News Release Archives

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...

Oct 24, 2019
  • ECU News Services

GHOST STORIES, STRANGE HAPPENINGS AND ZOMBIE CRABS

ECU is getting into the spooky season in advance of Halloween, with a ghost walk hosted by students in a supernatural class, the spreading of ECU folklore, horror movie picks...

Oct 23, 2019
  • ECU News Services

ECU Alumni Association to recognize 2019 award winners

The East Carolina University Alumni Association will recognize four alumni and two honorary Pirates at its annual alumni awards ceremony on Friday, Oct. 25. The awards recognize alumni and friends...

Oct 23, 2019
  • ECU News Services

HEALTHIER BABIES

Newborn babies whose mothers exercised during their pregnancy have improved motor skills, heart function and body composition, East Carolina University researchers have found. Understanding the health benefits of exercise for...