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Southside construction will have little impact on the game day experience of Pirate fans.
Aug 30, 2018
  • ECU News Services

GAME DAY IN PIRATE NATION

It’s time for Pirate Nation to prepare for another football season at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. The first game is Saturday, Sept. 1 against North Carolina A&T at 6 p.m. This year,...

Aug 29, 2018
  • Lacey L. Gray

TREASURING NEW EXPERIENCES

Students at East Carolina University may take part in many study abroad opportunities, but this summer 18 Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences students traveled to locations around the...

Aug 27, 2018
  • Bri Deel

Student: Kayla Ridgell

Kayla Ridgell, a student in the East Carolina University master of arts in health communication program, has excelled in her studies and brought a shining personality and contagious smile to...

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 22, 2018
  • Morgan Tilton

Welcoming new Pirates

(From left) Dr. Mark Notestine, president of the ECU Medical & Health Sciences Foundation, with Brody Scholars Helina Gan, Ross Masters and Amber Priester. (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Aug 21, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

BRODY SCHOLARS

Three medical students at ECU’s Brody School of Medicine have been awarded the university’s most prestigious scholarship. Amber Priester, Ross Masters and Helina Gan – who are all North Carolina...

Robert Ballard with students
Aug 21, 2018
  • Lacey L. Gray

VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY

East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences is poised to launch the 12th season of its signature Voyages of Discovery Series. This year’s lineup spans an exceptionally...

Aug 20, 2018
  • ECU News Services

SUMMER INTERNSHIPS

East Carolina University students spent their summer delving into internships, travel, research and service. At internships across the United States and beyond, students learned about their intended professions while gaining...

Aug 17, 2018
  • Jules Norwood

PASSION AND IMPACT

East Carolina University’s faculty gathered in Wright Auditorium Friday morning for convocation, a ceremony marking the official start of the 2018-2019 school year. Kwan Yi, assistant professor of piano in...

Coastal Studies Institute
Aug 17, 2018
  • Jules Norwood

COASTAL LEADER

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...