Students Archives

Apr 10, 2025
  • ECU Health News

Brody students recognize patients and families with Legacy Teachers Celebration

In the third year of medical school, students step out of the classroom and into clinical settings for the first time as physicians in training. As they interact with patients,...

Apr 09, 2025
  • Crystal Baity

ECU graduate programs earn high rankings

East Carolina University’s master’s and doctoral programs in allied health sciences, medicine and nursing earned high rankings once again this year in U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 Best Graduate...

Apr 08, 2025
  • Bobby Ampezzan

Child life specialists treat childhood fears, grow resilient humans

Thursday mornings at the Brody Outpatient Clinic’s pediatric hematology-oncology practice is given over to children with sickle cell disease, a congenital condition that limits aerobic activity and can be painful...

Young woman with hand on her side posing in front of a body of water and trees. A bench is visible in the background.
Apr 04, 2025
  • Alondra Martinez

Student: Riley Bessetti

From an early age, Riley Bessetti was drawn to science. Now a fifth-year doctoral candidate in East Carolina University’s Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the Brody School of...

A large group of people, with PeeDee the Pirate kneeling in front, hold up purple Research One signs and make a Pirate hook.
Apr 04, 2025
  • Crystal Baity

ECU the model for US research institutions of the future

What is R1? The R1 research classification identifies the top 5% of U.S. universities that demonstrate the highest levels of research activity as designated by Carnegie Classifications of Institutions of...

Apr 03, 2025
  • Jessica VanderKolk

ECU debuts world premiere opera, builds community connections to performance

Audience members will laugh, cry and likely experience myriad other feelings as they follow the emotional story of Mattie in this weekend’s world premiere of “Gal Young ’Un,” from East...

Geoff Anthony is wearing scuba diving equipment including a white shirt, black wetsuit components, and a white cap is working underwater on a sandy ocean floor. He is writing on a clipboard while using a measuring tape. Coral formations are visible in the background, and the water is a clear blue color.
Apr 02, 2025
  • Alondra Martinez

Marine Corps veteran Geoff Anthony pursues history and recovery

‘Semper Fidelis,’ the Marine Corps motto that embodies unwavering loyalty and commitment, perfectly captures the life and career of Geoff Anthony, a graduate student in maritime studies at East Carolina...

Mar 27, 2025
  • Lacey L. Gray

Research cruises assess North Carolina marine resources

An East Carolina University professor is taking part in a series of interdisciplinary research cruises aimed at exploring biological organisms off the coast of North Carolina and gauging how climate...

A modern dance performance featuring multiple dancers in varying dynamic poses, wearing earth-toned costumes, with some seated on wooden chairs and others in expressive movement across a stage with neutral-colored backgrounds.
Mar 26, 2025
  • Alondra Martinez

Spring Dance 2025

Spring Dance 2025 brings movement and music together in a breathtaking display of artistry as East Carolina University’s School of Theatre and Dance presents an evening of dynamic and diverse...

Mar 25, 2025
  • Jessica VanderKolk

ECU piano program shines with student success, world-class guests

Piano Studies in East Carolina University’s School of Music is having a moment, with award-winning students, a new piano academy, and piano festival guest artists including Richard Goode, a world-class...