ECU News Services Archives

Oct 03, 2014
  • ECU News Services

ECU shines at NOAA Science Days

East Carolina University was well represented this year at NOAA Science Days Sept. 23 in Silver Spring, Maryland. The annual event highlights research done in collaboration with NOAA offices, with...

ECU senior Coriyon Arrington works in a biomedical instrumentation lab in the engineering department at East Carolina University. Created in response to regional industry needs for a skilled workforce, the department celebrates 10 years on Oct. 3. (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Oct 03, 2014
  • Crystal Baity

PIPELINE OF ENGINEERS

East Carolina University’s engineering program launched at a perfect time for Kyle Barnes. The 2004 Roanoke Rapids High School graduate planned to enroll at ECU for two years and then...

Oct 03, 2014
  • Amy Adams Ellis

COMMANDING COMPASSION

The leader of the nation’s top military hospital made a stop at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine on Oct. 2 to share his medical and leadership philosophy with...

Oct 03, 2014
  • ECU News Services

Book signings feature contributions by ECU student, alumna

Artist, ECU alumna illustrates children’s book    Hannah K. Shuping, a 2013 East Carolina University graduate and Raleigh resident, recently illustrated the children’s picture book, “The Possible Police,” written by...

Oct 02, 2014
  • ECU News Services

‘Orange is the New Black’ star to speak at ECU
Underwater explorer Jean-Michel Cousteau visited with East Carolina University students Oct. 1 before delivering the premier lecture for the Voyages of Discovery lecture series on campus. Cousteau urged better management of the Earth's oceans, which make up 75 percent of the planet. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Oct 02, 2014
  • Lacey L. Gray

SEEKING SOLUTIONS

Renowned underwater explorer Jean-Michel Cousteau urged action to protect endangered ocean resources in a presentation Wednesday, Oct. 1 at East Carolina University. “Marine debris is a global problem with a...

Oct 01, 2014
  • Grace Haskin

‘THE SHOW TO SEE’

The stage of McGinnis Theatre has been transformed into a grim post-World War II New Orleans for the upcoming production of “A Streetcar Named Desire.” The East Carolina University School...

ECU students work in the computer lab in the College of Engineering and Technology, which prepares students to enter the workforce with skills that are currently in demand by major IT corporations. ECU has been ranked among the top in the nation for preparing its graduates to succeed in the workforce.
Oct 01, 2014
  • ECU News Services

WORKFORCE READY

East Carolina University is ranked No. 4 out of more than 1,200 universities in the nation by Educate To Career in its 2015 College Rankings Index. The rankings provide “actual...

Sep 30, 2014
  • ECU News Services

Lecture to focus on life of Paul Crouch

Gregory Taylor, associate professor of history at Chowan University in Murfreesboro, will present “Cold War Pawn: One Man’s Ideological Journey through a Divided World, at 5 p.m. Oct. 8 in...

Sep 29, 2014
  • Crystal Baity

LIFE-SAVING GIFT

Three years ago, East Carolina University’s Kim Walters donated a kidney to her husband, Dean, whose own kidneys failed after almost 30 years with diabetes. Three months later, Dean walked...