ECU Now Blog Archives

Jun 30, 2017

ECU’s Laupus Library to host “Potion Power: Medicinal Herb Discoveries for Kids”

The William E. Laupus Health Sciences Library at East Carolina University will host “Potion Power: Medicinal Herb Discoveries for Kids” on July 19 from 2-4 p.m. in the library’s 4th-floor...

Jun 29, 2017

ECU Club Baseball’s Tanner Duncan signs contract with MLB’s Houston Astros

Tanner Duncan has been on a whirlwind ride during the month of June. The ECU Pirate has experienced the highest of highs and lowest of lows. On June 1, Tanner...

Jun 29, 2017

Free speech gets the 'green light' at ECU

East Carolina University has earned the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education’s (FIRE’s) highest, “green light” rating after changing four campus policies to meet First Amendment standards. The state of North...

Jun 29, 2017

ECU Honors College alumnus to work with National Weather Service

This fall, East Carolina University Honors College alumnus Thomas Vaughan ’15 will join the National Weather Service in Wichita, Kansas as one of 31 new hires by the federal agency that...

Jun 28, 2017

Wounded Warriors recharge relationships at ECU

Tuesday was Meranda and Rusty Baggett’s 19th wedding anniversary. They spent it working on their relationship while helping other military members, veterans and their spouses work on theirs. The Baggetts...

Jun 22, 2017

Four sworn in as ECU police officers

The East Carolina University Police Department gained four new officers as Adrian Baker, Jonathan Bryant, Meagan Johnson and Megan Johnson were sworn in during a ceremony held on Wednesday, June...

Jun 15, 2017

NEA grant to fund study on social, economic impact of glassblowing on Farmville

East Carolina University’s College of Fine Arts and Communication has received a $20,000 National Endowment for the Arts grant to research the cultural and economic impact of a glassblowing studio...

Jun 15, 2017

ECU receives Tree Campus USA designation

East Carolina University has officially earned the Tree Campus USA designation by the National Arbor Day Foundation for the first time in university history. Only 12 total North Carolina institutions of...

Jun 15, 2017

ECU’s Heidi Bonner receives 2017 Harriot College Dean’s Early Career Award

East Carolina University’s Dr. Heidi Bonner, assistant professor of criminal justice, is the recipient of the 2017 Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Early Career Award. The award,...

Jun 13, 2017

ECU professor to chair national NIH study section

Dr. Joseph Houmard, the LeRoy T. Walker Distinguished Professor in kinesiology at East Carolina University, will serve as chairperson of the Clinical and Integrative Diabetes and Obesity study section for the...