News Archive
2025
- Innovation and creativity take center stage during weeklong event
- Pirates connect with community priorities during bus tour
- Award Honors a Lifetime of Achievement
- ECU honors leaders in research and innovation
- ECU’s research efforts earn prestigious R1 status
2024
- ECU celebrates graduates of Rural Community Capacity program
- Report finds ECU fuels region and state’s economy
- ECU undergrads build career confidence through the SECU Public Fellows Internship program
- ECU researcher wins state venture challenge
- Economic development program certifies 16 professionals
- ECU Postdoctoral Scholars Present at State Symposium
- Cancer researcher advances to NCBiotech Venture Challenge finals
- ECU researcher approved for NCInnovation funding for promising melanoma treatment
- Thompson Named New Faculty Fellow for Postdoctoral Affairs and Research Development
- Accomplished Researcher Finds Success in Work with Students
- Researchers Celebrate Far-Reaching, Impactful Work
- ECU partners with Institute of Defense and Business to Deliver Executive and Advanced Military Professional Education
- ECU Recognized for Continued Innovative Community and Economic Engagement Programs
- ECU researchers will help build resiliency among small and underserved farms
- Purple and Gold Bus Tour engages with communities for beneficial collaborations
- ECU earns prestigious community engagement designation
- Previous work with islanders opens door for researcher to help protect heritage
2023
- Pirates achieve historic sponsored activities funding
- Promoting Digital Inclusion for Agricultural Workers
- Welch named regional director of NCInnovation at ECU
- ECU graduate Safranek rises to the occasion to open business
- Wright Appointed to National Research Leadership Program
- ECU Undergrads Find Direction with SECU Public Fellows Internship Program
- ECU joins in success of JROTC flight program
- STEMx camp introduces tech, coding to youth
- Faculty-led Teams Compete in Healthcare Innovation Pitch Competition
- Business grad expands online shop to brick-and-mortar store
- Economic Development Academy Certifies Six NC Economic Developers
- Economic Development Program Tours Successes in Central NC
- SBTDC Hosts Junior Shark Tank Competition
- Overton Pitch Competition Offers Seed Money to Student Micro-Enterprises
- Research Faculty Honored for Research and Scholarly Activities
- REDE Bus Tour Encourages Collaboration for Transformation
- ECU’s SBTDC Helps New Owners of Uptown Greenville Fashion Landmark
- Student Planning Project Helps Town Revitalization
- REDE-led Group Addresses Housing Needs in Eastern North Carolina
2022
- Faculty Science-Art Collaboration Project, “Was Here,” Illustrates Sea Level Change
- Millea Part of $16M Grant to Study Resiliency of Coastal Communities
- REDE for the Future: FY21-22 Annual Report
- ECU, Partners Featured on Episode of NCImpact on PBS
- Continuing students find education, fellowship with ECU’s Lifelong Learning Program
- Office of Undergraduate Research Announces Fall 2022 URCA Award Winners
- Four earn certification from ECU Economic Development Academy
- SECU Public Fellows Interns Help Those Who Help Others
- ECU Develops Tool to Provide Regional Transformation Data
- Yeager and Normoyle Awarded Competitive Engagement Scholarships
- Paynter Appointed Acting Chief Research and Engagement Officer
- International Postdoctoral Scholar’s Research Earns RCAW Award
- New REDE Directors and Coordinator Announced
- Lamson Presented Lifetime Achievement Award
- ECU Faculty Members Recognized for Research and Scholarship
- Kariko Appointed Director of Continuing and Professional Education
- ECU Assistant Dean Elected to National Academy of Inventors Senior Members Class
- Pirates Tour the Region on a Mission
- ECU Part of Build Back Better Grant Award
2021
- REDE Releases FY21 Annual Report
- RISE29 Interns Share Ideas at Semester Showcase
- Paynter Named to 2022 APLU Board of Directors
- ECU Programs Give Underserved Preschoolers a Head Start in Science, Health Education
- Understanding and Treating ‘Long COVID’
- Library Account Covers Publication Costs for Researchers
- ECU Office Helps Researchers Bring Their Ideas to Market
- “Picture A Scientist”: Women Scientists’ Voices Heard at Film Screening
- Pirate Perspective Listening Tour
- Rural Expansion: ECU, USDA Announce Grant
- Update from REDE — Conflicts of Interest Software Change
- ECU Researcher Learns New Techniques to Study mRNA
- Grant Continues Faculty Partnership with Wilson Middle School
- Going West: West Research Campus Provides Opportunities for Pirates
