Research Archives

May 20, 2025
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU faculty, students perform Dare County housing study

In 2024, a lack of understanding surrounding workforce housing caused Dare County to give back $35 million in state funding for affordable housing projects. Now, East Carolina University faculty and...

May 14, 2025
  • Lacey L. Gray

Harriot College names 2025 Dean’s Early Career Award recipient

East Carolina University’s Dr. Michelle Malkin, assistant professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, is the recipient of the prestigious 2025 Dean’s Early Career Award in the Thomas...

A man wearing a white coat and tie stands in a lab holding a tray of test tubes.
May 13, 2025
  • Shelby Hudnall

Faculty: Dr. Alexandre R. Vieira

At East Carolina University’s School of Dental Medicine, Dr. Alexandre R. Vieira is leading efforts to expand and strengthen the school’s research enterprise. “Our school of Dental Medicine is relatively...

May 05, 2025
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

Brody alumna, student posters highlight Medical Education Day

The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University hosted its 11th annual Medical Education Day May 1, highlighted by a keynote address by alumna Dr. Christina Peroutka. Held in...

A large group of people hold shovels as they stand behind a small sandpit.
Apr 25, 2025
  • Ken Buday

ECU trustees celebrate a year of accomplishments

By the Numbers The Isley Indoor Performance Center and Wornom Family Field will include: 85,000 square feet of space 120-yard synthetic turf field 580 tons of structural steel 2,000 truckloads...

Apr 17, 2025
  • Crystal Baity

Outstanding faculty honored at 2025 University Teaching Awards

East Carolina University celebrated faculty members who excel in the classroom and beyond at the 2025 University Teaching Awards ceremony Tuesday in the Main Campus Student Center. “Our students, region...

A woman in a pink top runs on a treadmill while two men collect data.
Apr 14, 2025
  • Benjamin Abel

New research unveils insights on carbon-fiber shoes and foot health

The sports world is built on finding the next advantage to win the big game, break the finish line tape and win a medal. For runners, advantages are usually incremental,...

Apr 14, 2025
  • Kim Tilghman

Innovation and creativity take center stage during weeklong event

The Main Campus Student Center ballrooms buzzed with conversation as rows of strategically constructed posters lined the space. East Carolina University students presented research and creative projects they had spent...

Two college women, wearing purple T-shirts and black leggings, kneel and sit on the floor. The woman on the left is doing the cat-cow yoga pose. The woman on the right plays a metallophone on her lap.
Apr 11, 2025
  • Jessica VanderKolk
  • Ronnie Woodward

Students pair music therapy, yoga in family caregiver research study

Sharing their research? In March, East Carolina University music therapy students had the chance to engage with others in their field as they presented their research at the Southeastern Region...

Apr 08, 2025
  • Bobby Ampezzan

Child life specialists treat childhood fears, grow resilient humans

Thursday mornings at the Brody Outpatient Clinic’s pediatric hematology-oncology practice is given over to children with sickle cell disease, a congenital condition that limits aerobic activity and can be painful...