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Elizabeth LaFave, center, celebrates winning the sixth annual Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge for her business idea, Invenire, which is latin for to discover.
Apr 11, 2023
  • Michael Rudd

PURE CHEMISTRY

In 2019, East Carolina University graduate student Elizabeth LaFave was analyzing samples for the Country Doctor Museum in Bailey. The relationship soon revealed the museum was suffering the effects of...

Apr 10, 2023
  • Spaine Stephens

Student: Temilade Aladeniyi

Temilade Aladeniyi is a people person — and she’s using that trait to make a difference in the lives of all those she meets. Aladeniyi, who goes by “Lade,” is...

Apr 10, 2023
  • Ronnie Woodward

ALL ABOARD

Donors and the merchandising advisory board are instrumental to the success of students and faculty in the East Carolina University Department of Interior Design and Merchandising. One evolving aspect is...

East Carolina University held its seventh annual Research and Scholarship Awards Ceremony, honoring faculty members across disciplines for their research success.
Apr 06, 2023
  • Kim Tilghman

EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH

East Carolina University held its seventh annual Research and Scholarship Awards Ceremony Wednesday evening, recognizing faculty members whose works have led to important discoveries and impactful inventions and who have...

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Apr 06, 2023
  • Kim Tilghman

LIFETIME OF CARING

Passionate about his work, his students, his colleagues, East Carolina University and our planet, Yu “Frank” Yang, professor of chemistry is this year’s recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award for...

Apr 06, 2023
  • Spaine Stephens

SONRÍE CREATES SMILES

Ross Hall, home of the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine, stands on the edge of the Health Sciences Campus as a tangible reminder of the school’s promise to...

East Carolina University students look at a chalkboard of messages during a mental health awareness event in February.
Apr 05, 2023
  • Jules Norwood

YOU MATTER

Everyone’s journey is different. East Carolina University offers a wide range of mental health and well-being resources, and now, Campus Recreation and Wellness (CRW) is raising awareness and connecting the...

Assistant director Lacee Thomason, left, and director Riley Yates rehearse a scene from “SCOUTS” with members of the 5th Street Players.
Mar 31, 2023
  • Kristen Martin

PASSION PROJECT

A common piece of writing advice is to write what you know. East Carolina University alumna Caitlyn Leach ’18 did just that when she created the concept for “SCOUTS,” an...

East Carolina University Chancellor Philip Rogers congratulates award winners and nominees at the conclusion of the ECU Chancellor’s Awards for Service.
Mar 30, 2023
  • Ken Buday

COMMITMENT TO SERVICE

Those recognized Tuesday night during the Chancellor’s Horizon Awards for Service at East Carolina University share a common bond — a commitment to help others. The event in the Main...

Faculty member Alessandro Didonna poses for his Pirate Profile portrait.
Mar 29, 2023
  • Ken Buday

Faculty: Alessandro Didonna

Alessandro Didonna learned a valuable lesson when he came to interview for a position at East Carolina University. “We took off, got to Greenville, but because of a storm over...