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ECU Postdocs Shine at State Research Symposium
Six postdoctoral researchers from ECU joined peers from across the state at the 2nd annual North Carolina Postdoctoral Research Symposium, held June 20, 2025, in the Research Triangle Park. The event brought together more than 100 early-career scientists from UNC System institutions, Duke University, and several federal research labs for a full day of presentations, professional development, and networking… Read more
Six postdoctoral researchers from ECU joined peers from across the state at the 2nd annual North Carolina Postdoctoral Research Symposium, held June 20, 2025, in the Research Triangle Park. The event brought together more than 100 early-career scientists from UNC System institutions, Duke University, and several federal research labs for a full day of presentations, professional development, and networking… Read more
MOTHeRS project wins national award for advancing maternal mental health care
The MOTHeRS Project (Maternal Outreach Through Telehealth for Rural Sites) has been named a recipient of the 2025 Psychiatric Services Achievement Silver Award by the American Psychiatric Association. Presented at the APA’s annual meeting in Los Angeles, the award honors programs making significant and innovative contributions to the mental health field… Read more
The MOTHeRS Project (Maternal Outreach Through Telehealth for Rural Sites) has been named a recipient of the 2025 Psychiatric Services Achievement Silver Award by the American Psychiatric Association. Presented at the APA’s annual meeting in Los Angeles, the award honors programs making significant and innovative contributions to the mental health field… Read more
ECU part of proposed agricultural technology corridor in North Carolina
ECU is helping lay the groundwork for a statewide agricultural transformation. As part of a coalition of North Carolina research institutions, the university is working to engage with farming communities across 42 counties through a proposed innovation corridor. The Climate-Responsive Opportunities in Plant Science (CROPS) project outlines a plan to connect farmers with cutting-edge technologies and researchers to boost productivity, sustainability and the regional economy... Read more
ECU is helping lay the groundwork for a statewide agricultural transformation. As part of a coalition of North Carolina research institutions, the university is working to engage with farming communities across 42 counties through a proposed innovation corridor. The Climate-Responsive Opportunities in Plant Science (CROPS) project outlines a plan to connect farmers with cutting-edge technologies and researchers to boost productivity, sustainability and the regional economy... Read more
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2025
2024
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- 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
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2023
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- 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
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2022
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- 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
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2021
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- 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
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2020
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- 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
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2019
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- ‘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
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2018
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- 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
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