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Mar 11, 2022
  • Spaine Stephens

BLUE CROSS FUNDING

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is awarding $1.54 million to East Carolina University to provide telepsychiatry services over the next five years for students at Elizabeth City...

Mar 09, 2022
  • Jamie Smith

STORIES FROM UKRAINE

Trigger warning: This article mentions violence and sexual assault. Only the first names of the Ukrainian participants are used in this article. Each day, glimpses of the Russian invasion of...

Mar 08, 2022
  • Crystal Baity

GLASS WORKS

The glassblowing process is like a dance, and the key is learning the choreography, says East Carolina University instructor Mike Tracy. Five people from eastern North Carolina recently learned how...

Mar 07, 2022
  • Jules Norwood

SUNKEN HISTORY

It’s no secret that hundreds, if not thousands, of ships and their crews have met their fate off the coast of North Carolina; the area is known, after all, as...

Mar 04, 2022
  • Spaine Stephens

DENTAL WHITE COAT

Before choosing dental school, Brianna Horne carefully considered a variety of different careers in the health care field. When she slipped on her white coat Thursday evening during the East...

Mar 03, 2022
  • Spaine Stephens

SONRÍE MEANS SMILE

Elena Uzun sat transfixed by the developing conflict in Ukraine into the wee hours of Saturday, Feb. 26. But when dawn arrived, she headed to the East Carolina University School...

Mar 02, 2022
  • Rob Spahr

MEDITERRANEAN DIET

Evidence increasingly supports the idea that plant-based dietary patterns, such as the Mediterranean diet, may play an important role in the risk reduction of many chronic diseases. To better educate...

Mar 01, 2022
  • ECU News Services

Founders Week 2022 – March 2022

Fellow Pirates, In March 1907 with the approval of the North Carolina General Assembly, East Carolina Teachers Training School was chartered. Since our founding, ECU has stood as a beacon...

Feb 28, 2022
  • Natalie Sayewich

PARKINSON’S DISEASE SURVEY

East Carolina University researchers are hoping to understand which resources are available to those with Parkinson’s disease (PD) in eastern North Carolina, how they are being utilized, and what types...

Feb 28, 2022
  • Crystal Baity

Student: Olivia Cottrell

Boredom led to brainstorming for Olivia Cottrell. The East Carolina University junior business major, stuck at home after the start of the pandemic, logged onto ENGAGE to check out student...