Novelist Elaine Neil Orr to read at ECU
Elaine Neil Orr will read from her novel, “Swimming Between Worlds,” at 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 28 in East Carolina University’s Faulkner Gallery on the second floor of Joyner...
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ECU sets new record on third annual giving day
East Carolina University’s third annual Pirate Nation Gives fundraising day on March 20 raised more than $805,000 in 24 hours, surpassing last year’s amount of $500,000. The one-day, social-media-driven effort...
Rae Senarighi’s TRANSCEND exhibit coming to ECU
East Carolina University will host Rae Senarighi’s TRANSCEND exhibit in the Main Campus Student Center (Dr. Jesse R. Peel LGBTQ Center) and the Health Sciences Campus Student Center, March 25-30....
ECU professor helps NCDOT address ENC infrastructure issue
An East Carolina University construction management professor and a local construction company have teamed up in search of a solution to a problem facing the North Carolina Department of Transportation...
Pirate Nation Gives returns to generate donations for ECU student success
East Carolina University will celebrate its third annual Pirate Nation Gives on Wednesday, March 20. This standalone day of giving encourages alumni, friends, faculty, staff, parents and students to make a donation to one of...
ECU Chancellor Cecil P. Staton to step down
Dr. Cecil P. Staton, the 11th chancellor of East Carolina University, announced today that he will step down as chancellor effective May 3, 2019. Chancellor Staton will remain on as an advisor...
NCLR calls for poetry submissions for Applewhite Prize
The North Carolina Literary Review (NCLR) is now accepting submissions for the 2019 Applewhite Poetry Prize competition. The first-place winner will receive $250, and the poem will be published in...
Primary care leads the way (again) at ECU’s physician residency match event
A mother of five and a former professional football player were among the fourth-year medical students gathered in the auditorium of ECU’s Brody School of Medicine on Friday to learn...
ECU baseball study aims for better hitting
Researchers at East Carolina University are using motion-capture and eye-tracking technology to understand how baseball players process visual information when batting and turn that into a swing. Their findings will...
ECU’s Center for Survey Research polls public on hot topics
East Carolina University’s Center for Survey Research (CSR) has released the results of two recent polls — one focusing on the controversy surrounding Confederate monuments in North Carolina and the...