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East Carolina University biology professor Chris Balakrishnan has been appointed as a temporary program director with the National Science Foundation’s Evolutionary Processes Cluster. The position allows Balakrishnan to make recommendations about which NSF research proposals to fund.
May 08, 2019
  • Matt Smith

NATIONAL APPOINTMENT

An East Carolina University associate professor will have the chance to shape science funding at the national level during the next two years. Chris Balakrishnan, a faculty member in the...

May 07, 2019
  • Jules Norwood

‘KEY LEADERSHIP’

Dr. Allison Danell, associate professor of chemistry, has been appointed interim dean of East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences (THCAS) effective July 1, pending approval by...

Pirate Profile: Andrew Griffin
May 06, 2019
  • Bri Deel

Student: Andrew Griffin

One challenge is just not enough for East Carolina University senior Andrew Griffin. Griffin, who graduated May 3, earned a degree in information and computer technology with a concentration in...

May 04, 2019
  • Crystal Baity
  • Jules Norwood

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Actor Emily Procter turned the spotlight on more than 5,200 East Carolina University graduates on Friday. The ECU alumna and North Carolina native encouraged the students to persevere through challenges...

More than 4,100 students will graduate during spring commencement.
May 03, 2019
  • ECU News Services

TURN YOUR TASSELS

East Carolina University's graduating class of spring 2019 includes more than 4,100 students who will receive their degree during Friday's commencement ceremony. Among them are students with high aspirations, like...

May 03, 2019
  • Kristin Zachary

Graduate video profile: Juliana Lane

Screenwriters often use their own life experiences as inspiration — a method East Carolina University senior Juliana Lane, a film and video production major in the School of Art and Design, implemented...

English major and great books minor Glenesha Berryman is one of 32 winners of a spring University Creative Activity award.
May 03, 2019
  • Kristin Zachary

Graduate video profile: Glenesha Berryman

Words have power, and East Carolina University senior Glenesha Berryman, an English major with a minor in great books, is working to use them for good. Berryman, an EC Scholar and...

Dance education major Katie White is a fourth generation Pirate who has a long line of mentors and influencers supporting her journey to ECU.
May 02, 2019
  • Crystal Baity

Graduate profile: Katie White

Katie White — a fourth generation East Carolina University graduate — has been coming to campus her entire life. When it came time to choose a school, ECU felt like...

May 02, 2019
  • Crystal Baity

Graduate profile: Michael Denning Jr.

Michael Denning Jr. halfway jokes that he has two goals when he moves north this summer: lose his Southern accent and drop some pounds. On May 3, Denning – an...

May 02, 2019
  • Jules Norwood

Graduate profile: Trina Locklear

Trina Locklear has had a full plate while working toward a master’s degree in software engineering at East Carolina University. Locklear, a Robeson County native and a member of the...