Hrabowski named keynote speaker for commencement ceremony
East Carolina University will celebrate the graduation of more than 4,500 Pirates along with their friends and families at 10 a.m. May 5 in Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski...
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Coastal Studies Institute celebrates 10th anniversary, Earth Day with open house
The Coastal Studies Institute (CSI) and East Carolina University Integrated Coastal Programs (ICP) are celebrating their 10-year anniversary on the ECU Outer Banks Campus with an open house from 11...
Brody Scholars hold health fair at JOY Community Center
East Carolina University medical students will hold a community health fair Wednesday, April 19, from 5-7:30 p.m. at the JOY Community Center and Soup Kitchen, 700 S. Albemarle Ave. in...
Finals of the Sixth Annual Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge set
Six student-led teams will pitch their entrepreneurial ideas with the hopes of winning the sixth annual Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge, scheduled for 6-8 p.m. on Thursday in Harvey Hall on the...
ECU to host FIRST North Carolina state robotics competition
East Carolina University will host about 1,300 high school students at the North Carolina FIRST Robotics Competition State Championship Saturday and Sunday inside Minges Coliseum. Forty teams from across North...
ECU joins campuses nationwide in effort to support voting
East Carolina University is one of more than 250 campuses in 38 states and the District of Columbia designated as a Voter Friendly Campus through 2024. Two national nonpartisan organizations —...
Pirate Nation Gives surpasses expectations
Donations came from campus and across oceans as more than 2,300 Pirates answered the call to support East Carolina University during Pirate Nation Gives. The seventh annual day of giving on...
ECU set to celebrate seventh day of giving Wednesday
East Carolina University will celebrate its seventh annual day of giving on Wednesday. Pirate Nation Gives is a 24-hour online fundraising event that encourages alumni, friends, faculty, staff, parents and...
ECU students, staff to volunteer across North Carolina during alternative spring break
Students and staff from East Carolina University will spend spring break serving others in communities from the mountains to coastal North Carolina. ECU’s Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement has...
International ocean observing system relocating to NC coast
This week, a team of scientists and engineers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) left Charleston, South Carolina, aboard the research vessel Neil Armstrong to begin test deployments in preparation...