Staff: Dr. Jack Pender
In any lab, Dr. Jack Pender is professional but easily approachable with a big smile. His role at East Carolina University blurs the lines between faculty and staff. He teaches...
Lacey L. Gray Archives
Students research broadband access for rural, low-income eastern North Carolina communities
East Carolina University students are helping a small business owner expand broadband access in eastern North Carolina, a resource that many people rely on daily and take for granted. Jessica...
ECU’s Harriot College names Dr. Joseph Luczkovich to distinguished professorship
East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences has named Dr. Joseph Luczkovich, professor in the Department of Biology, to the prestigious rank of distinguished professor. Luczkovich is...
ECU Voyages Series to feature actor LeVar Burton, wildlife conservationist Jeff Corwin
East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences Voyages of Discovery Series will feature two special guests for the 2024-25 season — a well-known actor and literacy advocate,...
Gueye receives Fulbright to teach, research the politics of feminism, wifehood
East Carolina University’s Dr. Marame Gueye has won a competitive Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award for the 2024-25 academic year. She will teach and conduct research at the Université Cheikh...
ECU to launch eastern North Carolina alumni chapter
East Carolina University alumni living in the heart of Pirate territory will have a chapter of their own when the East Carolina University Alumni Association (ECUAA) launches the eastern North...
McRae awarded prestigious grant to continue research on elusive eastern black rail
Dr. Susan McRae, a teaching professor in East Carolina University’s Department of Biology, has won the Animal Welfare Institute’s prestigious Christine Stevens Wildlife Award. The award provides individual grants of...
ECU researchers explore lost Aleutian battlefield
East Carolina University faculty and alumni from the maritime studies program, housed in the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences Department of History, successfully led the first underwater archaeology...
ECU students and faculty work to explain blood clot formation and disease
East Carolina University’s Dr. Nathan Hudson is leading research to better understand how blood clots form, what impacts degradation of clots and new ways to attack them to help improve...
Brinkley-Lane Scholar: Eric Sabiston
Eric Sabiston’s dream is to study chronic and autoimmune diseases to improve the lives of those burdened with lifelong illnesses. The son of Kelli and Paul Sabiston, he is one...