Faculty, staff and students were recognized for their outstanding work in pursuing...
Study: Public health could be improved by reducing ‘tobacco swamps’
A new study co-authored by an East Carolina University researcher finds that public health could be improved by reducing “tobacco swamps” — densely located stores that sell tobacco products. Similar...
ECU alum wins silver medal at Tokyo Paralympics
East Carolina University graduate Lex Gillette won a silver medal in the men’s long jump on Friday at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo. It was Gillette’s fifth Paralympic appearance and...
SUPER SERVICE
East Carolina University students made their impact felt across eastern North Carolina this summer as part of the North Carolina State Employees’ Credit Union Public Fellows Internship program. The program...
WITH THE FLOW
East Carolina University Pirates pride themselves on two things: service and grit. That’s why College of Health and Human Performance senior Will Shingleton wasn’t afraid to get a little dirty...
LASTING IMPRESSION
During a humid summer morning in Greenville, Brittany Turner sits at a picnic table under the shade of a tree in the community garden she’s tended over the last several...
ECU recognized for promoting physical activity on campus
East Carolina University’s Exercise is Medicine – On Campus (EIM-OC) program has been recognized by the American College of Sports Medicine as a “COVID Conquerer” for demonstrating creative ways to...
EARLY DETECTION
East Carolina University’s successful wastewater testing program for COVID-19 has paused for the summer but will start again when students return to campus in August. “The wastewater program was an...
BITING RESEARCH
Every time a hand slaps skin at an outdoor summer barbecue, a mosquito loses its wings. Dr. Stephanie Richards, a professor in the East Carolina University College of Health and...