ECU Now Blog Archives

Sep 21, 2020
  • Lacey L. Gray

Voyages speaker: Climate change affects all, need to talk more about it

East Carolina University’s Voyages of Discovery Series recently hosted its first live-streamed event, reducing the carbon footprint of the university, the event speaker and hundreds of attendees. This was appropriate,...

Sep 17, 2020
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

NC Agromedicine Institute official earns top agricultural safety award

LaMar Grafft, associate director of the North Carolina Agromedicine Institute, has been awarded the 2020 Maynard Coe Professional Achievement Award from the International Society for Agricultural Safety and Health (ISASH)....

Sep 16, 2020
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU’s Center for Health Disparities names director

Dr. Keith Keene has been named director of the East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine Center for Health Disparities (CHD), effective Aug. 1, 2020. He has served as the...

Sep 15, 2020
  • ECU News Services

UNC System Racial Equity Task Force Survey

In June, the Board of Governors established the UNC System Racial Equity Task Force. To guide their critically important work, the UNC System has launched an online survey for members...

Sep 14, 2020
  • Jules Norwood

Memorial acknowledges community members lost to COVID-19

As East Carolina University and the Greenville community adapt to the changes forced by the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Andrea Kitta, associate professor in the Department of English, has organized a...

Sep 11, 2020
  • Natalie Sayewich

7 Questions With Dr. Kim Stokes: How ECU Will Boost Rural Health Care with $1.2M

A new grant award will be put to work placing more medical providers into the rural areas in which they’re needed. The United States Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)...

Sep 10, 2020
  • Ken Buday

ECU receives award for its focus on diversity and inclusiveness

East Carolina University’s focus on diversity and inclusiveness has been recognized for the ninth consecutive year with the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award. The HEED award, sponsored by...

Sep 09, 2020
  • Erin Ward

Have questions for ECU’s deans? Ask them at these virtual town halls

The ECU Alumni Association will host the Virtual Town Hall Series: Dialogue with the Deans throughout September for people to learn more about what’s happening at ECU’s various colleges. In...

Sep 08, 2020
  • Kristen Martin

Sessoms receives NC Space Grant scholarship

When people hear NASA, their first thought might be of space or astronauts. However, NASA’s mission directorates cover a range of fields that include aeronautics research, human exploration and operations,...

Sep 04, 2020
  • Lacey L. Gray

Atmospheric scientist to present virtual ECU Voyages Series lecture on climate change

East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences will launch the 14th season of its signature Voyages of Discovery Series on Sept. 17 with a free, virtual, livestreamed...