HOME TURF
East Carolina University’s first home football game against Gardner-Webb Saturday marks the beginning of a new era for Pirates fans. ECU Athletics worked to create an atmosphere unlike any other,...
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HALF CENTURY OF SERVICE
Dr. James Kirkland is a professor of English at East Carolina University. For one of the largest departments on campus, with more than 80 faculty, this is not particularly noteworthy....
Hurricane Dorian Update: ECU classes canceled Thursday at 3 p.m. and Friday
Because of the anticipated wind and rain bands as Hurricane Dorian moves off the coast of North Carolina, East Carolina University will cancel classes beginning at or after 3 p.m....
Kovar, 9 ECU Nursing alumni named Distinguished Public Health Nurses
College of Nursing faculty member Dr. Cheryl Kovar has been named a Distinguished Public Health Nurse in North Carolina. Kovar, an assistant professor in the advanced nursing practice and education department,...
N.C. trio awarded ECU’s most prestigious scholarship
Three medical students at ECU’s Brody School of Medicine have been awarded the university’s most prestigious scholarship. Brandon Garcia, Kayla Mayes and Grant O’Brien – who like their classmates are...
TALKING WAR HISTORY
Bookcases teeming with more than 1,000 books from floor to ceiling surround history professor Dr. Gerald Prokopowicz on three sides in his small office at East Carolina University. Tucked away...
DIGGING INTO RESEARCH
County Home Road. The name is sort of self-explanatory. Somewhere along this stretch of highway south of Greenville was a building or buildings where some people lived. But who were...
ECU team gets grant to help communities adjust to sea level rise
A nearly $300,000 grant will allow a team of researchers from East Carolina University to look at sea level rise and its impact on communities. The $299,454, two-year grant comes...
RISING TIDE OF RESEARCH
A nearly $300,000 grant will allow a team of researchers from East Carolina University to look at sea level rise and its impact on coastal communities. The $299,454, two-year grant...
OPRAH’S READING LIST
“Paris, 7 A.M.” synopsis courtesy of Simon & Schuster In “Paris, 7 A.M.,” Wieland explores June 1937 — the only year Bishop, a meticulous keeper of journals, did not fully...