News Release Archives

Aug 23, 2020
  • ECU News Services

ECU to move undergraduate courses online for fall semester

East Carolina University will move undergraduate courses online for the remainder of the fall semester, beginning Wednesday, Aug. 26, Interim Chancellor Ron Mitchelson announced today. Undergraduate classes are suspended Monday,...

Aug 22, 2020
  • ECU News Services

Emergency Notification: Additional COVID-19 clusters identified on campus

Students, faculty and staff: East Carolina University has identified a cluster of COVID-19 cases within residence halls on campus. There are currently five positives related to Garrett Hall; five positives...

Aug 20, 2020
  • ECU News Services

Emergency Notification: Additional COVID-19 clusters identified on campus

Students, faculty and staff: East Carolina University has identified a cluster of COVID-19 cases within the university’s football team and Clement Hall. There are currently seven positives related to Clement...

Aug 17, 2020
  • ECU News Services

Emergency Notification: Cluster of COVID-19 cases in Gateway-West Residence Hall

Students, faculty and staff: East Carolina University has identified a cluster of COVID-19 cases in Gateway-West Residence Hall. A “cluster” is defined by the North Carolina Department of Health and...

Aug 05, 2020
  • ECU News Services

Pirates climb aboard for fall 2020

East Carolina University welcomes the final wave of students moving into residence halls today and Thursday as Pirate Nation prepares for the first day of classes on Monday, Aug. 10....

Aug 03, 2020
  • ECU News Services

ECU researchers receive $1.4 million grant to develop desalination system

The University of North Carolina System announced that a team from East Carolina University has been awarded a grant through UNC’s Research Opportunities Initiative (UNC ROI). The $1.4 million grant...

Jul 29, 2020
  • ECU News Services

ECU prepares for General Election this fall

East Carolina University’s Center for Leadership & Civic Engagement (CLCE) partnered with ECU Football to host a series of Civic Engagement Days to educate student athletes about the election process...

Jul 23, 2020
  • ECU News Services

Danell named dean of ECU’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences

Dr. Allison Danell, professor of chemistry, has been named dean of East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences (THCAS) by the ECU Board of Trustees and the...

Jul 16, 2020
  • ECU News Services

New research from ECU suggests Blackbeard ran the QAR aground on purpose

It has long been speculated by historians that the notorious pirate Blackbeard may have intentionally run his ship, the Queen Anne’s Revenge (QAR), aground off the coast of North Carolina...

Jul 14, 2020
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ECU researcher co-authors international plea for government, businesses to avoid harmful chemicals

WHAT: A group of 16 scientists from universities, the U.S. National Institutes of Health, the European Environment Agency, and non-governmental organizations recently published a peer-reviewed article in Environmental Science &...