ECU Now Blog Archives

Nov 08, 2021
  • Ken Buday

ECU computer science instructor follows in late father’s footsteps

When his father taught as a professor at East Carolina University, Aleksei Vilkomir traveled from Moscow to Greenville to visit. “The first time I came here, I was really impressed...

Nov 05, 2021
  • Crystal Baity

Purple and gold goes green

East Carolina University has again been named one of the nation’s most environmentally responsible colleges, according to the Princeton Review. The education services company recently named ECU one of 420...

Nov 04, 2021
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU’s Voyages of Discovery Series features White House correspondent

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. Nov. 18 in the Main Campus...

Nov 03, 2021
  • Lacey L. Gray

Podcasters to discuss crimes against Indigenous people at ECU event

East Carolina University soon will welcome Brittany Hunt and Chelsea Locklear, two North Carolina members of the Lumbee tribe and hosts of the podcast “The Red Justice Project,” for a virtual event...

Oct 29, 2021
  • Rob Spahr

ECU nursing students support abused children with cuddly donations

When there is need in eastern North Carolina, East Carolina University’s College of Nursing always answers the call to serve. This has been evident throughout the COVID-19 pandemic as nursing...

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...