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Mar 03, 2020
  • Rob Spahr

CORONAVIRUS EXPLAINED

ECU Experts ECU’s Division of Health Sciences has experts available to answer questions related to Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and other infectious diseases. Infectious diseases: Paul Cook, MD, chief of Brody’s...

Feb 27, 2020
  • Ken Buday

Faculty: Dr. Oneil Harris

Dr. Oneil Harris, associate professor in the Department of Finance at East Carolina University, had one word to describe his youth growing up in Kingston, Jamaica — “interesting.” However, that...

Feb 17, 2020
  • Grady Dillon

Student: Nakaya Melvin

East Carolina University student Nakaya Melvin is always up for a challenge. Melvin, a senior from Fayetteville, is an Honors College student double majoring in public health studies and chemistry....

Feb 14, 2020
  • Lacey L. Gray

COMING FULL CIRCLE

Married East Carolina University professors never expected a rogue storm to shipwreck their boat along the coast of North Carolina 35 years ago, but that is exactly what happened and...

Feb 12, 2020
  • Ken Buday

PITCH PERFECT

As a baseball pitcher, Evan Voliva has simple goals. “I just want to throw hard, throw well and strike out a lot of guys,” he said. As a fan of...

Feb 12, 2020
  • ECU News Services

LOVE IN PIRATE NATION

Some Pirates came to ECU for quality higher education and ended up with a two-for-one deal. Discover how they met their partner for life and read love stories in their...

Feb 06, 2020
  • Jules Norwood

A WAY FORWARD

Interim Chancellor Ron Mitchelson presented his first State of the University address to the East Carolina University community Wednesday in Wright Auditorium, highlighting successes and challenges, and thanking faculty and...

Jan 28, 2020
  • Rob Spahr

TREATING BRAIN TUMORS

Doctors at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine and Vidant Medical Center were the first in North Carolina to perform a new radiation therapy procedure that is giving hope...

Jan 16, 2020
  • Spaine Stephens

SNIFFING OUT SICKNESS

Harley the beagle refused to run rabbits—a character flaw that left her future uncertain. Now, the wayward hunting dog has finally found a worthy prey—but not of the woodland variety....

Jan 14, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

NATIONALLY RANKED

Online graduate programs at East Carolina University have been recognized among the nation’s best in a new ranking by U.S. News & World Report. ECU’s master’s programs in business, criminal...