News Release Archives

Aug 23, 2018
  • ECU News Services

ECU taps executive director for Innovation and New Ventures

Mark Wdowik has been named the inaugural executive director for the newly created Office of Innovation and New Ventures at East Carolina University. Wdowik joins ECU after a national search...

Aug 17, 2018
  • ECU News Services

Corbett named Coastal Studies Institute director

East Carolina University has named Dr. Reide Corbett as its new dean of integrated coastal programs and director of the Coastal Studies Institute. Corbett, a Pirate since 2000, has served...

Aug 03, 2018
  • ECU News Services

ECU Physicians nurse practitioner earns dermatology certification

A nurse practitioner with ECU Physicians has earned a certification in dermatology. Erin McGillicuddy Hurd has been awarded the Dermatology Certified Nurse Practitioner (DCNP) designation by the Dermatology Nursing Certification...

Aug 03, 2018
  • ECU News Services

ECU welcomes the most diverse class of medical students in its history

The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University officially welcomed the most diverse class of medical students in its 42-year history during its annual White Coat Ceremony on Friday...

Jul 20, 2018
  • ECU News Services

Catherine Carter receives 2018 Applewhite Poetry Prize

Catherine Carter is the winner of the 2018 James Applewhite Poetry Prize in a record-breaking year of entries. Carter’s prize-winning poem, “Womb-Room,” will be published in the 2019 print issue...

Jul 18, 2018
  • ECU News Services

Two more community colleges join co-admission program

Two more eastern North Carolina community colleges – Edgecombe Community College and Sampson Community College – have signed co-admission agreements with East Carolina University, bringing the total number to 16....

Jul 16, 2018
  • ECU News Services

NC New Teacher Support Program to relocate to ECU

The University of North Carolina System has announced that the North Carolina New Teacher Support Program (NC NTSP) will relocate from the UNC System office to the campus of East...

Jul 12, 2018
  • ECU News Services

Study shows climate change may hinder fish conservation efforts

For more than 20 years, conservationists in the Caribbean have been working to protect the endangered Nassau grouper. Thanks to those efforts, populations of this critical reef fish have stabilized...

Jul 10, 2018
  • ECU News Services

Chancellor appoints task force to examine Greek life on ECU campus

A 16-member task force has been appointed by East Carolina University Chancellor Cecil Staton to examine major aspects of Greek life at the university, to identify and consider nationally recognized...

Jul 10, 2018
  • ECU News Services

ECU researchers conducting community health needs survey

As part of East Carolina University’s mission to reduce premature mortality in eastern North Carolina, researchers involved in a multi-disciplinary effort dubbed “the Lincoln Project” are conducting a community health...