News Archives

Sep 26, 2016
  • Kathryn Kennedy

COMMUNITY IMMUNITY

For Patients: ECU Physicians patients not employed by the university can visit any ECU Pharmacy location to receive a flu shot this fall. Locations include the first floor of 517...

Sep 26, 2016
  • Jamie Smith

Making it count

Children surround the kitchen table and their laughter fills the home of Bernita Demery '02 as she shares hugs with the small crew that has accompanied her home from church...

Sep 23, 2016
  • Rich Klindworth

THE ROSE LEGACY

The director of research for the East Carolina Heart Institute is going to have a special title in honor of a cardiologist and professor who has not only changed the...

Sep 23, 2016
  • Doug Boyd
  • Lacey L. Gray

DIGITAL SCHOLARSHIP

Links to digital scholarship at ECU Thomas Herron, English: "Centering Spenser: A Digital Resource for Kilcolman Castle" Karin Zipf, history, and Margaret Bauer, English: the Wilmington Massacre of 1898 Jennifer...

Sep 23, 2016
  • Jules Norwood

Giving Voice

From the mountains with their brilliant autumn displays, to rivers winding through pine forests and past bustling cities, to the marshlands and beaches of the coast, North Carolina has inspired...

Sep 22, 2016
  • Peggy Novotny

DENTAL DOLLARS

A $2.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will enable East Carolina University's School of Dental Medicine to offer more scholarships to economically disadvantaged students...

Sep 20, 2016
  • Rich Klindworth

STEPPING UP

As of May 2016 • 81% of STEPP students graduated or are on track to graduate -another 8% transferred to another institution and made or are making progress • 45%...

Dance @ Wright performers rehearse for the annual showcase, which will feature ballet, jazz, tap, modern and contemporary dance Sept. 16-18 at Wright Auditorium. (Photos by Gretchen Baugh)
Sep 16, 2016
  • Sophronia Knott

DANCE @ WRIGHT

East Carolina University’s School of Theatre and Dance is starting off the 2016-2017 ECU/Loessin Playhouse series with the Dance @ Wright showcase, a production featuring the choreography of three students....

Students and faculty from East Carolina University and other institutions unearthed a pair of marble statues dating to the second or third century A.D. during an archaeological dig in Petra, Jordan this summer. (Contributed photos courtesy Megan Perry and Tom Parker)
Sep 16, 2016
  • Jules Norwood
  • Lacey L. Gray

STUNNING FIND

This summer, East Carolina University students and faculty members helped unearth surprising discoveries while excavating the ancient Nabataean capital city of Petra, Jordan. ECU professor of anthropology Dr. Megan Perry...

Dr. Yiping Qi, ECU assistant professor of biology, is conducting plant translational research. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Sep 14, 2016
  • Sophronia Knott

DISCOVERING BREAKTHROUGHS

Research by an East Carolina University faculty member may help combat world hunger through the development of high-yield and healthier crops. Dr. Yiping Qi, ECU assistant professor of biology, is...