DRIVING INDEPENDENCE
For parents of teens in Dr. Anne Dickerson’s driving boot camp, there aren’t enough words to describe what she and her East Carolina University occupational therapy graduate students have given...
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REAL MONSTERS
“I study monkeys,” said Dr. James Loudon, assistant professor of anthropology in the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences. Specifically, as a biological anthropologist, he studies people’s perceptions of...
CREATING AN IMAGE
With live performances put on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic, East Carolina University’s School of Theatre and Dance faculty members decided to focus on what students could do rather...
60TH ANNIVERSARY
The East Carolina College of Nursing celebrates 60 years of educating Pirate Nurses this fall. The ECU nursing community marked the occasion with a virtual Homecoming and 60th anniversary celebration...
Student: Marianne Congema
East Carolina University senior Marianne Congema has wanted to be a nurse since fifth grade, when her mother had a heart attack followed by an extensive hospital stay. “I was...
TRIUMPH THROUGH TRAGEDY
Ask any group of football fans what triggers their gridiron passion and they’ll point to a specific memory. It may be the first morning of crisp fall air after a...
DIGITAL CONCERT HALL
The shift from in-person to online events during the 2020 pandemic is taking the annual Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival from East Carolina University’s Fletcher Hall to concertgoers’ own homes....
STUDENT OUTCOMES
East Carolina University has been recognized nationally for integrating assessment processes across campus, demonstrating an ongoing commitment to student success in and out of the classroom. In August, ECU was...
FUTURE OF FARMING
A nearly $1.5 million grant awarded to an East Carolina University research team by the National Science Foundation combines science and economic policy to support eastern North Carolina’s environment, farmers...
SHAPING RESEARCH NATIONWIDE
An East Carolina University associate professor will serve as the director of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Engineering of Biomedical Systems program, shaping the way the foundation funds biomedical engineering...