ECU Now Blog Archives

Feb 02, 2022
  • Spaine Stephens

Pitt County Care Clinic offers community care led by ECU medical students

On a blustery, sunny Sunday afternoon in January, physicians and medical students hurried into the Pitt County Health Department’s Earl Trevathan Jr., M.D. Public Health Center and disappeared into a...

Jan 31, 2022
  • ECU News Services

Supporting the Pirate community

Mental health is an important issue on college campuses. A recent survey found that more than 51% of students believe they have more stress and anxiety now than they did...

Jan 31, 2022
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU’s Voyages of Discovery Series features cave diver, author, filmmaker

East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences continues this season’s Voyages of Discovery Series on explorations in empowerment at 7 p.m. on Feb. 17 in the Main...

Jan 27, 2022
  • Michael Rudd

Finalists set for fifth annual Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge

The second round of this year’s Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge on Jan. 25 saw 11 teams vie for the opportunity to move on to the finals, scheduled for 6-8 p.m. on...

Jan 27, 2022
  • Erin Ward

Pirate, pro wrestler Summer Rae returns to ring for Royal Rumble

After nearly five years, East Carolina University alumna and wrestler Danielle Moinet is making a surprise return to the WWE ring. Moinet, who goes by the wrestling moniker Summer Rae,...

Jan 24, 2022
  • Spaine Stephens

Bone marrow donation virtual event highlights need for donors, diversity

Participants in a virtual panel Jan. 20 learned about the process of signing up for the bone marrow donation registry through Be the Match, operated by the National Marrow Donor...

Jan 18, 2022
  • Ken Buday

ECU part of Build Back Better grant award

The North Carolina Biotechnology Center and a statewide coalition of public and private partner organizations and institutions that includes East Carolina University are a Phase 1 recipient of up to...

Jan 14, 2022
  • Natalie Sayewich

Grocery shopping in-store vs. online: 5 Questions with Dr. Stephanie Pitts

If your trip to the grocery store often includes reaching for a candy bar in the checkout line, would you make that same purchase if you switched to grocery shopping...

Jan 12, 2022
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU, Vidant OB-GYN earns award for advocacy on rights of incarcerated women

A faculty member and obstetrician in the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University and Vidant Health has been honored for her efforts to pass legislation that, among other...

Jan 11, 2022
  • Natalie Sayewich

College of Nursing honors 2021 Preceptors of the Year

The East Carolina University College of Nursing recently recognized its 2021 Preceptors of the Year, which included 17 individuals serving in state and national health care organizations. Clinical experiences are...