Rachel Warner receives first Paul Green Prize
The North Carolina Literary Review (NCLR) editorial staff presented the first Paul Green Prize to Rachel Warner during the launch event for its 2019 issue, held at North Carolina Central...
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New grant will help ECU, collaborators get information to migrant, seasonal workers
Heat-related illnesses, pesticide exposure and other occupational hazards face migrant and seasonal farmworkers each day. But a new three-year, $427,551 health disparities grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National...
ECU College of Nursing poised to improve rural access to health care with new $2.8 million grant
Thanks to new grant funding, graduates from several ECU College of Nursing departments will be poised to provide health care that makes a big difference in small communities. The four-year,...
University, UNC System, BOT statements – Sept. 29-Oct. 3
Message from Vern Davenport, ECU Board of Trustees Chairman, 10.3.19: Dear ECU Community, Pirate Nation continues to amaze me. I’m so proud of the way this community, especially our students, have...
Grant will give preschoolers a head start on learning about science and health
East Carolina University will lead a new five-year, $1.3 million grant that will give thousands of North Carolina children an early start on learning about science and nutrition. Preschool Education...
ECU to host a Southern Literary Celebration
East Carolina University will celebrate an evening of Southern literature hosted by The North Carolina Literary Review and the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences Whichard Distinguished Visiting Professor...
ECU to host Adventurer of the Year Jennifer Pharr Davis
East Carolina University will host athlete, author, speaker and National Geographic Adventurer of the Year Jennifer Pharr Davis. The program will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1 in the...
ECU receives Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award for eighth straight year
East Carolina University’s focus on diversity and inclusiveness has been recognized for the eighth consecutive year with the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award. The HEED award, sponsored by...
East Carolina Undaunted hosting Hurricane Dorian goods drive
East Carolina Undaunted, East Carolina University’s hurricane response team, will host a goods drive in partnership with the Hyde County manager’s office for Ocracoke Island residents affected by Hurricane Dorian....
Community School shows growth in school performance scores
Students attending the ECU Community School achieved growth during the 2018-19 school year, according to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction’s annual report card. On Sept. 4, the department...