ADVOCATING FOR LITERACY
Many educators can point to certain moments in their life when they knew they were destined to join their field. There were plenty of those moments for East Carolina University...
Research Archives
WRITING HER STORY
On a Tuesday afternoon in a darkened conference room in East Carolina University’s Mamie Jenkins Building, nearly a dozen students gather for author Liza Wieland’s creative writing workshop. One of...
SOUNDS OF RESEARCH
The click-clack-tap of a keyboard’s plastic keys fills the room in East Carolina University’s Auditory Prosthesis Lab. While the average person takes a keyboard’s sound for granted, Ning Zhou, an...
ECU’s College of Engineering and Technology highlights research
The East Carolina University College of Engineering and Technology recognized student and faculty research during its 2020 Research Day Monday in the ballroom of the Main Campus Student Center. Students...
FIGHTING OPIOID OVERDOSES
Researchers at East Carolina University found 3 out of 5 North Carolina retail pharmacies have naloxone in stock for opioid overdoses as part of a statewide standing order. But some...
RESEARCHING MUSCLE FUNCTION
East Carolina University researchers – in collaboration with researchers from Florida State University and the University of Hannover, Germany – discovered that a small region in the cardiac protein, troponin...
ECU professor’s research on ice may help improve aircraft safety
On a frigid November day in 2004, Chinese Eastern Airlines Flight 5210 dropped out of the sky shortly after takeoff from the Baotou Eriban Airport, exploding on the ground and...
COMING FULL CIRCLE
Married East Carolina University professors never expected a rogue storm to shipwreck their boat along the coast of North Carolina 35 years ago, but that is exactly what happened and...
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...
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...