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Dec 23, 2020
  • Kristin Zachary

ECU’S TOP 20 OF 2020

2020 was a year unlike any other at East Carolina University. More than 250 stories published this year by ECU News Services and University Communications paint a picture of world-class...

Dec 21, 2020
  • Rob Spahr

WHITE COAT DRIVE-THRU

People all over the world were required to adjust their plans and traditions during 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The nation’s medical students were not immune. First-year...

Dec 21, 2020
  • Kristin Zachary

2020: YEAR IN REVIEW

Some may wish to pack the year 2020 and all of its contents into a box never to be seen again — no judgment here — but this year's 1,907...

Dec 21, 2020
  • ECU News Services

GET TESTED

CAMPUS LIVING RESIDENTS ECU has developed a Spring 2021 Campus Living reentry testing plan, along with procedures for isolation and quarantine housing. 1. Students living in the residence halls will...

East Carolina University Chancellor-Elect Dr. Philip Rogers films his introductory video to Pirate Nation in the Trustees Suite at the Main Campus Student Center on campus. (Photo by Cliff Hollis | Video by ECU Creative Services and Reed Wolfley)
Dec 18, 2020
  • ECU News Services

6 QUESTIONS WITH THE CHANCELLOR-ELECT

What was the last thing you read? Besides Twitter? The last book I read was a book by the name of "Range." (Editor's note: New York Times bestseller "Range: Why...

Welcome Dr. Philip Rogers, Chancellor-Elect
Dec 17, 2020
  • ECU News Services

RETURNING HOME

North Carolina native Dr. Philip Rogers has been elected the 12th chancellor of East Carolina University by the UNC Board of Governors. The appointment is a homecoming for Rogers, 37,...

Dec 16, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

CARRYING ON

As baby boomers age, some are outliving their ability to drive. That’s why it’s important to have a transportation plan, and East Carolina University occupational therapists are helping older drivers...

Dec 15, 2020
  • Lacey L. Gray

TOPOGRAPHY OF TERROR

While study abroad trips are being postponed across the globe due to the coronavirus, East Carolina University professors are opening a world of possibilities for students through online courses and...

Dec 14, 2020
  • Erin Ward

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY SCHOLARSHIPS

We fill our days with regular activities — we get dressed, eat breakfast, brush our teeth, text a friend, drive the car, check email — often without having to put...

Dec 11, 2020
  • Spaine Stephens

GROWING SOLUTIONS

In a garden that grows upon a ribbon of old family farmland in the mountains of Ashe County, dreams are harvested alongside vegetables. The garden is a vision nurtured by...