ECU Now Blog Archives

Jan 26, 2015

Mercer to co-edit series on human enhancement technologies

East Carolina University professor Calvin Mercer has been named co-editor of a new series, “Palgrave Studies in the Future of Humanity and Its Successors.” The series addresses human enhancement therapies...

Jan 26, 2015

Local veteran service experts to convene at ECU

Representatives from the Pitt County Veteran Services Office, the Greenville Veteran Affairs Health Care Center, Region IV for the NC Division of Veterans Affairs and the Greenville Vet Center will...

Jan 22, 2015

German diplomat to speak on transatlantic relationships

German diplomat Knut Abraham will present “The Transatlantic Link in Times of Crisis” at 4 p.m. Feb. 12 in room 130 of the Rawl building, East Carolina University. Abraham, head...

Jan 20, 2015

ECU/Loessin Playhouse to present ‘Dance 2015’

The ECU/Loessin Playhouse will present Dance 2015 Jan. 28 – Feb. 3 in McGinnis Auditorium. Performances will be held nightly at 8 p.m., except for Sunday. Sunday’s performance is at...

Jan 20, 2015

Medical & Health Sciences Foundation welcomes new leadership

East Carolina University recently named a new president for its Medical & Health Sciences Foundation – the organization which seeks and manages charitable giving for the Division of Health Sciences....

Jan 20, 2015

ECU graduate to use grant to fund Project Opera Camp

A recent ECU music graduate will use a $20,000 prize from the University of South Carolina to fund a non-profit that will introduce opera to disadvantaged children. Brenton O’Hara, who...

Jan 20, 2015

Named to high school hall of fame

Tynita Butts, the record-setting high jumper on ECU’s track and field team who won the Penn Relays twice and was named an NCAA All-American six times, was inducted into her...

Jan 13, 2015

ECU grad student lecturing at Sylvan Heights Bird Park

ECU biology graduate student Dustin Foote, assistant curator at Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, will present a series of educational lectures monthly through 2015. Foote is a graduate...

Jan 13, 2015

ECU student awarded scholarship for international conference

ECU master of social work student Jennifer Roofner won the Christian Hartline Scholarship to attend the International Eating Disorder Professionals 2015 Symposium in Phoenix, Arizona. The scholarship pays for conference...

Jan 13, 2015

Polar Bear Plunge set for Jan. 22

The 19th Annual Polar Bear Plunge will be held at the Student Recreation Center at 7 p.m. Jan. 22. Registration begins at 6:30 p.m. and at 7 p.m., ECU students,...