BRIGHT FUTURE
East Carolina University has enrolled its third-highest number of students this fall following a record-breaking year in freshman applications, according to figures from the 10th day of class or census...
Faculty/Staff Archives
English faculty’s virtual reality design of Irish castle receives NEH humanities grant
The National Endowment for the Humanities recently announced $30 million for 238 humanities projects nationwide. Dr. Tom Herron, professor of English at East Carolina University, will receive a portion of...
SURVEY SAYS
Text. East Carolina University is included in the 2021 edition of The Best 386 Colleges, an annual guidebook published by the Princeton Review, an educational services company known for its...
ECU postdoc Hale receives NIH fellowship
East Carolina University postdoctoral scholar Benjamin Hale received a prestigious Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award from the National Institutes of Health, the organization announced this month....
UNSUNG HEROES
As the Return of Pirate Nation began, some staff at East Carolina University never left and paved the way for students and faculty to get back to campus. ECU Facilities...
Hurricanes and Migration: Case studies guide future disaster response
Residents of North Carolina’s Outer Banks usually observe a mass exodus of visitors from the beach prior to a hurricane. Once the storm has passed, residents immediately clean up and...
ECU associate professor elected to National Academy of Inventors Senior Members class
An East Carolina University associate professor was elected to the National Academy of Inventors 2020 Senior Members class, the organization announced Aug. 11. The College of Health and Human Performance’s...
COVID-19 Q&A
As we entered August still in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, we spoke with three of our faculty experts from ECU’s Brody School of Medicine to get answers to...
FRANK CONVERSATIONS
The death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers sparked a movement for social justice this summer, a movement the East Carolina University Police Department supports. “The...
MOVING FORWARD
For the first time, East Carolina University’s faculty gathered for convocation virtually on Aug. 7 with a ceremony streamed from Wright Auditorium. Dr. Joseph Lee provided a presentation on the...