Research Archives

Oct 16, 2018
  • Jules Norwood

PLACE YOUR BETS

A new report using data from the Life, Liberty, and Happiness survey conducted by East Carolina University’s Center for Survey Research confirms that many Americans support legalized gambling on professional sports. Earlier...

Oct 15, 2018
  • Matt Smith

NEW OFFICE ANNOUNCED

Retired U.S. Navy Capt. Keith Wheeler has been named the inaugural executive director for East Carolina University’s newly created Office of National Security and Industry Initiatives. Wheeler joins ECU after...

Oct 11, 2018

Make-a-thon inspires innovation

East Carolina University students brought new ideas and innovations to the university’s BrainSTORM make-a-thon event on Oct. 4, offering fresh perspectives to problems that plague communities after natural disasters. Nearly...

Oct 11, 2018

Make-a-thon inspires innovation

East Carolina University students brought new ideas and innovations to the university’s BrainSTORM make-a-thon event on Oct. 4, offering fresh perspectives to problems that plague communities after natural disasters. Nearly...

East Carolina University faculty members Len Annetta, from left, Matt Militello, Charity Cayton and College of Education Dean Grant Hayes recently announced that the college secured a five-year, $9.8 million grant to study the effects of leadership in K-12 school systems. (Photo by Matt Smith)
Oct 10, 2018
  • Matt Smith

RESEARCH EMPOWERS PRINCIPALS

A group of East Carolina University researchers studying the effects of school leadership has secured a five-year, $9.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The study is led...

Oct 04, 2018

NSF-funded study examines impact of intimate partner violence on sexual minority college students

Researchers at East Carolina University and the University of New Hampshire will undertake the largest study ever conducted on intimate partner violence among lesbian, gay, bisexual and other sexual minority...

ECU tennis player Diogo Marques engages in a virtual exercise aimed at improving communication skills with a job recruiter. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Oct 03, 2018
  • Crystal Baity

LIFE SKILLS

Today’s student-athletes are more technologically connected than ever before, yet research shows many struggle to initiate difficult conversations. East Carolina University faculty members are joining with American Athletic Conference colleagues...

Sep 20, 2018

Public health student attends Harvard program

An East Carolina University student with an interest in health disparities took classes and conducted research through a prestigious Harvard University program this summer. Kristin Coleman, a senior public health...

Sep 20, 2018

Researcher focuses on military health

East Carolina University’s Angela Lamson recently spent a weekend at the U.S. Department of Defense’s premier scientific meeting, sharing her research with military leaders in the area of integrated health...

Holly Pittard, second-year Brody School of Medicine student, unloads water from an SUV at the Walter B. Jones Center in Pitt County. (ECU Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Sep 19, 2018
  • Jules Norwood
  • Rob Spahr

UNDAUNTED

Hurricane Florence made a sharp left turn as it made landfall in southeastern North Carolina, sparing Greenville from the worst of its fury. Now, Pirates are responding, banding together to...