SOBOS app sets new course for boating safety
A new smartphone app called SOBOS — Self-reported On-water Boat Operator Survey — is aimed at changing the face of boating safety by putting data collection in the hands of...
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North Carolina Literary Review announces two new writing awards, accepting submissions
The North Carolina Literary Review is accepting submissions for two new writing awards that recognize forgotten or neglected writers from North Carolina. The NCLR has established the Paul Green Prize...
ECU passes new tobacco use policy
All forms of tobacco use will be prohibited within 100 feet of buildings on East Carolina University’s main campus and everywhere on its health sciences campus under a new tobacco...
Researchers work to put a stop to Lyme disease
Researchers at East Carolina University, with funding from the National Institutes of Health, have declared open season on the bacteria that cause Lyme disease. While rarely fatal, Lyme disease can...
ECU piano, guitar summer festivals welcome international performers
The inaugural East Carolina Piano Festival and the long-standing ECU Summer International Guitar Festival will bring acclaimed international performers to Greenville for public concerts in June and July. The East...
ECU partners with community colleges to improve transfer access, success
East Carolina University and 14 community colleges in the surrounding region signed a co-admission agreement Tuesday that is designed to improve transfer student access and success through a collaborative degree...
Gift enables Vidant Health, ECU to partner in creating senior faculty positions in hematology/oncology
ECU and Vidant Health are partnering to create two senior faculty positions in the Division of Hematology and Oncology at ECU’s Brody School of Medicine. The positions are being funded...
ECU awards full academic scholarships to 20 NC high school students
Twenty high school seniors from across North Carolina have been selected for the prestigious EC Scholars program at East Carolina University. The recipients are Marco Agostini, Jayda Bodine, Hannah Bolick,...
ECU names interim vice chancellor for health sciences
ECU Chancellor Cecil Staton announced today that he has named an interim vice chancellor for the university’s Division of Health Sciences. Dr. Mark Stacy, dean of ECU’s Brody School of...
ECU to establish School of Rural Public Health
East Carolina University has announced plans to establish a new School of Rural Public Health in August of 2020 after the plans were approved by the UNC System Board of...