Research Archives

Bayli Locklear, wearing a white lab coat, stands in front of a countertop full of scientific equipment.
Oct 08, 2024
  • Lacey L. Gray

First MARC students reaping benefits of mentoring, impactful research

  East Carolina University juniors and seniors are receiving the chance of a lifetime through the Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) training program. The immersive biomedical scholars program is...

Oct 08, 2024
  • ECU News Services

CSI faculty receive NSF grant for renewable ocean energy research

A $3.6 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant awarded to researchers from the University of Michigan, East Carolina University, UNC-Chapel Hill and Virginia Tech is aimed at increasing energy resilience...

An aerial photo looking over Greenville’s cityscape with a train crossing the Pirate Nation overpass rails in the foreground and housing and businesses in the background.
Oct 04, 2024
  • Kim Tilghman

Report finds ECU fuels region and state’s economy

A recent economic impact report highlights how East Carolina University’s operations significantly benefit the region and the state. The report, generated by Drs. Meghan Millea and Vera Tabakova in ECU’s...

Oct 02, 2024
  • Lacey L. Gray

Marshall Island serves as resting place for WWII battle vehicles

The island of Roi-Namur is located in the northern part of Kwajalein Atoll, one of the many volcanic islands and coral atolls comprising the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Situated...

Sep 17, 2024
  • Kim Tilghman

ECU undergrads build career confidence through the SECU Public Fellows Internship program

Over the summer, 20 East Carolina University undergraduates took part in the rewarding and impactful SECU Public Fellows Internship (PFI) program. The internship program places in-state undergraduate students with government...

Sep 17, 2024
  • Kim Tilghman

Student works with organization to help area near hometown

Inside a charming Greek revival in historic downtown Murfreesboro, Joe Harris Jr. sits at a desk surrounded by NC Watermelon Festival signs and flyers, working on last minute tasks ahead...

Sep 17, 2024
  • Kim Tilghman

ECU senior gains skills and finds new career goal through internship

Yanelis Romero is full of enthusiasm and energy — great qualities for a program assistant working with kids. Her energy is reflected in her resume as well. Originally from Puerto...

Sep 17, 2024
  • Kim Tilghman

Graduating senior finds career direction through internship program

The Historic Turnage Theater, located on Main Street in Washington, N.C., has a rich history as a shoe store, a vaudeville theater, and a movie theater for “the talkies.” Today,...

Sep 12, 2024
  • Kristen Martin

ECU faculty spearhead global effort to address rural mental health and education

Counselor education faculty in the East Carolina University College of Education sought to improve rural education and mental health literacy through the creation of a partnership between the United States...

Paige Day conducted research on summer rainfall at the Coastal Studies Institute on the ECU Outer Banks Campus. (Contributed photo)
Sep 04, 2024
  • Steven Grandy

Pirates make most of summer experiences

Many East Carolina University students spent their summers as interns, gaining real-world experience in their respective fields. These four Pirates played music, studied rainfall, wrote press releases and kept North...