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Two college women, wearing purple T-shirts and black leggings, kneel and sit on the floor. The woman on the left is doing the cat-cow yoga pose. The woman on the right plays a metallophone on her lap.
Apr 11, 2025
  • Jessica VanderKolk
  • Ronnie Woodward

Students pair music therapy, yoga in family caregiver research study

Sharing their research? In March, East Carolina University music therapy students had the chance to engage with others in their field as they presented their research at the Southeastern Region...

A dark-haired woman in a black graduation cap and gown poses against a brick background.
Apr 10, 2025
  • Benjamin Abel

Brain injury not enough to keep OT student from achieving her goals

Charlotte Pete knew since middle school that she wanted to be an occupational therapist and arrived in Greenville intent on graduating from the program. She was at the top of...

Apr 10, 2025
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

ECU and Golden LEAF Foundation commemorate success

Golden LEAF Foundation scholarships are a family tradition for East Carolina University senior Sarah Nasser and sophomore Khalid Nasser. Both are current scholars. Their younger brother, Saad, has been accepted...

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...