PULITZER PRIZE WINNER
East Carolina University has hired Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Frank Barrows, former managing editor for the Charlotte Observer, to serve as interim advisor for The East Carolinian, the student-run newspaper....
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‘BIG HITS, BROKEN DREAMS’
A successful partnership between East Carolina University and Pitt County Schools will be featured Sunday when CNN airs "Big Hits, Broken Dreams," a documentary about concussions in high school football....
Jean Mills Health Symposium will be Feb. 3
Participants at the eighth annual Jean Mills Health Symposium on Feb. 3 will learn about past and present day efforts to reduce health disparities and increase access to care for...
MAKING ENDS MEET
About 50 students, most from East Carolina University’s Department of Child Development and Family Relations, gathered at the Mendenhall Student Center on Wednesday to learn what it feels like to...
Accessible, affordable nursing degree
High school seniors searching for an affordable nursing degree are being recruited for a new program this fall at East Carolina University and four area community colleges. Beaufort County, Lenoir,...
SELF-REPORTED
East Carolina University Director of Athletics Terry Holland announced Tuesday that Pirate head baseball coach Billy Godwin will serve a two-week suspension without pay as a department-imposed corrective action for...
THINKING BIG
Dr. Jennifer Arnold encouraged a midday audience in the auditorium of the East Carolina Heart Institute at East Carolina University to achieve their goals by thinking big, her motto for...
Grant aids in cancer research
An East Carolina University researcher is developing a screening test for prostate cancer with help from a $50,000 grant from Triad Golfers Against Cancer. Dr. Xin-Hua Hu, a professor of...
Dental students volunteer at free clinic
East Carolina University dental students participated in the North Carolina Missions of Mercy dental clinic Friday and Saturday, Jan. 20 and 21, at Garber Ministry Center in New Bern. A...
OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM
Until now, focused leadership training at East Carolina University has targeted mostly undergraduate students. That’s changing this semester. Thursday, Jan. 26 marks the beginning of ECU’s first Graduate Leadership Speaker...