- Stormy Outlook: Mangrove Forest Study Has Takeaways for Coastal Communities
- Back-to-Back: ECU-led Research Team Receives UNC System Grant
- Exemplary Service: NC Agromedicine Institute Recognized Nationally
- RISE29 Promotes Daughtry to Program Manager
- ECU Researcher Lands Featured Journal Cover Story
- Five Earn Certification from ECU Economic Development Academy
- Promising Partnerships: RISE29 Empowers Students, Businesses in Eastern NC
- ECU Student Selected to National Economic and Community Engagement Student Advisory Group
- Making Their Mark: RISE29 Internship Team Shares Expertise with Seafood Business
- Not So Wicked After All? New Research Shines Light on Fairy-Tale Stereotype
- Purple and Gold Bus Tour Continues in Online Environment
- Health Behavior Research Cluster Announces Seed Funding
- Pirates Selected to SECU Internship Program
- Pirates Celebrate Research at Annual Research and Creative Achievement Week
- Office of Undergraduate Research Announces Spring 2021 URCA Award Winners
- Postdoc’s Experience Shared by University
- Market Value: ECU’s Digital Market Gives Researchers Opportunity to Share Innovations
- Gilbird Recognized as Outstanding Staff Award Winner
- Riveting Research: ECU Honors Faculty at Annual Awards
- Nurturing Nutrition: Project Examines Health Behavior Modeling in the Classroom
- Farmville’s Cafe Madelein, RISE29 Interns Connect Over Confections
- RISE29 Internship Team Partners With Nonprofit
2020
- Unwavering Commitment: Public Fellows Internship Program Continues Despite Pandemic
- Economic Engine: Study Finds ECU’s Statewide Economic Impact Totals More Than $2.5B
- A New Era: ECU’s Warehouse District Gets New Name, Plan for Future
- ECU Hosts Undergraduate Researchers at SNCURCS 2020
- Triumph Through Tragedy: ECU, Pitt County Schools Partnership Recognized
- Industry Jobs the Topic of Second Postdoc Alumni Panel
- Future of Framing: ECU Research Team Awarded $1.5M Grant
- Postdoc Alumni Share Experiences During Virtual Panel
- Shaping Research: ECU Associate Professor Appointed to NSF Position
- Novel Treatment Method: ECU Professor Receives Patent for RLS Treatment
- Naval Partnership: ECU Receives Contract With U.S. Naval Community College
- University Honors Postdocs During National Postdoc Appreciation Week
- Associate Professor Elected to National Academy of Inventors Senior Members Class
- Navigating Uncharted Waters: ECU Researchers, Leaders Respond to Pandemic
- Interns Announced for 2020 SECU Internship Program
- RISE29 Student Entrepreneurship Program Announces Fall 2020 Interns
- Innovation LLC Welcomes New Members
- Postdoc Receives NIH Fellowship
- Supporting Team Science: New $1.6M Grant Preps Students Through Research
- Marketing Main Street: ECU Interns Help Small Town Increase Digital Footprint
- Funding Opportunities Announced for Biomaterial Researchers
- Expanding Broadband Opportunities
- Parental Pressure: Researchers Use Model to Examine Link Between Hurricanes, Births
- ECU Postdoc Named to National Position
- Summer Innovation Academy Expands Digital Reach
- Jennette’s Pier Selected, CSI Partners for Final Round of DOE Competition
- Local Jewelry Startup Polishes Business with Entrepreneurship Program
- ECU Startup Flips Over Hemp for Skateboard Manufacturing
- Resilient Research: ECU Faculty Figuring Out New Ways to Continue Research During Sheltering
- On the Road Again: Purple and Gold Bus Tour Rolls Through ENC
- Service Through Research: 2020 ECU Research and Creative Activity Awards
- Topping Out: Ceremony Marks Milestone for ECU’s New Building
- Undergraduates Earn Research Awards Totaling Nearly $50K
- Annual RCAW Event Moves Online
- SBTDC at ECU Ready to Assist With Small Business Loans
- ECU Hosts First ‘Hurricon’
- Barriers to Participation: ECU Student Examines What Stops Children from Playing Sports
- Home Sweet Home: Public Invited to REDE Open House
- Simply the Best: ECU Student Entrepreneurship Program Wins National Award
- Conquering Disease: Researcher’s Compound Could Fight Cancer, Alzheimer’s
- Provost’s Challenge Kicks Off With Focus on Health and Well-being
2019
- ‘Valuable Leadership’: Van Scott Appointed Interim Vice Chancellor for REDE
- Assistant Vice Chancellor Honored by AMEXCAN
- What’s the Password? Research Team Unlocks Code in Bird Species’ Learning
- RISE29 Interns Show Off Fall Presentations
- ECU I-Corps Turns Business Ideas Into Reality
- Undergraduate Researchers Receive Nearly $70K in Awards
- Students Pitch Projects at Capture180
- ECU to Host Coastal Research Conference
- A Hand Up: Engineering Student Building Prosthetic Hand
- ECU Looks to Become a Link in Eastern North Carolina’s Agriculture Chain
