PHARMACIST HONORED
As COVID-19 was impacting eastern North Carolina, Dr. Todd Jackson used his expertise to drive innovation. In addition to his regular duties overseeing pharmacy, lab and imaging services as the...
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TESTED HERE FIRST
An East Carolina University infectious disease specialist at Vidant Medical Center was among the first to trial a new COVID-19 antibody treatment that was granted an emergency use authorization (EUA)...
Student: Brady Hillhouse
Brady Hillhouse taught himself how to day trade markets in high school, stumbling upon entrepreneurship by accident after starting an online community where people could share ideas and ask questions....
ECONOMIC ENGINE
East Carolina University’s annual economic impact across the state exceeds more than $2.5 billion, a 2019 study led by a team of Pirate researchers found. In total, the university supports...
BUILDING RENAMING
East Carolina University renamed two campus buildings in honor of former chancellors Steve Ballard and Richard Eakin during a ceremony Thursday at the Main Campus Student Center. The Student Recreation...
CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY
Laupus Library has been awarded a $75,000 grant through the Institute of Museum and Library Services to provide laptops and health education instruction to the school-aged children of migrant farmworker families in...
EMBRACING RACE
Serving the public and creating an inclusive and inspiring community are key parts of the EC Scholars motto. Keeping in line with this creed, the EC Scholars organized a Books...
NEW ENDOCRINOLOGY PROFESSORSHIP
When Dr. Mary Katherine Lawrence moved to Morehead City 30 years ago to practice medicine, she was the only endocrinologist in town. Endocrinologists are doctors who treat disorders of the...
Faculty: Wayne Godwin
Growing up in rural Johnston County, surrounded by farms, Wayne Godwin learned what he called the “basics of southern life, church, family and community.” Today, he carries those ideals with...
PROTECTING FARMERS
While health care systems around the world were frantically searching for personal protective equipment (PPE) for front-line hospital workers during the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, the North Carolina...