Summer 2025 Campus Construction Roundup
This summer, crews and contractors at East Carolina University are busy working on old buildings and putting up new ones, with the goal of providing safe, modern and spacious facilities...
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ECU festival connects young talent with renowned pianists
California teen Ari Nemet’s fingers flew across the keys as he played a Felix Mendelssohn composition on one of two side-by-side grand pianos on stage at East Carolina University’s A.J....
ECU engineering students help develop prototype to support amputees in Africa
East Carolina University graduates set out to leave their marks on the world. Four 2025 engineering graduates have already done just that. Hannah Blackburn, Maranda Byrd, Lauren Simpson and Danielle...
Pirate nurse leads high-tech neonatal pain research
A Pirate nurse has traveled far from her North Carolina home to learn the skills needed to relieve the pain felt by the smallest patients entrusted to a nurse’s care....
Student: Emily Harouni
Emily Harouni, a third-year student in the College of Allied Health Sciences, wanted to make a difference in the health care world, but not in the way she had originally...
ECU’s interdisciplinary approach enhances ROTC cadet wellness
On an unseasonably brisk April morning, a dozen or so students in a calliope of East Carolina sweatshirts and winter coats shivered against the cold, laughing and watching as a...
Former Chancellor Richard Eakin, who led ECU from 1987-2001, died Monday
Indoors or out, Richard Eakin was easy to spot — about six-and-a-half feet tall with a shock of white hair, a big smile and hearty laugh. He would often approach...
Faculty: Sherri Winslow
Sherri Winslow never had to go too far from home to change the world. Her family — she was raised in a farming community near Elizabeth City — grew corn,...
Grad Profiles: Fall 2024
A group of Pirates who began their journey at East Carolina University at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic will now part ways to pursue careers that fulfill ECU’s motto—Servire,...
Grad Profiles: Spring 2024
This phrase is often repeated in speeches, videos and alumni messages to new East Carolina University graduates because their time at ECU is an experience they will take with them...