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Apr 01, 2022
  • Crystal Baity

SELFLESS SERVICE

An unwavering commitment to helping others took center stage Thursday as more than 100 East Carolina University faculty, staff and students were honored at the Chancellor’s Awards for Service. The...

U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo visits with students during a class prior to her public event at East Carolina University.
Apr 01, 2022
  • Lacey L. Gray

HARJO MOVES AUDIENCE

East Carolina University welcomed United States Poet Laureate Joy Harjo with a full house on Wednesday in the Main Campus Student Center Black Box Theater. Harjo, the first Native American poet...

Mar 31, 2022
  • Ken Buday

BACK TO SCHOOL

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, self-described handyman Matt Rice mustered little work. He paints houses, repairs appliances and puts down tile, but with COVID concerns, he felt uncomfortable walking into strangers’...

Mar 29, 2022
  • Crystal Baity

MISSION-DRIVEN

East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine has again ranked as North Carolina’s most diverse medical school in a listing of the 2023 Best Graduate Schools released today by U.S....

Mar 28, 2022
  • Jules Norwood

ALL HANDS

As East Carolina University marked its 115th year and celebrated the installation of Chancellor Philip Rogers last week, Pirate Nation rose to the occasion and pledged more than $8.4 million...

Mar 24, 2022
  • Jamie Smith

REAWAKENING

East Carolina University’s 12th chancellor Dr. Philip Rogers was officially installed Thursday morning. Members of the ECU community, higher education leaders from across the state, faculty, staff and students braved...

Mar 22, 2022
  • Kim Tilghman

HONORING EXCELLENCE

Give a well-deserved round of applause for the 57 East Carolina University faculty members who were recognized Wednesday at the Murphy Center. ECU's Division of Research, Economic Development and Engagement...

Mar 22, 2022
  • Kim Tilghman

OUTSTANDING SCHOLARS

Along with recognizing the Lifetime Achievement for Research & Creative Activity Award winner, East Carolina University honored faculty members throughout the university for their research, creative activity, inventions and community...

Mar 22, 2022
  • Kim Tilghman

LIFETIME OF SERVICE

When the Research & Creative Activity Awards nomination subcommittee passed the name of the 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient to Michael Van Scott, interim vice chancellor of Research, Economic Development...

Mar 21, 2022
  • Natalie Sayewich

HEALTH CARE AFTER COVID

As most longtime eastern North Carolinians could tell you, sometimes the hardest part of a natural disaster is the cleanup. After a hurricane, for example, it often takes a while...