- Soaring to New Heights: ECU Brings Together Aerospace Stakeholders
- Sweetner Saving Blood: Team Works to Prevent Donation Spoilage
- Innovation Moves Forward: Students Compete in PEC
- East Carolina Undaunted Provides Hurricane Support Through Goods Drive
- Researchers Celebrated as Part of National Postdoc Appreciation Week
- Eye in the Sky: Assistant Professor Uses Satellite Imagery to Study Coastal Systems
- Back to Saipan: ECU Educators Return to Island to Explore Historical Landmarks
- Exceptional Interns: PFI interns leave mark in eastern North Carolina
- ECU receives three new patents
- Students get new look at technology at MIS STEM camp
- Breaking Ground: ECU Officials Usher in New Life Sciences and Biotechnology Building
- Dental Medicine Celebrates Research, Scholarship
- Small businesses flock to ECU for 2019 Disaster Recovery Contracting Summit
- Pacific Traveler: Assistant Professor Boards Chief Scientist Training Cruise
- Student Research Showcased at Inaugural Summer Symposium
- CAREER Achievement: Assistant Professor Awarded NSF Grant
- ECU Announces 2019-20 Arts and Humanities Faculty Reassignment Awards
- ECU Education Program Highlighted for Innovation
- International Connection: ECU Researcher Earns Fulbright Award, Will Travel to Zambia
- Testing for Monogamy? ECU researcher explores DNA behind mating systems
- Postdoc Researches New Treatment Targets for Pulmonary Disease
- National Appointment: ECU Associate Professor Joins NSF
- Economic Growth Collaboratory Launches with Focus on Agriculture
- ECU Increasing Big Data Capabilities
- Annual Research and Creative Achievement Week Highlights Students, Faculty
- Researchers Explore Opportunities at Air Station
- Biomaterials a Focus for Researchers
- Bus Tour Partners Researchers, Region Leaders
- ECU receives $1M Grant for Rural Innovation
- Changing Lives Through Research
- ECU Expert Featured in Overseas Newspaper
- University Harnessing Big Data to Aid Regional Industries
- Research Cluster Co-Director Featured in The Washington Post
- Capstone Courses Provide Industry Benefits
- Office of Undergraduate Research Announces Spring URCA Award Winners
- Assistant Vice Chancellor Named to Executive Council
- Student Makes International Impact with Robotics Club
- Highlighting Research: Student Researchers on Full Display
2018
- Distinguished Distinction: Professor Named National Fellow
- Student Startups
- Relying on Community: Volunteer Make Impact in New Bern
- ECU Announces New Office, Executive Director
- Office of Undergraduate Research Announces Fall URCA Award Winners
- Research Empowers Principals
- Springing Into Action: ECU Student, Friends Support Storm Victims
- Capture 180, 3MT Winners Announced
- Make-a-thon Inspires Innovation
- Student Event Combines Innovation, Hurricane Relief
- ECU Hurricane Food Drive Off to Fast Start
- Researcher Focuses on Military Health
- Sylvan Heights, ECU Announce Collaboration
- Horizon LLC Kicks Off First Week
- Leading New Discoveries
- ECU Research Division Makes its Way Uptown
- Undergraduates Share Research at Event
- Assistant Professor Uses Zebrafish to Study Brain Development
- REDE Offices Merging to Enhance Faculty Support
- ECU, XComP Analytics, Inc. Secure Partnership
- Air Force Special Tactics members tour ECU
- SECU PSF Interns Make Impact
- Study Shows Climate Change May Hinder Fish Conservation Efforts
- REDE Retreat Discusses Interdisciplinary Research
- Trio Recognized at Navy-Sponsored Symposium
- ECU Students Awarded Grants
- ECU Assistant Professor Invited to Congressional Briefing
- Researchers Attend Air Force Workshop
- Faculty Reassignment Awards in Arts and Humanities Announced
- ECU Celebrates Champ
- New Focus for Lab Courses Introduced
- College Hosts Big Data Symposium
- I-Corps@ECU Honors Entrepreneurs
- ECU Announces Economic Development Academy
- Symposium Builds Connections
- ECU Kicks Off Research and Creative Achievement Week
- New USDA Report Provides Trend Data Analysis About U.S. Biobased Economy
- Bus Tour Focuses on Research
- ECU, RTI International Explore Partnership
- Research Clusters Share Goals
- Researchers Saluted: Faculty Members Recognized by University
- ECU Assistant Professor Receives Distinguished Fellowship
- Two More Research Clusters Host Kickoff Meetings
- SAS, ECU to Use Big Data to Boost Research, Rural Prosperity
- ECU Internship Opportunity Prepares Students for Real World
- ECU Faculty Introduced to Research Cluster
- ECU Undergraduates Discover Research Opportunities
- ECU Graduate Student Awarded Fellowship for Work With Marine Parasites
- ECU Professor Using Economics to Influence Farming