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East Carolina University sign
Jul 03, 2018
  • Erin Ward

EXPANDING MEMBERSHIP

In order to better connect and engage with alumni, the East Carolina University Alumni Association is transitioning from its current transactional, dues-based membership model to one that includes all Pirate...

Jul 02, 2018
  • Jules Norwood

PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

Despite what social media may indicate, most Americans will still be able to enjoy each other’s company this Independence Day. A team of researchers at East Carolina University has conducted...

Sustainability Manager Chad Carwein, left, Recycling Coordinator Terry Little and Dr. Mark Stacy, dean of the Brody School of Medicine, listen as Eddie Johnson, assistant director of ECU’s Office of Prospective Health, discusses the functionality of newly installed solar tables at Brody. (Photo by Rhett Butler)
Jun 29, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

BUILDING A BETTER BRODY

Upon being appointed dean of ECU’s Brody School of Medicine, Dr. Mark Stacy did something unprecedented. He challenged the medical school’s staff to help “Build a Better Brody” and announced...

Project CONVEY principal investigator Dr. Sandra Warren, center, speaks with graduate students, from left, Ashton Boyarsky, Allison Skinner, Samantha Ruppe Beard and Meredith Clark, who are part of the project’s first cohort during the CONVEY summer institute on Tuesday, June 19.
Jun 28, 2018
  • Cole Dittmer

PROJECT CONVEY

Breaking down the silos of public and higher education for the benefit of learners with disabilities with high intensity needs is the mission behind a new East Carolina University graduate...

Jun 28, 2018
  • Bri Deel

Student: Stephanie Martinez

Stephanie Martinez is a graduate student in social work at East Carolina University. She earned her bachelor’s degree in social work from ECU in May. “I’ve always been interested in...

ECU professor Ernie Marshburn has developed a new approach to boating safety using an app on boaters’ phones. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Jun 26, 2018
  • Jules Norwood

BETTER BOATING THROUGH DATA

A new smartphone app called SOBOS — Self-reported On-water Boat Operator Survey — is aimed at changing the face of boating safety by putting data collection in the hands of...

Davarion David, center, and Brittany Hoyt, assistant director at the Pirate Academic Success Center, talk to a summer school student about what the center has to offer while passing out popsicles on the mall Thursday. (Photos by Rhett Butler)
Jun 22, 2018
  • Doug Boyd

BOOSTING ACADEMIC SUCCESS

Students and their families didn’t just receive some popsicles to help cool down at orientation this week. They also got assurances that if they can’t seem to hit their stride...

Dr. Darla Liles with patient Raynelle Phipps
Jun 22, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

TREATING ITP

The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University took part in the study of a new drug recently approved by the FDA to treat a bleeding disorder. Idiopathic thrombocytopenic...

Dr. Kym Gowdy has received a $2.5 million grant to study the effect of pollution on the immune system. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Jun 21, 2018
  • Jules Norwood

OZONE EXPOSURE

Ground-level air pollution can cause a variety of health problems, and East Carolina University’s Dr. Kym Gowdy is taking a closer look at how and why. Her work, for which...

Skateboards made by ECU students in the School of Art and Design rest on a wall.
Jun 20, 2018
  • Crystal Baity

MADE TO SKATE

Camille Young’s four cousins will receive skateboards as Christmas presents – all made by her in a Summer Session 1 class in East Carolina University’s School of Art and Design....