ECU Now Blog Archives

Apr 22, 2021
  • Ken Buday

ECU engineering student receives NSF research fellowship

East Carolina University engineering student Shea Middleton has been awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. The oldest graduate fellowship of its kind, the NSF GRFP provides a three-year...

Apr 15, 2021
  • Kristen Martin

Engineering student receives prestigious Goldwater scholarship

East Carolina University engineering major Elliot Paul has been named a 2021 Goldwater Scholar, the most prestigious national undergraduate scholarship in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering. More than 1,200...

Apr 14, 2021
  • Michael Rudd

Analysis shows hospitality/tourism industry will have a different look

The Rosewood Hotel, located in Ontario, Canada, is most likely known to Schitt’s Creek fans as the Rosebud Motel. According to the School of Hospitality Leadership’s director, Dr. Bob O’Halloran,...

Apr 14, 2021
  • Lacey L. Gray

FUTURE CHANGE MAKERS

This spring, East Carolina University undergraduates taking a 4000-level research course in African and African American Studies (AAAS) are learning how their history and diverse, interdisciplinary research interests may help...

Apr 09, 2021
  • ECU News Services

Bolin busts myths about COVID-19 vaccines

East Carolina University’s Dr. Paul Bolin is a mythbuster when it comes to COVID-19. Bolin, chair of the Department of Internal Medicine in ECU’s Brody School of Medicine, answered questions...

Apr 08, 2021
  • Spaine Stephens

Dental students raise awareness, funds ahead of Day of Unity

The ECU School of Dental Medicine will celebrate a Day of Unity on Friday, May 14, to honor the differences among people and to encourage dialogue on diversity and racism....

Apr 07, 2021
  • Erin Ward

ECU’s first Black fraternity celebrates 50 years

On April 3, brothers of the East Carolina University Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity celebrated the 50th anniversary of becoming ECU’s first Black fraternity. Chapter members recently connected virtually (an in-person...

Apr 06, 2021
  • Kelly Rusk

Academic Library Services highlights staff during National Library Week

Most people think of a library as a physical place. The pandemic made clear that libraries are so much more than their buildings — libraries are the people that keep...

Apr 05, 2021
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

Laupus Health Sciences Library celebrates National Library Week

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Laupus Health Sciences Library has created new and innovative ways to serve the Division of Health Sciences and members of the community by ensuring access...

Apr 01, 2021
  • Kristen Martin

Summit teaches mental health preparedness in the midst of disasters

Dr. Cirecie West-Olatunji said that some days she wakes up exhausted. Surviving a triple pandemic consisting of COVID-19, structural racism and climate change can take a toll on your health...