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Feb 05, 2019
  • ECU News Services

CHANGING LIVES THROUGH RESEARCH

East Carolina University researchers and inventors will be recognized Tuesday evening, Feb. 5, at the university’s third annual Research and Scholarship Awards. The awards will honor ECU faculty with the...

Dr. Shannon Wallet, associate professor in the Department of Foundational Sciences at the ECU School of Dental Medicine, studies the communication of the immune system in her quest to understand diabetes. Along with her own research, she mentors student researchers.
Feb 04, 2019
  • Peggy Novotny

UNDERSTANDING DIABETES

After 20 years in diabetes research, Dr. Shannon Wallet believes that the key to addressing Type 1 diabetes is to understand the immune system processes that lead to the disease....

Camellias bloom outside the new ECU student center and parking deck. They’re part of the year-round landscape design at the new facilities.
Feb 01, 2019
  • Doug Boyd

NATIVE AND SUSTAINABLE

While East Carolina University’s new student center building has received much well-deserved attention, the grounds surrounding it are just as creative and innovative. Though the turf and some plants are...

Dr. Mark Williams shares a hug with a friend after a ceremony for the establishment of the Travis and Cassandra Burt Professorship in Cardiovascular Sciences at the ECHI, as Dr. Randolph Chitwood, left, the founder and former head of ECHI, looks on. (Photos by Rhett Butler)
Jan 31, 2019
  • Erin Ward

HEARTFELT DONATION

When Travis Burt felt intense pain shoot down his left arm and an acrid taste fill his mouth, he knew something was wrong. His normally tanned face became deeply flushed...

Dr. Alex K. Manda directs a research group at a Hyde County field site for his RAPID grant. Manda’s team is researching how Hurricane Florence and previous storms may be impacting eastern North Carolina farmers and their crops.
Jan 30, 2019
  • Lacey L. Gray

CONTINUING RESPONSE TO HURRICANE FLORENCE

Even before Hurricane Florence hit North Carolina in September 2018, East Carolina University was preparing to respond. Four ECU research groups, led by faculty in the Thomas Harriot College of...

Jay Golden, vice chancellor for research, economic development and engagement, announces the university’s Economic Growth Collaboratory at an industry roundtable luncheon. The collaboratory will harness big data and data visualization to find meaningful pathways to economic growth in the region. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Jan 29, 2019
  • Matt Smith

COLLABORATORY ANNOUNCED

East Carolina University reinforced its commitment to drive economic growth in the region Monday with the announcement of a new Economic Growth Collaboratory. More than 100 industry and community leaders...

Members of ECU’s Black Student Union serve lunch at the Community Crossroads Center.
Jan 25, 2019
  • Doug Boyd
  • Jamie Smith

LEGACY OF SERVICE

A day off from classes is normally a welcomed invitation to sleep in and take it easy, but on Monday, Jan. 21, hundreds of East Carolina University students braved an...

Baseball instructor Lance Martin hits as ECU researchers Patrick Rider and Nick Marray observe.
Jan 24, 2019
  • Doug Boyd

BATTER UP!

Eastern North Carolina is rich in baseball tradition, with a pair of Hall of Famers among its native sons. That tradition could take a step forward through work researchers at...

The new Main Campus Student Center opened on Jan. 7.
Jan 23, 2019
  • Erin Ward

IF YOU LIKE IT, PUT YOUR NAME ON IT

Jesse Peel. Alice Crawford. Ledonia Wright. These are a few of the names students might notice as they explore the newly opened Main Campus Student Center. The expansive building has...

Taylor Reed Pirate Profile
Jan 22, 2019
  • Bri Deel

Student: Taylor Reed

Taylor Reed is studying in Poland this semester — the first student from East Carolina University to win the Erasmus+ Scholarship to attend Krosno State College. Reed is a junior...