News Archives

Jun 24, 2022
  • Rob Spahr

RESEARCHING PFAS

Dr. Jamie DeWitt, a professor of pharmacology and toxicology at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine, was one of four researchers to be awarded an inaugural fellowship through the...

Jun 23, 2022
  • Kristen Martin

PATIENT CONTACT

For many undergraduate students with dreams of attending medical school, obtaining clinical experience means shadowing physicians or volunteering in a hospital. However, several students at East Carolina University are pursuing...

Jun 21, 2022
  • Hannah Eccleston

SUMMER ORIENTATION

Throughout the summer, East Carolina University will welcome incoming students to campus for orientation. During the two-day experience, students and their parents will learn all about campus and being a...

Jun 20, 2022
  • Crystal Baity

CELEBRATING JUNETEENTH

A Juneteenth celebration at the Eastern Carolina Village and Farm Museum on Saturday helped lay the foundation for an oral history project with East Carolina University. In commemoration of the...

Jun 16, 2022
  • Rob Spahr

FIGHTING COVID-19

A pair of researchers at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine have discovered that a new nanotechnology could potentially have therapeutic benefits in the treatment of SARS-CoV-2, the virus...

Dr. Darrell Neufer, left, and Dr. Shahnaz Aziz are recipients of a National Institutes of Health grant to study workaholism and insulin levels
Jun 15, 2022
  • Lacey L. Gray

WORKAHOLISM AND DIABETES

East Carolina University faculty in the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences and the Brody School of Medicine have received $451,053 in grant funding from the National Institutes of...

Dr. Damon Rappleyea looks on in the background as engaged couple Chloe Ament, left, and Nick McNeill pose together.
Jun 13, 2022
  • Ronnie Woodward

ALTAR ASSIGNMENT

The most obvious question tied to Chloe Ament and Nick McNeill’s relationship is," Would we be engaged and planning a September wedding if not for a 2014 writing assignment at...

ECU Summer Theatre poster
Jun 10, 2022
  • Crystal Baity

SUMMER REVIVAL

Summer theatre will return to East Carolina University June 22-26 when the School of Theatre and Dance presents the musical “Mamma Mia!” in McGinnis Theatre. ECU’s Jayme Host is producing...

East Carolina baseball players celebrate with fans in The Jungle after winning the NCAA Greenville Regional championship.
Jun 09, 2022
  • Ronnie Woodward

IN THE JUNGLE

The Clark-LeClair Stadium Jungle section for East Carolina baseball fans will be buzzing at an all-time high this weekend for the first-ever NCAA super regional games held on East Carolina...

Planted field of crops
Jun 08, 2022
  • Doug Boyd

KEEPING FARMWORKERS HEALTHY

Farmworkers encounter numerous toxic substances, whether from synthetic or natural sources. That’s why the Eastern Area Health Education Center is offering a continuing education program titled, “Farm Toxicology for Primary...