Women in STEM thrive at ECU
East Carolina University’s ongoing efforts to address gender inequality have received a major boost in the form of a three-year, $999,074 grant from the National Science Foundation. Interim Chancellor Ron...
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Students create outdoor art installations
Before classes moved online this semester, East Carolina University students in Gabe Duggan’s art class hung colorful, spiderweb-like creations in front of Jenkins Fine Arts Center. Though temporary, the pieces...
Researcher studying if new ECU-created pesticide is safer for humans
A researcher in the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University has received a grant to study the human and environmental safety of NoPest, an ECU-created novel pesticide aimed...
Pass/Fail Option for Fall 2020
The university continues to adapt to the rapidly changing circumstances that the spread of the coronavirus, COVID-19, present to us individually and as a campus community. It has been a...
New ECU poll shows Trump with slight lead, other competitive races in North Carolina
A new political poll by East Carolina University’s Center for Survey Research shows competitive races in North Carolina, including for president. The poll, conducted Aug. 29-30 after the Republican National...
FIELDING MARITIME HISTORY
Nine East Carolina University graduate students are investigating a shipwreck close to home this fall as part of an annual field school. The students in ECU’s Program in Maritime Studies,...
ECU Foundation welcomes three new board members
The ECU Foundation welcomed new members Deidra Blanks, Matt Crisp and Dave Fussell Jr. to its board of directors in August. They will help the ECU Foundation promote, strengthen and...
Study finds source of COVID-19 messaging impacts effectiveness
New research from a multi-institution team including an East Carolina University faculty member finds that messaging during the pandemic is more effective when attributed to a trusted health organization rather...
PRESTIGIOUS SCHOLARS
Three medical students at ECU’s Brody School of Medicine have been awarded the university’s most prestigious scholarship. Michael Burt, Miranda Freeman and Heerali Patel – all North Carolina residents –...
THRIVING IN STEM
East Carolina University’s ongoing efforts to address gender inequality have received a major boost in the form of a three-year, $1 million — well, $999,074 — grant from the National...