News Archives

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...

Counseling and advocacy services are available to all students who have been the victim of a crime. (ECU News Services Photo)
Aug 16, 2018
  • Jules Norwood

YOU ARE NOT ALONE

When the unthinkable happens, students at East Carolina have somewhere to turn. Since 2005, the university has provided counseling and assistance to student victims of crime through its Victim Advocacy...

ECU students are returning to campus before the start of classes on Aug. 20. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Aug 15, 2018
  • Crystal Baity

‘FEELS LIKE HOME’

Jaalen Best moved into College Hill Suites on Tuesday afternoon, hoping to avoid the rush of East Carolina University move-in traffic before starting a new job at the campus recreation...

Unveiling a portrait of Dr. Mark Stacy
Aug 13, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

DEAN’S PORTRAIT UNVEILED

The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University commemorated the tenure of its dean, Dr. Mark Stacy, with the unveiling of his official portrait on Aug. 3. Dr. Phyllis...

Dr. Tom Irons gives first-year medical students at the Brody School of Medicine a historical tour of Greenville.
Aug 09, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

MEDICAL STUDENT BUS TOUR

Groups of first-year medical school students boarded an ECU bus on Aug. 1, knowing only that they were going to get a tour of Greenville. What they actually received was...

Fadi Issa, assistant professor of neurobiology, examines a group of zebrafish in his lab.
Aug 06, 2018
  • Matt Smith

FISHY FINDINGS

An East Carolina University researcher is studying the effects of social behavior on nervous system function and development in a most unlikely place ­– a fish tank. Spearheaded by a...

Kenneth Lowery II receives his coat during the Brody School of Medicine White Coat Ceremony for the Class of 2022. (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Aug 03, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

2018 WHITE COAT CEREMONY

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...

Ribbon cutting for new Innovation Early College High School
Aug 03, 2018
  • Crystal Baity

BACK TO SCHOOL

Next week, East Carolina University will welcome 55 ninth-graders to the Innovation Early College High School, a collaboration between Pitt County Schools and ECU. IECHS is a new school option...