News Release Archives

Feb 04, 2020
  • ECU News Services

Award-winning S.H.O.E.S. project combats mental illness and depression

UPDATE Due to the potential of severe weather on Feb. 6, the S.H.O.E.S. event date has been moved to its rain date of Feb. 13. It is scheduled from 10...

Jan 28, 2020
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Study to help patients breathe easier

East Carolina University will be working in conjunction with the University of Pittsburgh on a research study called PACT: Prehospital Airway Control Trial. PACT is an $8.8 million, four-year, Department...

Jan 27, 2020
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Art gala, auction to support ECU School of Art and Design scholarships, programs

The East Carolina University Friends of the School of Art and Design will present the Keaton and Umberger Gala Art Auction and Sale of fine art, crafts and decorative pieces on Saturday,...

Jan 21, 2020
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ECU’s Aleshia Hunt wins state Larkins Award for commitment to justice, equality

Aleshia Hunt, a financial advisor in East Carolina University’s Division of Student Affairs, has received the 2020 John R. Larkins Award for commitment to justice and equality in the workplace...

Jan 14, 2020
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ECU’s master’s programs in business, criminal justice, education and nursing listed among the nation’s best by U.S. News & World Report

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...

Jan 13, 2020
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ECU students, faculty research proteins that form abnormal clusters during disease, trauma

East Carolina University students and faculty in the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences, College of Allied Health Sciences and Brody School of Medicine are conducting cross-disciplinary collaborative research...

Jan 10, 2020
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ECU program recognized with national award for entrepreneurship innovation

East Carolina University’s student entrepreneurship program, RISE29, was honored for its co-curricular innovation by the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) at its annual conference Monday in...

Dec 18, 2019
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ECU poll: Generational divide proves to be a major factor in marijuana legalization debate

The East Carolina University Center for Survey Research has released its latest report on American’s opinion on the legalization of marijuana. Of those polled: 62% of adults in the United States...

Dec 13, 2019
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East Carolina celebrates nearly 2,300 graduates at commencement

With pomp, circumstance and a lot of shouts and cheers, East Carolina University celebrated its 111th fall commencement for nearly 2,300 students Friday morning on campus inside Williams Arena at...

Dec 11, 2019
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ECU partners with regional schools, colleges to train teachers

East Carolina University celebrated decades of eastern North Carolina partnerships and a program rebrand at an annual College of Education (COE) advisory board meeting on Dec. 4. Partnership Teach was...