News Release Archives

Nov 04, 2019
  • ECU News Services

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
  • ECU News Services

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
  • ECU News Services

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...

Oct 29, 2019
  • ECU News Services

North Carolina voters support ban on sale of e-cigarettes, vaping products

The Center for Survey Research at East Carolina University has released a new report indicating North Carolina registered voters support a statewide ban on the sale of e-cigarettes and vaping...

Oct 25, 2019
  • ECU News Services

ECU hosts fourth annual Fresh Check Day focusing on mental health and suicide prevention

East Carolina University will host Fresh Check Day, an initiative aimed at raising awareness of mental illness and preventing suicide, from 4-7 p.m. Oct. 30 on the Main Campus Student...

Oct 25, 2019
  • ECU News Services

ECU highlights student support during Learning Disabilities Awareness Month

Students with learning disabilities attend four-year colleges at half the rate of other young adults, even though they are just as capable as their peers, according to the National Center for...

Oct 24, 2019
  • ECU News Services

Award-winning Chinese American poet and sitarist to perform at ECU

East Carolina University and the Contemporary Writers Series soon will welcome two guests to campus. Award-winning poet Li-Young Lee and David Whetstone, one of the most active sitarists in the...