News Release Archives

Nov 11, 2019
  • ECU News Services

New scholarship to assist future teachers in rural eastern NC

East Carolina University’s College of Education will offer 15 new Partnership Teach Fellows scholarships in 2020 thanks to a contribution by an eastern North Carolina funder. The scholarships, valued at...

Nov 06, 2019
  • ECU News Services

ECU conducts cross-disciplinary research, education on sunken WWII aircraft in the Pacific

East Carolina University’s Program in Maritime Studies and Department of Biology have received a National Center for Preservation Technology and Training grant totaling $29,652 from the National Park Service. The...

Nov 05, 2019
  • ECU News Services

ECU to pilot interactive software as part of suicide prevention grant

A three-year, $302,629 grant is helping the Department of Addictions and Rehabilitation Studies at East Carolina University address the risk factors associated with suicide on campus. The grant, Suicide Education...

Nov 05, 2019
  • ECU News Services

Hayes appointed as ECU’s acting provost

Dr. Grant Hayes, dean of the East Carolina University College of Education, has been appointed as acting provost and senior vice chancellor of academic affairs, effective Nov. 6. Hayes has...

Nov 04, 2019
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ECU Voyages guest to discuss contributions to improved air quality

Dr. R.K.M. Jayanty, chemist and distinguished fellow emeritus for RTI International, will present “My Life Journey and Scientific Contributions to Improve Air Quality,” on Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. in...

Oct 31, 2019
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Mitchelson named interim chancellor at ECU

Dr. Ron Mitchelson, provost and senior vice chancellor of academic affairs at East Carolina University, has been appointed as interim chancellor by UNC System President Bill Roper. “I am pleased...

Oct 31, 2019
  • ECU News Services

UNC System Interim President Bill Roper names new interim chancellor at ECU

University of North Carolina System Interim President Bill Roper released the following statement on Thursday, Oct. 31:  “I am pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Ron Mitchelson as interim...

Oct 31, 2019
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Underrepresented Minority in Medicine physicians get publishing guidance from ECU medical leadership

Seven underrepresented minority in medicine (URMM) junior faculty members from family medicine departments across the nation will spend two days at ECU’s Brody School of Medicine being mentored in scholarship...

Oct 31, 2019
  • ECU News Services

GROWING BRAINS

When people ask Dr. Karen Litwa what she does for a living, her response is unique. “I say that I’m a brain builder,” she says through a smile. Litwa, an...

Oct 30, 2019
  • ECU News Services

ECU welcomes Pirate Read author Richard Louv to campus

East Carolina University will host Richard Louv, journalist and author of “The Nature Principle,” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5, in the Mendenhall Building’s Hendrix Theatre. “The Nature Principle” is...