PIRATEPACT
As students arrived on East Carolina University’s campus for the fall semester, a team of researchers led by Dr. Suzanne Lea, associate professor in the Brody School of Medicine’s Department...
Research Archives
NURTURING NUTRITION
While East Carolina University is known for preparing educators for the classroom, a team of Pirate researchers is studying how teachers’ personal views on healthy behaviors impact their students. Virginia...
Faculty: Dr. Ciprian Popoviciu
Dr. Ciprian Popoviciu has been to the top of the world, literally. The assistant professor in the Department of Technology Systems reached the peak of Mount Everest on May 22,...
ECU educational researcher secures patents for innovative student assessment technology
An East Carolina University educational researcher has secured two patents that provide practical analytics for student and instructor performance related to competence in addition to traditional grades. U.S. Patent 10,878,711...
BACK AT SEA
East Carolina University’s acoustic wave glider was deployed in December and January as part of an effort to determine the migratory pathways of southern flounder. 2015 ECU File Video | View...
THE ROAD TO DISCOVERY
East Carolina University students in the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences often carry out impactful work in the classroom, but it is not every day that it leads...
Farmville’s Café Madeleine, RISE29 interns connect over confections
A group of East Carolina University interns is helping an artisanal bakery bring the taste of France to Farmville. Through ECU’s student entrepreneurship program RISE29, College of Fine Arts and...
ON THE WING
Through a longstanding partnership between East Carolina University and Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, researchers have sequenced the genome of the white-winged wood duck, which could help in...
UNWAVERING COMMITMENT
Despite the challenges that arose in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, East Carolina University continued its State Employees’ Credit Union Public Fellows Internship program, offering 20 students a chance...
MARKETING MEGAPHONE
Moving around during childhood can be stressful for any student constantly boxing up and uprooting their lives. After more than four moves and a constant reshuffling of schools and friends,...