ECU festival connects young talent with renowned pianists
California teen Ari Nemet’s fingers flew across the keys as he played a Felix Mendelssohn composition on one of two side-by-side grand pianos on stage at East Carolina University’s A.J....
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ECU engineering students help develop prototype to support amputees in Africa
East Carolina University graduates set out to leave their marks on the world. Four 2025 engineering graduates have already done just that. Hannah Blackburn, Maranda Byrd, Lauren Simpson and Danielle...
Your guide to Pirate life: meet the ECU orientation assistants
Orientation assistants (OA) serve a vital role in helping guide new students and their families into Pirate life at East Carolina University. Twenty-five OAs who are current students, along with...
Grant expands dental school’s program for oral health care to pre-K, Head Start
Mallory Jones held out her arms as her 6-year-old daughter bounced through the door of the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine’s Pediatric Clinic. Jones smiled as her daughter,...
Brody Scholars share commitment to service
Since the Brody Scholars program began in 1983, 163 medical students have received the university’s most prestigious medical scholarship to attend East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine. The newest recipients...
Pirate nurse leads high-tech neonatal pain research
A Pirate nurse has traveled far from her North Carolina home to learn the skills needed to relieve the pain felt by the smallest patients entrusted to a nurse’s care....
Student: Emily Harouni
Emily Harouni, a third-year student in the College of Allied Health Sciences, wanted to make a difference in the health care world, but not in the way she had originally...
ECU’s interdisciplinary approach enhances ROTC cadet wellness
On an unseasonably brisk April morning, a dozen or so students in a calliope of East Carolina sweatshirts and winter coats shivered against the cold, laughing and watching as a...
Former Chancellor Richard Eakin, who led ECU from 1987-2001, died Monday
Indoors or out, Richard Eakin was easy to spot — about six-and-a-half feet tall with a shock of white hair, a big smile and hearty laugh. He would often approach...
Faculty: Sherri Winslow
Sherri Winslow never had to go too far from home to change the world. Her family — she was raised in a farming community near Elizabeth City — grew corn,...