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Feb 14, 2025
  • Kristen Martin
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Lesson in Love: Study abroad led to this Pirate’s happily ever after

Life-changing is a phrase most students use to describe their study abroad experience. East Carolina University alumna Laurel Truelove Currie ’10 didn’t know just how much study abroad would change...

A baby’s finger is being held by an adult thumb and finger.
Feb 13, 2025
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU biology professor researches genetic markers associated with sudden infant death syndrome

The loss of a child is an emotionally sensitive experience for a parent, no matter the age, but when the cause is unknown, as in the case of sudden infant...

R1 Top-tier Research University
Feb 13, 2025
  • Jamie Smith
  • Kim Tilghman

ECU’s research efforts earn prestigious R1 status

East Carolina University has reached a transformative milestone in its journey of discovery, securing Research 1 (R1) status and joining the ranks of the nation’s most prestigious academic institutions. This...

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Feb 12, 2025
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Scholarship initiative boosts recruitment of high-achieving students

East Carolina University is better prepared to provide scholarships to more high-achieving students thanks to donor support of the institution’s new Chancellor’s Scholars Initiative. Through this new initiative, more than...

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Feb 11, 2025
  • Bobby Ampezzan

Agromedicine Institute continues aid, outreach through western North Carolina’s hurricane recovery

Recovering from a natural disaster can be as harrowing as the event itself, and it does not discriminate, but it lands differently for farmers and farm families. Growers are tied...

Three women stand in front of a white screen in East Carolina University’s Main Campus Student Center. They each hold a different trophy representing their first, second and third place awards in the Three-Minute Thesis competition.
Feb 10, 2025
  • Lacey L. Gray

Shifting the attitude of reporting sports-related head injuries

Xanthia Saganis, an East Carolina University doctoral student in the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences health psychology program pursuing a concentration in clinical health, is studying athletic injuries....

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Feb 06, 2025
  • Benjamin Abel

Awaken Coffee expands to ECU: Empowering the differently abled, one cup at a time

As of Feb. 3, the East Carolina University Health Sciences Campus is fully caffeinated again. Awaken Coffee, which offers premium coffee brewed and served by members of the greater Greenville...

A man talks and gestures with his hands as he stands on stage in the Main Campus Student Center. There is a podium behind him and the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences banner beside him.
Feb 04, 2025
  • Lacey L. Gray

Biologist Jeff Corwin stresses adaptability and hope in life and conservation

“In 100 years since the industrial period, humankind has consumed 75% of the planet’s nature,” said Jeff Corwin, television personality, biologist and wildlife conservationist. “Every half hour a species disappears...

A woman wearing a gold top with black pants sits in a huge letter ‘C’ that is part of the E-C-U letters in front of East Carolina University’s Main Campus Student Center.
Feb 03, 2025
  • Crystal Baity

Staff: Audra Thomas

Audra Thomas has mentored hundreds of students in her 25 years at East Carolina University, working to ensure they feel like they belong and can find support to succeed in...

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Jan 31, 2025
  • Alondra Martinez

Student: Hannah Blackburn

Hannah Blackburn, an East Carolina University senior, has accomplished a lot during her time on campus. From being involved with the ECU Honors College, a STEM scholarship recipient, founding a...