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An East Carolina University faculty member stands holding a test tube and with other tubes on a rack in front of him and metal shelves with more lab equipment behind him as he smiles at the camera.
Oct 14, 2025
  • Lacey L. Gray
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Biologist’s genuine love of research to benefit others

East Carolina University shines when it comes to world-class, award-winning faculty and research, as demonstrated by Dr. Fidisoa “Fidy” Rasambainarivo, a Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences assistant professor...

Clean shaven man in white lab coat and nitrile gloves holds a pipette over a beaker of clear fluid in a clean lab surrounded by other lap instruments and refrigerators.
Oct 14, 2025
  • Bobby Ampezzan

Researcher offers up ‘new therapeutic target’ for treating high blood pressure

Heart disease is the No. 1 cause of death in the U.S. Stroke is No. 4. High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a leading risk factor for both, and in...

A young woman holding an insulated cup stands at the left side, speaking with a young woman in the middle. To their right are two young women watching the others. The are standing in front of a posterboard, visible at the bottom.
Oct 10, 2025
  • Steven Grandy

Aman Challenge showcases ECU student entrepreneurs

The entrepreneurial spirit filled the air on the East Carolina University Mall on Oct. 7 as 85 student teams representing 47 majors participated in the first round of the ninth...

A woman with dark hair sits in a dimly lit room next to a photo of a smiling man.
Oct 07, 2025
  • Benjamin Abel

Love, loss and becoming a Pirate nurse

Olivia Giambalvo found her person. And then just as quickly lost him to a devious disease. In the wake of the floor being pulled out from under her feet, she...

Six college dance students perform in a rough line, leaning back and holding their hands forward. They are wearing pants with suspenders, buttoned shirts withy the sleeves rolled, and red bandanas on their heads.
Sep 30, 2025
  • Jessica VanderKolk

Fall dance production hopes to engage audiences in celebrating Motown music

From a Detroit factory assembly line to a neighborhood stoop and the street it stands on, East Carolina University dance students take audiences on a journey across the decades to...

A rural downtown streetscape with older brick buildings, American flags lining the street, parked cars, and a grassy foreground.
Sep 23, 2025
  • Kim Tilghman

Internship program fuels student growth, community success

The start of the fall semester marked the conclusion of another impactful summer for East Carolina University’s SECU Public Fellows Internship (PFI) program. This year, 20 undergraduates were placed with...

A woman, wearing a black and gold flecked suit jacket, stands smiling at a podium with a pointer and a book. There is a Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences banner in the background.
Sep 18, 2025
  • Lacey L. Gray

Thriving in times of radical change: Reconnecting to humanity

East Carolina University welcomed Sam Rad (Samantha Radocchia), an anthropologist, entrepreneur and futurist focused on human connection in the era of artificial intelligence, to campus on Sept. 11 for the first of two events...

Three members of a family sit in a row in a simulation lab in the dental school, gesturing as they discuss their dental professional journeys.
Sep 16, 2025
  • Spaine Stephens

Family ties enhance dental school experience for patients, students

Lucy Anna Sheaffer dons her personal protective equipment and sits down at her station in the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine’s simulation lab. It is quiet, and the...

An East Carolina University student sits in a chair with a notepad and pen and is talking to another person whose back is to the camera.
Sep 15, 2025
  • Lacey L. Gray

Grant supports community mental health services, student training

East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences and Brody School of Medicine are joint recipients of a $1.3 million grant to fund critical mental and behavioral health...

Sep 08, 2025
  • Jessica VanderKolk

ECU musicians create new music experience with electronics, percussion

When you click play on a digital song or drop the needle on a turntable, you expect to hear the same version of a song every time. East Carolina University...