ECU Now Blog Archives

Apr 16, 2018

Laupus Library demonstrates how to care for cultural heritage

Would you like to learn about caring for your family’s heirlooms? Join Laupus Library’s History Collections staff on April 16-19 for a series of demonstrations about preserving artifacts and manuscripts....

Apr 16, 2018

Students attend largest, oldest French film festival in the U.S.

Students in East Carolina University’s French Club enriched their knowledge of French culture by attending the 26thannual French Film Festival in Richmond, Virginia, March 23-25. “For years the club has...

Apr 13, 2018

Dr. Emmanuel Zervos named to Raab Professorship

After years of preparation, an endowed professorship through the East Carolina University Medical & Health Sciences Foundation was conferred on its first recipient Thursday at the East Carolina Heart Institute...

Apr 13, 2018

Endowment to bring more renowned speakers to ECU

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Colson Whitehead, underwater explorer Jean-Michael Cousteau, primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson have all come to East Carolina University to share their unique perspectives,...

Apr 12, 2018

Study finds people with diabetes visit the dentist less frequently

A study led by researchers at East Carolina University and New York University showed that adults with diabetes are less likely to visit the dentist than people with prediabetes or...

Apr 12, 2018

Riverbank erosion in Bangladesh

In North Carolina, coastal communities are faced with environmental change as water interacts with the land. Sea level rise and storm surges are the primary threats, but an understudied issue...

Apr 11, 2018

ECU alum wins London’s most prestigious theater award for work in ‘Hamilton’

Howell Binkley, an East Carolina University alum who won a Tony Award for his lighting design of the musical “Hamilton” in 2016, has another accolade to add to his collection....

Apr 10, 2018

Graduate student earns ECU’s first Schweitzer Fellowship in public health

Graduate student Gabriel Beattie-Sergio has earned ECU’s first-ever Schweitzer Fellowship in public health, to create and sustain a project aimed at determining and eliminating different factors that contribute to childhood...

Apr 09, 2018

Laupus Library’s leadership worthy of national celebration

This week, Laupus Library joins libraries nationwide in celebrating the many ways libraries lead our communities through the transformative services, programs and expertise they offer. April 8-14 is National Library...

Apr 09, 2018

ECU announces Economic Development Academy

East Carolina University officials today unveiled plans to create an academy that will offer customized economic development training and certifications to elected officials, business leaders and personnel of economic development...