ECU Contributor Archives

Aug 02, 2019
  • ECU News Services

ECU to host Disaster Recovery Contracting Summit

Contractors in eastern North Carolina will have the opportunity to prepare for the next big storm at the 2019 Disaster Recovery Contracting Summit presented by the Small Business and Technology...

Aug 02, 2019
  • Crystal Baity
  • Matt Smith

RESEARCH SHOWCASED

Students from universities in North Carolina and across the U.S. fine-tuned their research skills with a range of projects –from creating useful organic compounds to detecting concussions through virtual reality...

Jul 31, 2019
  • Natalie Sayewich

STOP THE BLEED

After a serious shark attack, health care professionals emphasize the importance of taking steps to stop the victim’s bleeding as quickly as possible. A national “Stop the Bleed” awareness campaign...

Jul 31, 2019
  • Jules Norwood

SHARKS AND SHIPWRECKS

Divers from East Carolina University and its Coastal Studies Institute, North Carolina Aquariums, and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration recently deployed acoustic receivers on shipwrecks off the North Carolina...

Jul 31, 2019
  • Jules Norwood
  • Natalie Sayewich

FINS TO THE LEFT

When 17-year-old Paige Winter was attacked by a shark in Atlantic Beach in early June, quick action by her father, followed by expert care from Brody School of Medicine surgeons...

Jul 31, 2019
  • Jules Norwood

SHARING THE SEAS

Dr. Charles Bangley, postdoctoral fellow at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center and an ECU alumnus, emphasized that shark attacks are very rare, and credits the extra attention they have received...

ECU experienced a successful fiscal year 2018-19, raising $52.3 million.
Jul 30, 2019
  • Erin Ward

FUNDRAISING SUCCESS

Between July 1, 2018, and June 30, 2019, East Carolina University alumni, friends, faculty and other supporters committed $52.3 million to the university. This successful fiscal year surpasses last year’s...

Jul 29, 2019
  • Janiya Winchester

FUTURE DOCTORS

While many of their friends enjoyed summer vacations, a group of students considering careers in health care got a dose of what the first year of medical school has to...

Jul 26, 2019
  • ECU News Services

Wayne Johns receives top prize in record-breaking NCLR poetry contest

The North Carolina Literary Review, an East Carolina University publication, received a record number of entries for its 2019 James Applewhite Poetry Prize, which has been awarded to Wayne Johns....

Jul 26, 2019
  • Jamie Smith

NEW CITIZENS

On Wednesday, July 24, East Carolina University’s Office of Global Affairs hosted a naturalization ceremony during which 39 people from 21 countries became new citizens of the United States. Two...