PITCH PERFECT
As a baseball pitcher, Evan Voliva has simple goals. “I just want to throw hard, throw well and strike out a lot of guys,” he said. As a fan of...
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A WAY FORWARD
Interim Chancellor Ron Mitchelson presented his first State of the University address to the East Carolina University community Wednesday in Wright Auditorium, highlighting successes and challenges, and thanking faculty and...
HOME SWEET HOME
East Carolina University invites the public to one of Greenville’s iconic locations during an open house event on Thursday, Feb. 6, from 4:30-6 p.m. at 209 E. Fifth Street in...
Brody scientist’s data-driven approach to explaining gender bias gets national attention
Often discussed, but less frequently understood, gender bias is being assessed in a new way thanks to a microbiologist from ECU’s Brody School of Medicine. Working to help scientists across...
Faculty: Dr. Teresa Ryan
As someone who researches acoustics, Dr. Teresa Ryan can appreciate the sound of a heavy metal band. “I’m a member of the Slayer fan club,” said Ryan, an assistant professor...
4 things to know about coronavirus according to ECU expert
Dr. Rachel Roper, associate professor of microbiology and immunology at East Carolina University, was part of the team that first isolated, sequenced and analyzed the genome for SARS (Severe Acute...
ADDING VALUE TO AGRICULTURE
Ride by an eastern North Carolina farm, and you’ll see tobacco, corn, cotton, soybeans, maybe sorghum or wheat, and often some livestock. Janire Pascual-Gonzalez sees new sources of revenue for...
CONQUERING DISEASE
Byron Aguilar is studying how a group of signaling proteins called Rho GTPases, which play a role in several common cellular functions, might affect the development of not only cancer...
SIMPLY THE BEST
East Carolina University’s student entrepreneurship program, RISE29, was honored for its co-curricular innovation by the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) at its annual conference Monday in...
X MARKS THE LAB
From the elevator, turn left down the hall and take 20 paces. Turn left again, and X marks the spot where Pirates are learning science in East Carolina University’s new,...