ECU Contributor Archives

Oct 30, 2019
  • ECU News Services

ECU welcomes Pirate Read author Richard Louv to campus

East Carolina University will host Richard Louv, journalist and author of “The Nature Principle,” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5, in the Mendenhall Building’s Hendrix Theatre. “The Nature Principle” is...

Oct 29, 2019
  • Ken Buday

MEDICATION APPLICATION

Understanding the side effects of prescription medicine is not always easy. It can be especially troublesome for those who don’t speak English. Maria Alexandra Ortiz, a junior software engineering student...

Oct 29, 2019
  • ECU News Services

North Carolina voters support ban on sale of e-cigarettes, vaping products

The Center for Survey Research at East Carolina University has released a new report indicating North Carolina registered voters support a statewide ban on the sale of e-cigarettes and vaping...

Homecoming football game. ECU Pirates vs. the USF Bulls. (ECU Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Oct 28, 2019
  • ECU News Services

HOMECOMING 2019

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Oct 25, 2019
  • Erin Ward

LEARNING DISABILITIES AWARENESS MONTH

For many students with learning disabilities, the idea of college is just that — an idea. Students with learning disabilities attend four-year colleges at half the rate of other young adults,...

Oct 25, 2019
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ECU hosts fourth annual Fresh Check Day focusing on mental health and suicide prevention

East Carolina University will host Fresh Check Day, an initiative aimed at raising awareness of mental illness and preventing suicide, from 4-7 p.m. Oct. 30 on the Main Campus Student...

Oct 25, 2019
  • ECU News Services

ECU highlights student support during Learning Disabilities Awareness Month

Students with learning disabilities attend four-year colleges at half the rate of other young adults, even though they are just as capable as their peers, according to the National Center for...

Oct 25, 2019
  • ECU News Services

CLASS (MUSICAL) NOTES

You should have no "treble" getting into the homecoming spirit with these Spotify playlists, complete with songs from each decade, starting with 1969 for our Pirates celebrating their 50th homecoming...

Oct 24, 2019
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Award-winning Chinese American poet and sitarist to perform at ECU

East Carolina University and the Contemporary Writers Series soon will welcome two guests to campus. Award-winning poet Li-Young Lee and David Whetstone, one of the most active sitarists in the...

Oct 24, 2019
  • ECU News Services

GHOST STORIES, STRANGE HAPPENINGS AND ZOMBIE CRABS

ECU is getting into the spooky season in advance of Halloween, with a ghost walk hosted by students in a supernatural class, the spreading of ECU folklore, horror movie picks...