ECU Now Blog Archives

Dec 08, 2025
  • Jules Norwood

Airline pricing study informs ongoing litigation

In 2024, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) mandated that airlines fully disclose fees up front when passengers book flights in an effort to make pricing more transparent and enable...

Dec 04, 2025
  • Jessica VanderKolk

ECU ceramics collection gives students unique, hands-on opportunities

Before creating their own teapots this semester, students in an East Carolina University wheel throwing ceramics class spent time browsing the School of Art and Design’s own unique special collection,...

Dec 03, 2025
  • Ken Buday

Miami Marlins manager Clayton McCullough to deliver fall commencement address

Former East Carolina University baseball player Clayton McCullough, manager of the Miami Marlins and a World Series winning coach, will deliver the keynote address during fall commencement on Dec. 19...

Dec 01, 2025
  • Alondra Martinez

ECU to open its doors for a season of art and music

East Carolina University is ushering in the holiday season with the return of its School of Art and Design Visual Arts Forum Holiday Sale and GlasStation Sale Thursday through Saturday...

Dec 01, 2025
  • Ken Buday

ECU robotics team wins national competition

If robots are indeed going to take over the world someday, a group of East Carolina University students may just be responsible. ECU’s robotics team won the Association of Technology,...

Nov 26, 2025
  • Steven Grandy

Hospitality leadership students prepare Thanksgiving feast

Students in East Carolina University’s School of Hospitality Management’s advanced food production and service management class served a Thanksgiving feast for lunch in the Darden Dining Hall on Nov. 21....

Nov 26, 2025
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Research earns first-time W.T. Grant Foundation award

East Carolina University professors are investigating how educators’ identities and values shape classroom instruction and how these factors influence students’ sense of belonging, engagement and overall well-being. The research has...

Nov 26, 2025
  • Steven Grandy

Ideas Over Lunch forum explores possibilities

A black pebble graced the seat of every attendee at the Ideas Over Lunch Forum. While the small stones may have seemed out of place initially, their importance would soon...

Nov 25, 2025
  • Benjamin Abel

Neuroscience symposium links students, scientists and innovation

On a bright Halloween day, researchers from East Carolina University and institutions across the state gathered for the 27th annual ECU Neuroscience Symposium to show off their work to fight...

Nov 20, 2025
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU dental school dean finishes term as president of international group

Dr. Greg Chadwick, dean of the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine, recently completed his two-year term as president of the FDI World Dental Federation. Through the experience, Chadwick...