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Oct 21, 2022
  • Spaine Stephens

BIOENERGETICS TO BEDSIDE

A researcher in the Brody School of Medicine has joined forces with a Brody/ECU Health surgical oncologist on a two-year, $200,000 Department of Defense Melanoma Research Program funded project that...

Oct 19, 2022
  • Michael Rudd

PREMIER PITCHES

A brisk breeze didn’t cool the spirits of more than 50 teams vying to win the sixth annual Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge (PEC), which kicked off Tuesday on East Carolina University’s...

Dr. Suzanne Lazorick, left, professor of pediatrics and chair of the Department of Public Health at the Brody School of Medicine, discusses rural adolescent activity research with Brody student Sina Kazemzadeh, center, and Brody alumna and ECU Health resident Dr. Chloe Opper.
Oct 13, 2022
  • Spaine Stephens

LET’S GET PHYSICAL

A student in the Brody School of Medicine and a pediatric resident at ECU Health have published their research on physical activity in adolescents attending rural schools. Their findings suggest...

Six ECU College of Education faculty members are working on the edPIRATE grant. From left, they are Dr. Jennifer Gallagher, Dr. Karen Jones, Dr. Amy Swain, Dr. Christy Howard, Dr. Kristen Cuthrell and Dr. Matthew Militello.
Oct 11, 2022
  • Kristen Martin

BUILDING A PIPELINE

At its heart, the East Carolina University College of Education is dedicated to enriching and giving back to the rural community around Greenville, and a new $9 million grant will...

Engineering student Robert Malpass is looking to use his skills in robotics to help the environment.
Oct 10, 2022
  • Hannah Eccleston

Student: Robert Malpass

Industrial engineering technology major Robert Malpass is combining his love for technology and robotics with his passion for helping the environment. “I started in robotics and gained a passion for...

Dr. Kelsey Fisher-Wellman, center, works with students during a lab at the East Carolina Heart Institute. Fisher-Wellman teaches a unique course where instead of final grades, students strive for journal publication.
Oct 06, 2022
  • Benjamin Abel

STUDENT AUTHORSHIP

When Dr. Kelsey Fisher-Wellman began teaching students in his biochemistry lab at the East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine he knew two things — he needed to be productive...

The U.S. Coast Guard assisted Dr. Dan Dickerson’s Summer Ventures class in deploying buoys that would monitor and map ocean currents.
Oct 05, 2022
  • Kristen Martin

SUMMER VENTURES

Students who participated in this year’s Summer Ventures program were able to contribute to climate change research on ocean currents. East Carolina University College of Education Associate Dean Dr. Dan...

Dr. Archana Hegde talks to statewide evaluators and mentors during a 15-year celebration of Early Educators Support at the ECU Main Campus Student Center.
Oct 03, 2022
  • Ronnie Woodward

MENTORS STRENGTHEN CLASSROOMS

East Carolina University’s implementation of a statewide mentorship program has benefited prekindergarten teachers and their students in nonpublic school settings for nearly eight years. The North Carolina Department of Public...

Oct 02, 2022
  • Ken Buday

Faculty: Tommi Galaska

The sound of music echoes from a nearby studio where Tommi Galaska sits cross-legged on a chair in a cramped office. “It used to be a closet,” she said. A...

Dr. Jean-Luc Scemama, associate professor of biology; Dr. Heather Vance-Chalcraft, assistant professor of biology; and Dr. Jason Yao, professor of engineering are part of an East Carolina University team receiving $1 million of a multi-university grant to support students from underrepresented backgrounds in science, technology, engineering and math.
Sep 28, 2022
  • Lacey L. Gray

RECRUITING STUDENTS TO STEM

East Carolina University is one of five North Carolina universities collaborating on a $3.4 million, five-year grant from the National Science Foundation to better recruit and support students from underrepresented...