After the Fact
STORY BY JIMMY ROSTAR After the Fact Scott Avett ’99 ’00 explores mystery in the creative process On a morning in late summer, Scott Avett had hoped to spend a...
Winter 2023 Archives
Student snapshot
Hometown: High Point, North Carolina Class: First-year doctoral student Major: Audiology Career goals: Travel audiology, own my own private practice, work alongside Doctors Without Borders overseas Grace Bellamy is turning...
Engineering for success
STORY BY KEN BUDAY Engineering for success STUDENTS WITH ECU’S CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING HELP BUSINESSES BOOST EFFICIENCY AND CUT POLLUTION. As a child, Grace Jacobson could...
The Guy in the Room
The guy in the room ECU’S NEW NURSING DEAN BRINGS A FRESH PERSPECTIVE. STORY BY ROB SPAHR Dr. Bim Akintade stood quietly and alone in the front of an auditorium...
ECU part of $16 million grant to study resiliency of coastal communities
Economics professor Meghan Millea is part of a team that has received a National Science Foundation Coastlines and People grant totaling more than $16 million to study the increased intensity...
Research shows you are what your ancestors ate
Parental diet and physical activity levels are critical factors in the prevalence of obesity and metabolic disorders such as diabetes not only among their offspring but also their children’s children...
Gold Standard
Hometown: Greenville, North Carolina Major: Biomedical engineering Career Goals: To use my knowledge of engineering to make a positive impact on people’s lives Scholarships: James and Connie Hackney Scholarship, Honors and...
Students recognized for lifesaving actions
When ECU students Krysta Byrd and Bradly Boaz found a fellow student slumped over in cardiac arrest, they leapt into action and helped save a life. It was Sept. 22,...
New provost sees people, teamwork as key
Robin Coger, ECU’s new provost who began in July, said she appreciates the enthusiasm and commitment she has seen from Pirate Nation. “I learned a long time ago that a...
Training the next generation of leaders for eastern NC schools
ECU has a pipeline that produces a different kind of commodity — future principals. The PIRATE Leadership Academy at ECU prepares proven teacher leaders to become assistant principals and principals...