ECU researcher explores bacteria behaviors
A professor in the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to study the structural and functional properties of bacterial enzyme...
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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....
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...
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...
Study: Public health could be improved by reducing ‘tobacco swamps’
A new study co-authored by an East Carolina University researcher finds that public health could be improved by reducing “tobacco swamps” — densely located stores that sell tobacco products. Similar...
Library account covers publication costs for researchers
East Carolina University Academic Library Services has set up an account to pay publication costs for articles in several Public Library of Science (PLOS) journals. The PLOS account is one...
Faculty explore experiences as Black women in academia
Creating supportive spaces that allow Black women faculty to find their collective voice is important to four East Carolina University College of Education faculty members. Drs. Mikkaka Overstreet, Janeé Avent...
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...
ESTUARINE INVASION
As each day and night draws us closer to Halloween, a real-life invasion of the body snatchers is taking place in the Pamlico and Neuse rivers. Since 2016, a team...
ECU’s Voyages of Discovery Series to feature real-life guardian of the galaxy
East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences will launch the 15th season of its signature Voyages of Discovery Series at 7 p.m. Oct. 7 in the Main...