ECU Contributor Archives

Jun 30, 2021
  • ECU News Services

ECU bolsters access, affordability, clears student debt

The Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund III (HEERF III), part of the American Rescue Plan signed into law on March 11, provides $39.6 billion to institutions of higher education in...

Jun 30, 2021
  • Erin Ward

Queen of beach reads: Alumna Kristy Woodson Harvey talks latest novel

East Carolina University alumna Kristy Woodson Harvey ’10 regularly finds herself on lists like Southern Living’s Most Anticipated Beach Reads, Huffington Post’s Summer Reading and the News & Observer‘s Best...

Jun 29, 2021
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

CONNECTING PAST & PRESENT

Living through a pandemic isn't just the stuff of history books anymore. Now, visitors to the country’s oldest museum dedicated to rural health care can connect on a more personal...

Jun 29, 2021
  • ECU News Services

ECU to host Summer Movies on the Lawn series in July

East Carolina University’s Division of Student Affairs will relaunch the Summer Movies on the Lawn series in July at the Main Campus Student Center. The series started in 2019 but...

Jun 29, 2021
  • Crystal Baity

ECU recognized for promoting physical activity on campus

East Carolina University’s Exercise is Medicine – On Campus (EIM-OC) program has been recognized by the American College of Sports Medicine as a “COVID Conquerer” for demonstrating creative ways to...

Jun 28, 2021
  • Lacey L. Gray

FRESH EYES

East Carolina University graduate students in the Department of Criminal Justice are providing fresh eyes on cold cases in partnership with the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation In a...

Jun 28, 2021
  • Matt Smith

ECU researcher lands featured journal cover story

East Carolina University research instructor Tracey Woodlief made the cover of the journal Toxics for her work with the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology’s DeWitt Lab researching the effects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — also...

Jun 24, 2021
  • ECU News Services

ECU team eyes recycled masks as a way to improve roads

They end up in the trash. They end up in waterways. They end up on the ground in parks, at the beach or in yards. They end up in landfills....

Jun 24, 2021
  • Ken Buday

PAVING THE WAY

They end up in the trash. They end up in waterways. They end up on the ground in parks, at the beach or in yards. Perhaps soon, those disposable medical...

Jun 23, 2021
  • ECU News Services

Rogers: ECU, Vidant Health to clinically integrate, create ECU-branded academic health system

Campus Community, Today, the university begins moving toward full clinical integration with Vidant Health and the creation of a distinctive ECU-branded health system to serve the 1.4 million residents of...