News Archives

Oct 13, 2021
  • Doug Boyd

BUILDING RESILIENCY

A $5 million federal grant will support East Carolina University researchers and students as they work to strengthen resilience in communities along the Albemarle-Pamlico estuary system of coastal North Carolina....

Oct 12, 2021
  • Erin Ward

BRAIN HEALTH

Decades before someone starts experiencing the hand tremors, shaking or loss of balance associated with Parkinson’s disease, changes in their gut could signal potential problems. Researchers at East Carolina University’s...

Oct 11, 2021
  • Natalie Sayewich

UNDERSTANDING ‘LONG COVID’

A team from ECU’s Brody School of Medicine is collaborating with health care providers from Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth to understand the extended effects of COVID-19, and to...

Oct 08, 2021

ALUMNI AWARDS

The East Carolina University Alumni Association recognized six alumni at A Purple and Gold Evening, its annual awards ceremony Oct. 1 at the Greenville Convention Center. The awards, which were...

Oct 07, 2021
  • Jules Norwood

BIBLICAL BURNING

Could the biblical description of the destruction of Sodom be explained by an exploding meteor? A research team including East Carolina University’s Dr. Sid Mitra, professor of geological sciences, has...

Oct 06, 2021
  • Ken Buday

BREAKING GROUND

Gold-colored shovels turned ceremonial dirt Tuesday as Intersect East kicked off its first phase in redevelopment of East Carolina University’s former warehouse district. Developer Elliott Sidewalk Communities joined with university...

Oct 05, 2021
  • Crystal Baity

Student: Melody Martinez

Melody Martinez has known since she started dancing at age 12 that she wanted to pursue a career in the performing arts. “Dance holds a beautiful place in my heart,...

Oct 01, 2021
  • Ken Buday

Faculty: Angela Wells

Angela Wells has always been creative. All you have to do is ask the children who received one of the balloon animals she used to make when she worked in...

The town of Güllen sets the stage for “The Visit.” (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Sep 28, 2021
  • Crystal Baity
  • Stephanie Slusser

LIVE ONSTAGE

East Carolina University students will once again perform live this week with the opening of “The Visit” in McGinnis Theatre. In the German dark comedy, a wealthy woman returns to...

Funding by the North Carolina Biotechnology Center has helped advance research such as COVID-19 vaccine therapies at ECU. (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Sep 24, 2021
  • Doug Boyd

INVESTING IN INNOVATION

How do you get a grant for your idea? ECU's Carlyle Rogers explains. For the translational research grants (TRG), the process typically starts with our Office of Licensing and Commercialization...