News Archives

Apr 05, 2021
  • Spaine Stephens

FUNDING VETERAN CARE

A newly created fund in the ECU School of Dental Medicine will help offset the costs of vital dental care for U.S. military veterans who need it. The ECU Smiles...

Apr 01, 2021
  • Ken Buday

Faculty: Dr. Aundrea Oliver

East Carolina University’s Dr. Aundrea Oliver began diagnosing people at an early age — in high school. One day she noticed that her physics teacher appeared hot and was sweating,...

Mar 31, 2021
  • Crystal Baity

I’M THE FIRST

Being the first in a family to attend college can be exciting and challenging all at once. Kayla Brown, a junior and first-generation student at East Carolina University, said there...

Mar 30, 2021
  • Crystal Baity

GUIDEPOSTS FOR PROGRESS

East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine is one of the nation’s most diverse medical schools according to a new ranking. In addition, Brody was ranked among the best in...

Mar 26, 2021
  • Jules Norwood

TV FOR MILLENNIALS

When MTV launched in 1981 with “Video Killed the Radio Star” by the Buggles, it was billed as a 24-hour video jukebox, and the success of that format showed that...

Mar 25, 2021
  • Natalie Sayewich

SERVING OUR STATE

Alex Yllanes and Eric Japczyk Schuler began their nursing education just a few months ago, but they’re already playing a crucial role in helping to slow the global pandemic that...

Mar 24, 2021
  • Rob Spahr

FREE COFFEE

For more than a year, the students, faculty and staff on East Carolina University’s Health Sciences Campus have been faced with an unprecedented set of challenges due to the COVID-19...

Mar 22, 2021
  • Jules Norwood

PIRATE PRIDE

Pirate Nation got a small taste of normalcy last week as students, faculty and staff, and alumni celebrated Home Sweet Homecoming with a week of on-campus and virtual events and...

Mar 22, 2021
  • Erin Ward

A GREAT TEAM

Two days after moving into the chancellor’s residence in Greenville, Dr. Rebekah Rogers sits among half-unpacked boxes and stacks of photos waiting to be hung. Adding to the chaos, a...

Mar 22, 2021
  • Crystal Baity

Student: Maggie Marshall

As an East Carolina University undergraduate student, Maggie Marshall had an opportunity to shadow physical therapists at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Now a doctoral student in physical therapy,...