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Report finds ECU fuels region and state’s economy

GREENVILLE, N.C. (10/--/24) -- A recent economic impact report highlights how East Carolina University’s operations significantly benefit the region and the state. The report, generated by Drs. Meghan Millea and...

ECU to present an evening with U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Tretheway

GREENVILLE, N.C. (10/21/2024) — East Carolina University’s Contemporary Writers Series, housed in the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences Department of English, will welcome Pulitzer prize-winner and United States...

Campaign event on ECU campus Oct. 21

NOTE: Parking information for students, faculty and staff are located at the end of this message. Designated campus facilities are available to be rented by external parties, including political candidates,...

Bremer Symposium to rally community support for language, literacy and learning in eastern North Carolina

GREENVILLE, N.C. (10/9/2024) — East Carolina University will host a first-of-its-kind symposium at 9 a.m. Friday, Oct. 25, that aims to unite eastern North Carolina parents, educators and researchers in...

ECU to host one-day festival featuring N.C. novelist, playwright Paul Green

GREENVILLE, N.C. (10/8/2024) — East Carolina University’s North Carolina Literary Review will host a one-day festival with a double-feature documentary and movie screening highlighting North Carolina novelist and playwright Paul...

CSI faculty receive NSF grant for renewable ocean energy research

GREENVILLE, N.C. (10/3/2024) – Thanks to a new $3.6 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant awarded over five years to researchers from the University of Michigan, East Carolina University, UNC-Chapel...

New gift to provide ECU students with hands-on, real-world experiences

GREENVILLE, N.C. (9/18/2024) — A new gift to the East Carolina University College of Business (COB) will allow students to gain firsthand experience managing a multi-strategy financial portfolio whose proceeds...

ECU enrollment is up for fall 2024

With two weeks of classes, a gridiron victory and the Labor Day holiday behind them, East Carolina University students are now in the full swing of the fall semester. While...

ECU poll sheds light on upcoming elections

GREENVILLE, N.C. (9/3/2024) - The East Carolina University Center for Survey Research today announced the results of its latest poll regarding the upcoming elections in North Carolina. According to the...

ECU national finalist, one of four regional winners of W.K. Kellogg Foundation Community Engagement Award

GREENVILLE, N.C. (8/22/2024) — East Carolina University is one of four national universities recognized for extraordinary community engagement initiatives and named a regional winner of the 2024 W.K. Kellogg Foundation...