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Dec 10, 2018
  • Bri Deel

Student: Matthew Campbell

From a starting cadet class of 50 in 2015, senior Matthew Campbell is one of the remaining five. Campbell is the Cadet Vice Wing Commander, or second in command of...

Dr. Abdel Abdel-Rahman, left, researches the effects of alcohol on cardiac function with doctoral candidate Korin Leffler, center, and lab manager Kui Sun. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Dec 07, 2018
  • Jules Norwood

DRINKING AND YOUR HEART

Alcohol can have significant negative effects on cardiac function, especially in women, according to the research of Dr. Abdel Abdel-Rahman, vice chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology in...

(From left) Dr. Ronny Bell, chair of ECU’s Department of Public Health, UNC-Pembroke Chancellor Dr. Robin Gary Cummings and Dr. Mark Stacy, dean of ECU’s Brody School of Medicine, sign a memorandum of understanding on Dec. 6, 2018 to formalize a public health partnership between the two schools. (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Dec 06, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

PUBLIC HEALTH PARTNERSHIP

Officials from East Carolina University and the University of North Carolina at Pembroke signed a memorandum of understanding Thursday morning that will improve research and educational opportunities at both schools...

ECU’s Fall Commencement Ceremony will take place Friday, Dec. 14 at 9 a.m. in Minges Coliseum. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Dec 06, 2018
  • Jamie Smith

FALL COMMENCEMENT

Family and friends will gather to celebrate at East Carolina University’s Minges Coliseum on Friday, Dec. 14 as more than 2,200 students receive degrees during the fall commencement ceremony. The...

An aerial view of ECU underwater archaeologists and graduate students mapping the site along a baseline divided into a 10-meter square grid unit. (Photos courtesy of ECU and Centro de Buceo Embajadores y Embajadoras del Mar.)
Dec 04, 2018
  • ECU News Services

PRESERVING MARITIME HISTORY

East Carolina University underwater archaeologists and graduate students from the Department of History’s Program in Maritime Studies recently returned from a research expedition to the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica....

Three officers in front of Raleigh Police Department
Dec 03, 2018
  • Erin Ward

CRIMINAL JUSTICE

When Major Karen Riggsbee ’88 was promoted to deputy chief of the Raleigh Police Department this summer, she became one of the top three leaders in an agency that employs...

ECU dancers perform in the first ever Fall Dance.
Nov 29, 2018
  • Bri Deel

FALL DANCE 2018

East Carolina University’s School of Theatre and Dance is making history this semester. Fall Dance 2018 will be the first time that the dance department has put on two main-stage...

The Avett Brothers headlined the Hurricane Florence Relief Concert in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum on Nov. 13. (Photos by Rhett Butler)
Nov 27, 2018
  • Erin Ward

HURRICANE HELP

The hurricane relief show at East Carolina University’s Minges Coliseum on Nov. 13 raised $325,000, it was announced Tuesday. Nearly 4,000 tickets were sold for the show, which featured headliners The Avett...

East Carolina University professor Baohong Zhang examines cotton fibers grown in his lab that were modified using gene-editing tools. Zhang’s research into cotton growth and development was recognized this week after he was named a fellow to the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Nov 27, 2018
  • Matt Smith

DISTINGUISHED DISTINCTION

In the 1980s and early ’90s, a commercial jingle described cotton as the “fabric of our lives.” Nearly three decades later, cotton truly has been an important fiber for East...

Residential Scholars Samantha Willard and Brandon Fellenstein walk together on ECU’s campus. (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Nov 21, 2018
  • Erin Ward

RESIDENTIAL SCHOLARS

An ECU scholarship that pays upperclassmen to live on campus is encouraging students to become more involved in the university and local community. The Residential Scholars Program awards students $4,000...