The Long Road to 250
There’s Washington and Jefferson, Bunker Hill and Valley Forge. So, it’s understandable how in North Carolina, it might be easy to overlook how vital the state was to the fight...
Richard Butler Archives
Student snapshot
Mohsen Zakaib Hometown: Winston-Salem, North Carolina Class: Third-year medical student Major: Engineering, concentration in electrical engineering Career goals: Emergency medicine, internal medicine, critical care, trauma surgery Mohsen Zakaib was an...
ECU premieres ‘Wild Heart’, a modern take on Joan of Arc’s story
When people hear the name Joan of Arc, they often think of her tragic end. But Chelsea Marcantel’s new musical, Wild Heart, brought Joan’s often overlooked story to life in...
Graduate programs ranked
ECU’s master’s and doctoral programs in allied health sciences, medicine and nursing earned high national rankings in U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 Best Graduate Schools, released April 8. U.S....
ECU recognizes research, creative success
Science and art and the people who pursue it were the focus March 4 during the university’s annual Research and Creative Activity Week. Joseph Houmard, professor of kinesiology, received the...
Campus Cribs brings it home at Aman Pirate Challenge
A startup that partners with local rental homes and apartments to market their properties directly to college students has won this year’s Aman Pirate Challenge and the $20,000 prize that...
A Marine’s new mission
Geoff Anthony ’25, a retired Marine Corps colonel, received his master’s in maritime studies in May. Now he’s applying the Marine motto, Semper Fidelis, or “Always Faithful,” to his new...
Pirate Nation rolls to rebuild WNC
Pirate Nation pulled together in the fall to help western North Carolina following Hurricane Helene’s devastation. This spring, they continued to the next steps: rebuilding what’s gone and preserving what’s...
Professor studies genetic markers associated with sudden infant death syndrome
Keith Keene, Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences associate dean for research and professor in the Department of Biology, has been looking for answers about sudden infant death syndrome...
Researchers record glacial melt in Antarctica
ECU researchers are studying glacial melt in Antarctica to better understand the effects of climate change in the polar region. Tristan Bench, an ECU postdoctoral researcher, spent 40 days at...