ECU Now Blog Archives

Mar 28, 2025
  • Jessica VanderKolk

Art exhibition continues to inspire, showcases ECU faculty passions

Mingling with colleagues and viewing their art pieces took Professor Catherine Walker back to her own undergraduate days at East Carolina University. The School of Art and Design faculty exhibition,...

Mar 27, 2025
  • Lacey L. Gray

Research cruises assess North Carolina marine resources

An East Carolina University professor is taking part in a series of interdisciplinary research cruises aimed at exploring biological organisms off the coast of North Carolina and gauging how climate...

Mar 25, 2025
  • Jessica VanderKolk

ECU piano program shines with student success, world-class guests

Piano Studies in East Carolina University’s School of Music is having a moment, with award-winning students, a new piano academy, and piano festival guest artists including Richard Goode, a world-class...

Mar 21, 2025
  • Kristen Martin

Educators Hall of Fame honors 10 faculty, alumni for their dedication

An induction into the East Carolina University Educators Hall of Fame signifies that you left an indelible mark on others. This was especially true for Dr. Marjorie Campo Ringler, former...

Mar 17, 2025
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall
  • Ronnie Woodward

Caswell’s $280,000 gift impacts students, families

An internship at Caswell Development Center has fueled recreational therapy major Jordan Cianci’s passion to work with adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Social work major Niki Cobb became emotional...

Mar 14, 2025
  • Jessica VanderKolk

ECU communication students gain career insights from alumni panel

School of Communication students on March 6 had the opportunity to hear from East Carolina University alumni about developing networks, storytelling, and learning to sit and succeed in discomfort. Conversations...

Mar 12, 2025
  • Steven Grandy

Rowe, Taylor help develop North Carolina Economic Resilience Index

What if there were a way to gauge how quickly an area may recover from a natural disaster? East Carolina University College of Business faculty members Dr. Jason Rowe, director...

Mar 11, 2025
  • Jessica VanderKolk

‘Outer Banks’ actor Arapoglou inspires ECU students with industry advice

East Carolina University students felt encouraged to hear that actor Caroline Arapoglou, of “Outer Banks” and “Stranger Things” fame, really is just like them, still wanting to learn, and still...

Mar 10, 2025
  • Bobby Ampezzan

National Academy of Sciences member shares genetics research, hope that assisted reproduction can be safer.

To Dr. Marisa Bartolomei, the investment East Carolina University has made in research is impressive. Last month, the university was granted R1 status by the American Council on Education and...

Mar 06, 2025
  • Ken Buday

ECU Technology Summit offers life lessons, career advice

Sometimes, life lessons are hard. Other times, they’ll get you 50 bucks. East Carolina University student Jacob Reinger learned the latter during the Technology Summit on Tuesday in the Main...