ECU Now Blog Archives

Oct 15, 2020
  • Lacey L. Gray

English professor wins second international book award for “The Kiss of Death”

East Carolina University associate professor of English Dr. Andrea Kitta is racking up awards for her most recent book, “The Kiss of Death: Contagion, Contamination and Folklore,” which sheds light...

Oct 13, 2020
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU alumna is a leader in educating and mentoring students, teachers

East Carolina University alumna Cynthia D. Crane is a leader in the eastern North Carolina community and transforms the lives of numerous children and students of all ages every year....

Oct 12, 2020
  • Rich Klindworth

Students pitch business ideas during fourth annual Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge

Like many things over the past seven months, East Carolina University’s Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge has gone virtual this time around. Over the past three years, the first round’s pitch competition...

Oct 08, 2020
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU Division of Health Sciences faculty, residents and students earn accolades

When it comes to awards and accolades, East Carolina University’s Division of Health Sciences faculty, staff, residents and students continue to achieve in their fields. Recent honors include grants, organizational...

Oct 07, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

ECU scores high for student engagement in new ranking

East Carolina University placed in the top 20% for student engagement in a ranking of U.S. colleges by the Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education. The 2021 rankings recognize...

Oct 06, 2020
  • Ken Buday

ECU part of effort to develop global, high-speed research network

The creation of a research data superhighway across the Atlantic Ocean is the subject of a collaborative project that includes East Carolina University. ECU and George Mason University have received...

Oct 05, 2020
  • Erin Ward

Purple Gold Golf Open to return Oct. 16

REGISTER NOW Register for the Purple Gold Golf Open for a chance to take home a trophy and support student scholarships. While the pandemic has postponed nearly all ECU Alumni...

Sep 30, 2020
  • Spaine Stephens

Brody School of Medicine researcher receives NIH funding for skeletal muscle research

A faculty researcher with Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University has received a $750,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to further explore the implications of a...

Sep 28, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

Art professor named distinguished fellow by national society

Dr. Alice Arnold, professor in the East Carolina University School of Art and Design, has been named a Kenneth Marantz Distinguished Fellow by the United States Society for Education through...

Sep 24, 2020
  • Rich Klindworth

Navigating virtual job interviews

Virtual has become our new normal. And for East Carolina University students heading into their careers, virtual job interviews will most likely be in their foreseeable future. “Virtual interviews might...