ECU Now Blog Archives

Oct 27, 2021
  • Michael Rudd

Perfect day welcomes Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge back to campus

Blue skies, 67 degrees and 64 teams representing numerous departments from across campus all added up to a perfect setting for the fifth annual Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge, which began Tuesday...

Oct 26, 2021
  • Erin Ward

7 Halloween flicks with an ECU connection

What goes bump in the night? Since the earliest days of commercial cinema, filmmakers have produced movies intended to shock and terrify their audience — and viewers keep coming back...

Oct 25, 2021
  • Ken Buday

Engineering students plant trees to mitigate pollution

As water flows down Town Creek toward the Tar River in Greenville, it suddenly turns an odd brown color. A sheen floats on top. Of course, not too many people...

Oct 22, 2021
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

ECU health sciences library kicks off webinar series on problems facing migrant farmworkers

The Laupus Health Sciences Library Diversity Committee and its partners kicked off a webinar series on issues facing migrant farmworkers on Oct. 20, with a keynote address on digital inclusion...

Oct 21, 2021
  • Erin Ward

Brody’s Albernaz lecture teaches students that compassion is key part of medicine

It’s no secret that health care workers everywhere are facing burnout right now. This can cause physicians to detach from their patients and surroundings for their own wellbeing.   “When...

Oct 18, 2021
  • Jules Norwood

TOURING THE SHIP

Hundreds of prospective East Carolina University students, along with parents and friends, visited campus Saturday for Fall Open House 2021, which marked a return to in-person visitation following last year’s...

Oct 18, 2021
  • Jules Norwood

ECU, Fayetteville State University advance partnership to benefit students, region

Leaders from East Carolina University and Fayetteville State University met at the Main Campus Student Center Friday to take the next step in a partnership intended to promote graduate recruitment...

Oct 15, 2021
  • Crystal Baity

Message to students and eastern North Carolina: ‘You Are Loved’

A “You Are Loved” billboard campaign is making a powerful statement of support for the LGBTQ community in Greenville and beyond.  “Our hope is that the message of support for...

Oct 14, 2021
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU researcher explores bacteria behaviors

A professor in the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to study the structural and functional properties of bacterial enzyme...

Oct 13, 2021
  • Jules Norwood

ECU to host Fall Open House for prospective students, families

After hosting a virtual event last year, East Carolina University will welcome prospective students and their families to campus this weekend for Fall Open House. “We’re really excited about hosting...