ECU Now Blog Archives

Jun 16, 2020
  • Ken Buday

Grant to help ECU support underserved student researchers

A $400,000 grant will ensure underserved students from across the country will continue to have undergraduate research opportunities at East Carolina University. The National Science Foundation provided the funding for...

Jun 15, 2020
  • Ken Buday

ECU safety professional receives national award

An East Carolina University safety professional and alumnus has received recognition from a global safety organization. Ogaga Tebehaevu, an industrial hygiene specialist in ECU’s Office of Environmental Health and Safety,...

Jun 11, 2020
  • Michael Rudd

How might ENC businesses recover from COVID-19? Look to the past

College of Business expert Dr. Laura Madden joins us in Talk Like a Pirate: Episode 12 to compare the local business economic recovery efforts during COVID-19 to recovery efforts during...

Jun 09, 2020
  • Natalie Sayewich

ECU Nursing resumes clinical placements and simulation labs for select programs

The College of Nursing has begun welcoming back students for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic paused clinical placements and other experiential learning exercises – allowing these students to...

Jun 08, 2020
  • Kelly Rusk

ROTC programs get creative with commissioning ceremonies

Planning, strategy and the ability to quickly adapt to changing circumstances are standards of the U.S. armed forces. So when East Carolina University’s Army and Air Force ROTC programs had...

May 28, 2020
  • Matt Smith

Local jewelry startup polishes business with entrepreneurship program

East Carolina University business management senior Ashley Nolan grew up with two loves: creating and selling. By connecting with the university’s student entrepreneurship program, RISE29, she found the opportunity to...

May 27, 2020
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU dental, medical students named NC Schweitzer Fellows

Seven students from East Carolina University’s Division of Health Sciences have been named to the 2020-21 class of North Carolina Albert Schweitzer Fellows, including four students from the School of...

May 26, 2020
  • ECU News Services

Dental school receives $500K technology grant from USDA

The ECU School of Dental Medicine received a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to upgrade and expand its teledentistry capacity in rural North Carolina communities. The school...

May 22, 2020
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

Brody’s Gold Humanism Honor Society chapter receives outstanding ranking

The Brody School of Medicine chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) recently received its first “Outstanding” ranking from the Arnold P. Gold Foundation. Established in 2002, the Gold...

May 21, 2020
  • Matt Smith

ECU startup flips over hemp for skateboard manufacturing

A student-led East Carolina University startup company has plans to make hemp a household item, not for its use in health products or wholesome snacks, but for its potential to...