News Release Archives

Sep 09, 2019
  • ECU News Services

Award-winning journalist, entrepreneur to visit ECU as Voyages premier lecturer

Soledad O’Brien, award-winning journalist and entrepreneur, will present “Diversity: On TV, Behind the Scenes and in our Lives,” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18 in Wright Auditorium at East Carolina...

Sep 06, 2019
  • ECU News Services

ECU cleaning up after Hurricane Dorian

East Carolina University officials monitored the effects of Hurricane Dorian throughout the night and completed interior and exterior inspections of campus buildings and infrastructure this morning as the storm moved...

Sep 03, 2019
  • ECU News Services

Hurricane Dorian Update: ECU classes canceled Thursday at 3 p.m. and Friday

Because of the anticipated wind and rain bands as Hurricane Dorian moves off the coast of North Carolina, East Carolina University will cancel classes beginning at or after 3 p.m....

Aug 30, 2019
  • ECU News Services

Kovar, 9 ECU Nursing alumni named Distinguished Public Health Nurses

College of Nursing faculty member Dr. Cheryl Kovar has been named a Distinguished Public Health Nurse in North Carolina. Kovar, an assistant professor in the advanced nursing practice and education department,...

Aug 29, 2019
  • ECU News Services

N.C. trio awarded ECU’s most prestigious scholarship

Three medical students at ECU’s Brody School of Medicine have been awarded the university’s most prestigious scholarship. Brandon Garcia, Kayla Mayes and Grant O’Brien – who like their classmates are...

Aug 28, 2019
  • ECU News Services

ECU team gets grant to help communities adjust to sea level rise

A nearly $300,000 grant will allow a team of researchers from East Carolina University to look at sea level rise and its impact on communities. The $299,454, two-year grant comes...

Aug 27, 2019
  • ECU News Services

ECU announces higher prize awards, kickoff date for third annual Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge

East Carolina University, the College of Business and the Miller School of Entrepreneurship have announced that the third annual Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge will award more than $100,000 in cash prizes...

Aug 09, 2019
  • ECU News Services

ECU’s Brody School of Medicine welcomes new class of medical students

The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University officially welcomed 86 new medical students – all North Carolina residents – during its annual White Coat Ceremony on Friday morning....

Aug 09, 2019
  • ECU News Services

ECU Alumni Association welcomes new president

Scott E. Francis has been appointed associate vice chancellor and president of the ECU Alumni Association effective Aug. 9. Francis joins ECU from the University of Florida, where he served...

Aug 06, 2019
  • ECU News Services

ECU gets $4 million grant to support engineering students

East Carolina University’s College of Engineering and Technology has received a $4 million grant from the National Science Foundation Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Program (S-STEM) in an...