Research Archives

Jun 21, 2019

Research shows fewer males born in U.S. during periods of stress

It is a common understanding in scientific research that the male species, in general, are frailer and experience higher rates of mortality across their lifespans than females. Now, there is...

Jun 19, 2019
  • Ken Buday

WILD RESEARCH

Growing up in Pitt County, Dr. Randall Etheridge had heard of Lake Mattamuskeet but admits he didn’t know much about its environmental importance. Shortly after arriving at East Carolina University...

Jun 05, 2019
  • Crystal Baity

DESIGN MATTERS

East Carolina University researchers hope their findings on consumers’ views of packaging design will impact the FDA’s review of a new heated tobacco product expected to be sold in the...

Jun 03, 2019

Postdoc researches new treatment targets for pulmonary disease

An East Carolina University researcher is investigating new ways to treat a disease that disproportionately affects African Americans and women in the Southeast. Eman Soliman, a postdoctoral scholar in the...

May 28, 2019
  • Crystal Baity

HEELING IS HEALING

Brent Carpenter says he sometimes feels like a duck out of water, but research at East Carolina University is helping him get back in his element by learning to sail....

May 17, 2019
  • Matt Smith

INTERNATIONAL CONNECTION

An East Carolina University associate professor will travel to Zambia next year to assist in water quality testing of the African nation’s groundwater system. Alex Manda, a hydrogeologist in the...

May 14, 2019
  • Rob Spahr

CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY

A researcher at ECU’s Brody School of Medicine testified before a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee Wednesday, May 15, about the negative health effects of chemical compounds that are estimated...

East Carolina University biology professor Chris Balakrishnan has been appointed as a temporary program director with the National Science Foundation’s Evolutionary Processes Cluster. The position allows Balakrishnan to make recommendations about which NSF research proposals to fund.
May 08, 2019
  • Matt Smith

NATIONAL APPOINTMENT

An East Carolina University associate professor will have the chance to shape science funding at the national level during the next two years. Chris Balakrishnan, a faculty member in the...

May 03, 2019
  • Kristin Zachary

Graduate video profile: Juliana Lane

Screenwriters often use their own life experiences as inspiration — a method East Carolina University senior Juliana Lane, a film and video production major in the School of Art and Design, implemented...

English major and great books minor Glenesha Berryman is one of 32 winners of a spring University Creative Activity award.
May 03, 2019
  • Kristin Zachary

Graduate video profile: Glenesha Berryman

Words have power, and East Carolina University senior Glenesha Berryman, an English major with a minor in great books, is working to use them for good. Berryman, an EC Scholar and...