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Feb 14, 2019
  • ECU News Services
  • Kristin Zachary
  • Natalie Shrader-Pruitt
  • Reed Wolfley

Hook, Line and Sinker

Brandi Campbell, center, portrays Kate, a kindergarten teacher in “If/Then.”
Feb 12, 2019
  • Bri Deel

IF/THEN MUSICAL

Reveal the future of one woman’s life in the “If/Then Musical” by East Carolina University’s School of Theatre and Dance. Elizabeth, the main character in the musical, recently got divorced...

ECU professor Dr. Stephanie Pitts talks with convenience store owner David Rizik about the healthy food choices available in his store on Old Pactolus Highway in Pitt County. (ECU Photo by Rhett Butler)
Feb 08, 2019
  • Rob Spahr

EFFECTIVENESS OF HEALTHIER FOOD OPTIONS

Researchers from East Carolina University have been awarded grant funding to study the effectiveness of a program to improve access to healthy food options in North Carolina. The two-year, $250,000...

Dr. Shannon Wallet, associate professor in the Department of Foundational Sciences at the ECU School of Dental Medicine, studies the communication of the immune system in her quest to understand diabetes. Along with her own research, she mentors student researchers.
Feb 04, 2019
  • Peggy Novotny

UNDERSTANDING DIABETES

After 20 years in diabetes research, Dr. Shannon Wallet believes that the key to addressing Type 1 diabetes is to understand the immune system processes that lead to the disease....

Dr. Mark Williams shares a hug with a friend after a ceremony for the establishment of the Travis and Cassandra Burt Professorship in Cardiovascular Sciences at the ECHI, as Dr. Randolph Chitwood, left, the founder and former head of ECHI, looks on. (Photos by Rhett Butler)
Jan 31, 2019
  • Erin Ward

HEARTFELT DONATION

When Travis Burt felt intense pain shoot down his left arm and an acrid taste fill his mouth, he knew something was wrong. His normally tanned face became deeply flushed...

The new Main Campus Student Center opened on Jan. 7.
Jan 23, 2019
  • Erin Ward

IF YOU LIKE IT, PUT YOUR NAME ON IT

Jesse Peel. Alice Crawford. Ledonia Wright. These are a few of the names students might notice as they explore the newly opened Main Campus Student Center. The expansive building has...

Taylor Reed Pirate Profile
Jan 22, 2019
  • Bri Deel

Student: Taylor Reed

Taylor Reed is studying in Poland this semester — the first student from East Carolina University to win the Erasmus+ Scholarship to attend Krosno State College. Reed is a junior...

Jan 10, 2019
  • Rob Spahr

RESEARCHING HEALTH EFFECTS OF PFAS

A professor at ECU’s Brody School of Medicine has received state and federal funding to study the health effects of potentially harmful chemical compounds that were found in North Carolina...

Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology Assistant Professor Kymberly Gowdy received a Brody Brothers grant.
Jan 09, 2019
  • Erin Ward

FUNDING BREAKTHROUGHS

Several East Carolina University medical researchers recently got a funding boost to expand their studies of common health issues, thanks to the Brody Brothers Foundation. This year, the Brody Brothers...

Jan 07, 2019
  • Kristin Zachary

‘Game-changer’