Navigating Uncharted Waters
This article appeared in Business NC's July 2020 Research North Carolina special section. Over the last few months, the COVID-19 pandemic upended the way many industries interact with employees, customers...
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Provost’s Challenge Kicks Off With Focus on Health and Well-being
A group of East Carolina University students will spend the semester exploring ways to improve student health and wellness as part of the second Provost’s Challenge. More than 80 entrepreneurial...
RISE29 Interns Show Off Fall Presentations
RISE29interns had a productive fall semester, working with 11 regional small business clients to help them develop new ventures and grow existing operations in Beaufort, Hyde, Martin and Pitt counties. Twenty-four students...
ECU I-Corps Turns Business Ideas Into Reality
Taking an idea and putting it into action can be a challenge. I-Corps, a grant-based program funded by the National Science Foundation equips scientists, entrepreneurs and innovators with the knowledge...
WHAT’S THE PASSWORD?
The life of a parasite can be difficult. At best they’re exploitative; at worst they turn their host into a zombie. Now try facing all those challenges without help from...
Nearly $70K Invested in Undergraduate Researchers
East Carolina University’s Office of Undergraduate Research announced that 42 students received fall 2019 Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Awards, totaling nearly $70,000. The awards provide support for faculty-mentored research...
East Carolina Undaunted Provides Hurricane Support Through Goods Drive
Representatives from Hyde County hauled plastic totes, shovels, rakes and bottles of Gatorade from East Carolina University’s Willis Building back to Ocracoke Island after receiving donations from East Carolina Undaunted’s...
INNOVATION MOVES FORWARD
Twelve student-led entrepreneurship teams moved on to the semifinal round of the third annual Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge after nearly 3,000 votes were cast in Tuesday’s opening round of East Carolina...
Dental Medicine Celebrates Research, Scholarship
“Genomics, Epigenomics and Oral Health” was the theme of the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine’s fifth annual Celebration of Research and Scholarship on Aug. 21. Faculty, students and...
REHABILITATING HOPE
You might think the life of a pageant queen is all glitz and glam, but East Carolina University junior Bailey Stamper is changing that perception with hammers and nails as...