ECU Now Blog Archives

Feb 12, 2024
  • University Advancement

Black Alumni Chapter honors ECU graduates

Three outstanding East Carolina University alumni were honored with awards Saturday by the ECU Alumni Association’s Black Alumni Chapter (BAC). The awards, presented during the Black Student Success Summit, celebrate individuals who demonstrate...

Feb 08, 2024
  • Steven Grandy

Seven teams advance to finals of Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge

After making their pitch, seven teams separated themselves from the pack and advanced to the finals of the 2023-24 Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge. The second round was held Tuesday in the...

Feb 07, 2024
  • Ronnie Woodward

Student presents migraine research at Harvard University

The itinerary for East Carolina University student Kendall Nelson was finalized a few days before she traveled to present at the National Collegiate Research Conference in late January. It was...

Feb 02, 2024
  • Benjamin Abel

New blood bank technology prepares students for modern laboratory work

ECU’s clinical laboratory science students — who after graduation run the nation’s medical labs in hospitals, for public health offices and in the pharmaceutical and biotech industry — got a...

Jan 25, 2024
  • Ronnie Woodward

ECU forum focuses on strategies, impact with state agencies

The sharing of information, ideas and strategies permeated the room in the East Carolina University Main Campus Student Center on Friday for a unique opportunity with the North Carolina Office...

Jan 25, 2024
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU dental school’s second-year students receive white coats

Members of the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine’s Class of 2026 received their white coats during a Jan. 19 ceremony in Hendrix Theatre. More than 500 students, faculty,...

Jan 24, 2024
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU faculty, local business increase students’ scientific knowledge

An East Carolina University faculty member is collaborating with the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences at Greenville and its A Time for Science initiative to design and evaluate learning...

Jan 22, 2024
  • Steven Grandy

Taking the Polar Bear Plunge

The sounds of splashing swimming pool water, screams and music are synonymous with summer, but as part of an East Carolina University campus tradition, they rang out on a wintry...

Dr. James Whiteside is an ECU professor and chair of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at the Brody School of Medicine. (Photos by Rhett Butler)
Jan 22, 2024
  • Benjamin Abel

ROBOT SURGERY RESEARCH

Advances in medical technologies – from medicines and physical therapies to implants and surgical methods – come in a flurry that often seems impossible to keep pace with. One ethical...

Jan 18, 2024
  • Ken Buday

ECU’s PIRATES engineering scholars program graduates first students

December’s commencement marked a milestone for East Carolina University engineering graduates Anthony Hill and Alex Ferro — more so than just the celebration of a tremendous accomplishment. Hill and Ferro...