ECU Contributor Archives

Aug 31, 2018
  • ECU News Services

Report highlights impact of employment and unemployment in sense of well-being

Survey findings include: 42 percent of employed Americans believe they will live longer than their parents, compared to 27 percent among the unemployed. 41 percent of employed Americans report feeling...

Aug 30, 2018
  • ECU News Services

LABOR AND LIFE

Data from the Life, Liberty, and Happiness survey conducted by East Carolina University’s Center for Survey Research has confirmed that employment plays a key role in Americans’ perceptions of personal...

Aug 30, 2018
  • ECU News Services

Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival kicks off fourth season in the Triangle

The Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival will kick off its fourth season in the Triangle and 19th season overall on Sept. 30 at 3 p.m. at Hayes Barton United Methodist...

Southside construction will have little impact on the game day experience of Pirate fans.
Aug 30, 2018
  • ECU News Services

GAME DAY IN PIRATE NATION

It’s time for Pirate Nation to prepare for another football season at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. The first game is Saturday, Sept. 1 against North Carolina A&T at 6 p.m. This year,...

Aug 29, 2018
  • Lacey L. Gray

TREASURING NEW EXPERIENCES

Students at East Carolina University may take part in many study abroad opportunities, but this summer 18 Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences students traveled to locations around the...

Aug 29, 2018
  • ECU News Services

ECU’s Gray Gallery to host art auction and sale on Sept. 22, preview Sept. 7

The Wellington B. Gray Gallery in the East Carolina University School of Art and Design will present the Keaton and Umberger Gala Art Auction and Sale of fine art, crafts and decorative...

The Prague skyline as seen by the Hradčany Square outside of the Prague Castle.
Aug 29, 2018
  • Lacey L. Gray

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

From June 16 through July 28, Dr. Magda Giurcanu, teaching assistant professor in the Department of Political Science, led seven ECU students to Prague, Czech Republic, as part of her...

Six ECU students from the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures and the Honors College visited the Madrid Royal Palace during their study abroad trip to Northern Spain. Seen here (left to right) are Dr. Katie Ford, Ethan Quinn, Dr. Todd Fraley and his son Keller (holding the ECU flag), Omar Sharaf, Austin Allen, Madigan Raper, Adelaide Robbins and Njisha Johnson.
Aug 29, 2018
  • Lacey L. Gray

PERSONAL REFLECTIONS

From June 9-22, six students traveled to Northern Spain with Dr. Katie Ford, professor of Spanish in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures and Honors College faculty fellow, and...

Wall of China during their summer research trip to China.
Aug 29, 2018
  • Lacey L. Gray

PERFECTING LABORATORY SKILLS

For six weeks, five ECU students traveled to China under the direction of Drs. Baohong Zhang and Xiaoping Pan, associate professors in the Department of Biology. The students visited the...

Aug 27, 2018
  • ECU News Services

ECU names new engineering chair

ECU and the College of Engineering and Technology (CET) have announced that Dr. Barbara Muller-Borer has been named the chair of the CET’s Department of Engineering. “Barbara and I share...