ECU News Services Archives

Dec 06, 2016
  • Rich Klindworth

BUILDING ON A LEGACY

A retiring East Carolina University professor known for changing lives is being honored through a new scholarship that will continue his legacy. Dr. J. Barry DuVall will retire this month...

Dec 06, 2016
  • Crystal Baity

LEARNING ABILITY

Two researchers in East Carolina University’s School of Social Work will soon start a new phase of a decade-long project examining how people live with dyslexia. The goal of Lena...

Dec 06, 2016
  • Elizabeth Willy

NURSING WORLDWIDE

It’s no secret that East Carolina University’s College of Nursing prepares nurses to serve North Carolina, educating the most new nurses of any institution in the state. And its graduate...

Dec 02, 2016
  • ECU News Services

ECU senior receives community impact award

East Carolina University senior Lekisha Pittman was recognized for outstanding leadership and service by North Carolina Campus Compact, a statewide network of colleges and universities with a commitment to civic...

Dec 02, 2016
  • Crystal Baity

ALMOST LIVE

A new tool in East Carolina University's College of Education is helping students prepare to teach in their own classroom one day. The virtual reality program, called Mursion, provides possible...

Dec 02, 2016
  • Amy Adams Ellis

EARLY INTERVENTION

A new grant awarded to East Carolina University's Brody School of Medicine will support routine HIV blood testing for patients who come to Vidant Medical Center's emergency department and will...

Dec 01, 2016
  • ECU News Services

ECU honors graduating veterans

East Carolina University held a ceremony and reception on Nov. 28 to recognize its graduating student veterans, who received red, white and blue tassels and gold challenge coins to commemorate...

Dec 01, 2016
  • ECU News Services

Season of giving benefits ECU students

Giving Tuesday continues to bring out the generosity of the Pirate Nation. The 2016 day to donate to educational and non-profit organizations brought in $136,736 to East Carolina University. In...

Dec 01, 2016
  • Jamie Smith

HOPE RESTORED

Two months ago, walking more than a few steps without resting was impossible for 4-year-old Daniel Ambikiire. A congenital heart defect prevented him from being an active boy and pursuing...

Nov 28, 2016
  • Jules Norwood

Gone With The Wind