ECU Now Blog Archives

Jun 24, 2020
  • Rich Klindworth

Talk Like a Pirate: As country reopens, COVID-19 cases rise

The majority of the United States has “reopened” following the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown. However, since Memorial Day weekend, COVID-19 cases have been on the rise. “The slope of the curve...

Jun 24, 2020
  • Jules Norwood

NCLR 2020 showcases state’s expatriate writers

The 2020 issue of the North Carolina Literary Review — available to subscribers now —showcases North Carolina expatriate writers and others with deep roots. The review’s online version is also...

Jun 22, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

Study examines how LGBT communities view health risks

While a majority of LGBT members rate HIV and AIDS as the most serious health issues today, researchers at East Carolina University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel...

Jun 19, 2020
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

ECU medical students resume clinical rotations for the first time since COVID-19

Medical students at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine recently returned to clinical rotations for the first time since rotations were halted because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Third-and-fourth year...

Jun 18, 2020
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU English professor wins international book award for second time

Dr. Andrea Kitta, associate professor of English at East Carolina University, has won the 2020 Brian McConnell Book Award for her recent book, “The Kiss of Death: Contagion, Contamination and...

Jun 17, 2020
  • Kristen Martin

Program supplies summer reading books for ECU Community School

Two East Carolina University College of Education faculty members spearheaded a fundraising effort to ensure ECU Community School students have access to interesting, age-appropriate books this summer. “Years of research...

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...