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Jul 14, 2026
  • Alondra Martinez

Student: Greta Bublitz

Bublitz is a chemistry and German studies double major on track to attend the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. She researches a noninvasive cancer treatment approach using magnetic nanoparticles in...

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Jul 09, 2026
  • Benjamin Abel

Staff: Lisa Ormond

In most organizations, there is always that one person who holds things together. For the College of Nursing, that person is Lisa Ormond. Ormond is from Snow Hill, which is...

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Jul 07, 2026
  • Bobby Ampezzan

Brody Brothers Endowment sponsors research team to embark on Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s discovery

A team of researchers at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine was awarded a $250,000 grant to look at how chronic inflammation in the brain drives diseases like Alzheimer’s...

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Jul 01, 2026
  • Alondra Martinez

Student: Sandra Okeke Bates

For Sandra Okeke Bates, nursing is about more than bedside care. It is about transforming systems to better serve patients on a larger scale. A student in East Carolina University’s...

Ryan Grant and Audrey Frank, newly elected Student Government Association President and Vice President at East Carolina University, pose together outdoors on campus. Grant wears a navy suit and tie. Frank wears a yellow lace dress.
Jun 23, 2026
  • Alondra Martinez

SGA enters new term under service-focused leadership

East Carolina University students will be represented by new leadership in the upcoming academic year, as Ryan Grant and Audrey Frank step into their roles as Student Government Association president...

Graphic featuring the words “LEADERSHIP LEARNING SERVICE” in large gold and white text on a purple camouflage background. The collage includes ECU military-affiliated students and personnel in uniform, including ROTC cadets, service members and students studying together on campus. Photos show individuals in Army and Air Force uniforms, a color guard presentation and collaborative learning scenes in front of campus buildings and outdoor spaces.
Jun 22, 2026
  • ECU News Services

ECU’s military-friendly tradition

East Carolina University's commitment to service extends well beyond the classroom. Located near several major military installations and recognized nationally as a military-friendly university, ECU supports active-duty service members, veterans,...

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Jun 22, 2026
  • Rich Klindworth

ECU connects military, industry and academia to strengthen partnerships

East Carolina University is strengthening its role as a partner in defense innovation and workforce development by leveraging its faculty expertise in artificial intelligence, logistics and research to solve real-world...

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Jun 19, 2026
  • Jessica VanderKolk

ECU tuba instructor performs on ‘Toy Story 5’

You’ve got a friend in East Carolina University tuba instructor Scott Sutherland. Sutherland, who joined the School of Music (SOM) faculty last year, is a musician on the “Toy Story...

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Jun 16, 2026
  • Crystal Baity

Staff: Tawni Mosley

Tawni Mosley had a running joke about her name with her father. Mosley grew up in Bangor, Pennsylvania, where her father worked in factories (think Billy Joel’s “Allentown” anthem). When...

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Jun 12, 2026
  • Bobby Ampezzan

‘Topped out’ and just beginning — ceremony imagines the future of medical education

ECU and partners held a topping-out ceremony Thursday for the new Brody Center for Medical Education, a seven-story building scheduled to open next summer. The $265 million investment will increase...

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