Moving Days
Move-in day at East Carolina University is more than a day of boxes, carts and dorm-room keys. Family, friends and volunteers make it an event, helping about 5,200 on-campus students...
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Donors show commitment to student-focused priorities in FY 2026
The university raised more than $78.7 million in fiscal year 2026. The fundraising total includes $28.5 million for main campus priorities, $19.8 million for ECU Athletics and $30.3 million — through...
ECU ecologists collaborate on reef, habitat restoration projects to protect shorelines, tourism
ECU researchers have received a $150,000 North Carolina Sea Grant to help evaluate living shoreline designs’ ability to reduce coastal erosion while creating habitat for oysters, fish and marsh species....
Staff: Hailey DeSutter
As a college freshman at East Carolina University, Hailey DeSutter may not have known what she wanted to do for her career. But her mother sure knew. Now, 10 years...
Student: Abigail Smith
Abigail Smith, a senior in ECU’s College of Education, is preparing to become a second grade teacher. Smith has built classroom experience through coursework, volunteering and a STEM educator role...
Improving medical treatments through physics
ECU medical physics research could improve antibiotic treatments by making drug-resistant bacteria easier to kill. Graduate student Holly Maschenik studies bacterial spore memory to better understand germination and antibiotic resistance....
State’s endowment match a catalyst for donor support
A $5 million investment from the state will match scholarship endowment gifts. The Chancellor’s Scholars initiative is helping to shape the future of ECU by creating and providing four annual...
Record-breaking medical school class orients itself toward success
At 96 students, the Brody School of Medicine’s Class of 2030 is the largest ever, selected from the largest pool of applications — more than 2,500 — ever received. It’s...
Rudy Alexander is a permanent fixture of performing arts at ECU
University leaders, family and friends gathered in June to honor Rudy Alexander for his many contributions to the S. Rudolph Alexander Performing Arts Series and ECU. Alexander put the university...
Student: Greta Bublitz
Bublitz is a chemistry and German studies double major on track to attend the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. She researches a noninvasive cancer treatment approach using magnetic nanoparticles in...