Matt Smith Archives

Mar 03, 2021
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OUTSTANDING SCHOLARSHIP

Along with recognizing the Five-Year Achievement for Research & Creative Activity Award winners, East Carolina University honored faculty members throughout the university for their research, creative activity, inventions and community...

Feb 15, 2021
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MARKET VALUE

Not every bright idea leads to a patent or a late-night as-seen-on-TV infomercial. But those ideas can lead to innovations that become vital in homes, offices and labs across the...

Feb 03, 2021
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NURTURING NUTRITION

While East Carolina University is known for preparing educators for the classroom, a team of Pirate researchers is studying how teachers’ personal views on healthy behaviors impact their students. Virginia...

Jan 11, 2021
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Farmville’s Café Madeleine, RISE29 interns connect over confections

A group of East Carolina University interns is helping an artisanal bakery bring the taste of France to Farmville. Through ECU’s student entrepreneurship program RISE29, College of Fine Arts and...

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Jan 05, 2021
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UNWAVERING COMMITMENT

Despite the challenges that arose in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, East Carolina University continued its State Employees’ Credit Union Public Fellows Internship program, offering 20 students a chance...

Jan 05, 2021
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MARKETING MEGAPHONE

Moving around during childhood can be stressful for any student constantly boxing up and uprooting their lives. After more than four moves and a constant reshuffling of schools and friends,...

Jan 05, 2021
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BUILDING BUSINESSES

Libraries aren’t traditionally the place you go for small business support, but one East Carolina University student is changing that perception in Wayne County. Accounting major Dejah McManus, an Indian...

Jan 05, 2021
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COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

For many nonprofits, it’s not just their mission that defines them, but the connections they build within their communities. East Carolina University sophomore Vedika Modi learned about the importance of...

Jan 04, 2021
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RISE29 internship team partners with nonprofit to explore canning business

A group of East Carolina University interns are helping Beaufort County’s Alpha Life Enrichment Center (ALEC) support farmers in eastern North Carolina. College of Education graduate student Tiffany Corey, College...

Nov 20, 2020
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ECU hosts undergraduate researchers from across the state at 2020 SNCURCS

More than 400 undergraduate researchers from across North Carolina shared their work with their peers Nov. 7 at the 2020 State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium (SNCURCS)....