ECU News Services Archives

Apr 24, 2020
  • ECU News Services

ECU fills communications leadership positions

East Carolina University has announced the appointment of Jeannine Manning Hutson as chief communications officer and director of University Communications effective April 16. ECU has also named Rob Spahr as...

Apr 24, 2020
  • ECU News Services

ECU rises to challenge in social, economic impact ranking

East Carolina University has been ranked by the Times Higher Education (THE) in its assessment of the social and economic impact of universities based on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development...

Apr 20, 2020
  • ECU News Services

Grimsley named winner of NCLR’s John Ehle Prize for interview with Moira Crone

The North Carolina Literary Review (NCLR) has awarded the second John Ehle Prize to Jim Grimsley for his interview with Goldsboro native Moira Crone, "The Cartography of Moira Crone: Mapping...

Apr 16, 2020
  • ECU News Services

Women’s Roundtable creates new Access scholarship endowment

More scholarship offerings will be available to deserving ECU students thanks to a new endowment from the ECU Women’s Roundtable. The organization focuses on service, leadership and philanthropy at ECU,...

Apr 15, 2020
  • ECU News Services

Harriot College announces 2020 Dean’s Early Career Award recipient

East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences has named Dr. Beth Bee, assistant professor of geography, planning and environment, recipient of the 2020 Dean’s Early Career Award....

Apr 15, 2020
  • ECU News Services

Student Health prepares for national accreditation

East Carolina University Student Health Services (SHS) hosted an Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) fair on March 10 for all SHS employees. The fair was intended to help...

Apr 13, 2020
  • Natalie Sayewich

What we know now: Updates from an expert on coronaviruses

What we know about COVID-19 seemingly changes by the hour. Since the novel coronavirus emerged in China in December and quickly became a worldwide threat, scientists and health care workers...

Apr 09, 2020
  • ECU News Services

Undergraduates earn research awards totaling nearly $50K

Thirty-two East Carolina University students have received Spring 2020 Undergraduate Research and Creativity Awards totaling more than $50,000, the university’s Office of Undergraduate Research has announced. The awards provide support...

Apr 08, 2020
  • ECU News Services

Construction management professor teaching ECU students from the Netherlands

Dr. Marwin Jurjus came to East Carolina University as part of a faculty exchange program with HAN University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands. At ECU for less than a...

Apr 07, 2020
  • ECU News Services

Annual RCAW event moves online

Adaptability was the unofficial theme for East Carolina University’s 14th annual Research and Creative Achievement Week (RCAW). Held March 30 to April 6, the event went completely virtual for the...