News Archives

Aug 01, 2016
  • Crystal Baity

Alumnus headed to Rio as U.S. track coach

Curtis Frye ’74 has had little downtime since being named an assistant coach for the U.S. Olympic men’s track team. In his 20th year as head coach at the University...

Dr. Robert Orlikoff started work as dean of the College of Allied Health Sciences on Aug. 1. (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Aug 01, 2016
  • Kathryn Kennedy

‘TREMENDOUS POTENTIAL’

The College of Allied Health Sciences at East Carolina University officially welcomed a new leader on Aug. 1. Dr. Robert Orlikoff brings 28 years of experience in academic administration, education,...

Jul 29, 2016
  • Jackie Drake

TRAUMA AND HEALING

Dr. Josh Corsa had just sat down and taken off his shoes for a short break after an already busy night at Orlando Regional Medical Center when he received a...

Jul 28, 2016
  • Crystal Baity
  • Kathy Muse

WORKING TO LEARN

Some East Carolina University students are turning summer vacation into a vocation at internships across the United States and beyond. From teaching to public health, from weaving to writing, students...

Attending the ALS check presentation were, left to right, Willie Lee, auxiliary services director at ECU; Bryan Tuten, director of the Dowdy Student Stores; Head ECU Baseball Coach Cliff Godwin; John Palmer, merchandise and apparel manager for Dowdy Student Stores; Stephanie West with the ALS Association Jim
Jul 28, 2016
  • ECU News Services

A HOME RUN CAUSE

ECU Dowdy Student Stores and its vendor, Perfect Promotions & More of Apex, presented $5,000 on July 21 to the ALS Association Jim “Catfish” Hunter Chapter. The money was raised...

Quisherra Tyson builds her Raspberry Pi mini computer. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Jul 27, 2016
  • Rich Klindworth

PROGRAMMING THE FUTURE

Area ninth-grade young women built tiny computers and got a close-up look at potential career fields as part of the inaugural Engineering and Technology Summer Academy at East Carolina University....

Jul 26, 2016
  • Crystal Baity

Licensed to heal

"Family medicine" has more than one meaning for Tanya Darrow '07. She and her husband, Mark, start each morning before daybreak with physical therapy treatments for their 6-year-old son, Gavin,...

Jul 22, 2016
  • Jules Norwood

GREEN TEAM

Some have already served our nation's military and returned to school under the GI Bill. Others are active duty members of the National Guard, Reserves or ROTC. All are team-oriented,...

Dr. April Blakeslee is researching a parasite that affects the reproductive cycle of mud crabs. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Jul 22, 2016
  • Jules Norwood

SHELL SNATCHERS

Researchers at East Carolina University are studying an invasive parasite that takes over the reproductive system of mud crabs and even alters their behavior, potentially impacting coastal ecosystems. “It’s detrimental...

A Brody student treats a patient at the Tarboro Stroke Clinic in 2013. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Jul 20, 2016
  • Jackie Drake

INTERNATIONAL EXCELLENCE

The way East Carolina University’s medical students serve the communities of North Carolina is earning international recognition for the Brody School of Medicine. Brody is one of seven schools globally...