ECU Now Blog Archives

Jul 02, 2015

NCLR names new writing competition for founding editor

 The North Carolina Literary Review (NCLR) has named its new creative nonfiction competition for founding editor Alex Albright. Responding to the honor of having the award named for him, Albright...

Jul 02, 2015

Gudivada named computer science chair

Dr. Venkat N. Gudivada has been named chairman of the Department of Computer Science in the College of Engineering and Technology at East Carolina University effective July 1. Gudivada is...

Jun 26, 2015

J.H. Rose High, Tar River Writing Project awarded $20,000 grant

Students and teachers from J.H. Rose High School in Greenville were on ECU’s campus June 15-19 working with staff from the Tar River Writing Project developing plans to implement an...

Jun 25, 2015

Scholarship honors first African-American undergraduate

Joseph Bryant, a junior from Greensboro, is the initial recipient of the Laura Marie Leary Elliott Memorial Scholarship, which was created in memory of the first African-American to earn an...

Jun 17, 2015

Grant will improve access to history collection at ECU’s Laupus Library

A grant from the State Library of North Carolina will aid in improving accessibility to historical archives housed in an East Carolina University library. The State Library of North Carolina,...

Jun 12, 2015

ECU Guitar Festival celebrates 20th year with SoloDuo, Rene Izquierdo

  The 2015 East Carolina University Summer Guitar Festival and Workshop celebrates 20 years of world-class classical guitar with SoloDuo, Rene Izquierdo and others in Greenville on July 11-14 in...

Jun 11, 2015

South Central High School Teachers Visit ECU Pharmaceutical Skills Lab

  A tour of the pharmaceutical skills lab at East Carolina University on June 9 helped 10 South Central High School teachers and their principal, Julie Cary, understand how ECU...

Jun 09, 2015

Medical school names first female surgery chair in the Southeast

The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University has named a new chair for its Department of Surgery, making Brody the first medical school in the Southeast to have...

Jun 09, 2015

Staff honored with awards for service, leadership

The following Facilities Services employees have been recognized with a 2015 Facilities Services Award for Excellence in the category of service:  David Brooks with Building Services – Automotive Services and...

Jun 09, 2015

Medical honor society recognizes new members, national research fellow

Four third-year medical students from the Brody School of Medicine were recently inducted into the East Carolina University chapter of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Holly Dieu, Sam...