News Archives

Sep 04, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

BREADTH OF EXCELLENCE

East Carolina University ranked in the top 15% of schools picked as a Best Bang for the Buck in the Southeast in Washington Monthly’s 2020 College Guide released Aug. 31....

Sep 03, 2020
  • Natalie Sayewich

FUNDING COVID-19 RESEARCH

East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine will put the CARES Act funding it received from the North Carolina General Assembly toward developing better treatments, advancing vaccine research and minimizing...

Aug 31, 2020
  • Lacey L. Gray

FIELDING MARITIME HISTORY

Nine East Carolina University graduate students are investigating a shipwreck close to home this fall as part of an annual field school. The students in ECU’s Program in Maritime Studies,...

Aug 27, 2020
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

PRESTIGIOUS SCHOLARS

Three medical students at ECU’s Brody School of Medicine have been awarded the university’s most prestigious scholarship. Michael Burt, Miranda Freeman and Heerali Patel – all North Carolina residents –...

Aug 27, 2020
  • Jules Norwood

THRIVING IN STEM

East Carolina University’s ongoing efforts to address gender inequality have received a major boost in the form of a three-year, $1 million — well, $999,074 — grant from the National...

Aug 26, 2020
  • Rob Spahr

VIRTUAL BUS TOUR

Dr. Tom Irons, professor of pediatrics and associate vice chancellor for regional health services at ECU’s Brody School of Medicine, has provided medical students and residents a priceless oral history...

Aug 25, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

BRIGHT FUTURE

East Carolina University has enrolled its third-highest number of students this fall following a record-breaking year in freshman applications, according to figures from the 10th day of class or census...

Aug 23, 2020
  • ECU News Services

ECU adjusting fall semester because of COVID-19

To the ECU Community: Throughout the summer, we planned and prepared our campus for the Return of Pirate Nation, and more than two weeks ago, we welcomed Pirates back to...

Aug 21, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

SURVEY SAYS

Text. East Carolina University is included in the 2021 edition of The Best 386 Colleges, an annual guidebook published by the Princeton Review, an educational services company known for its...

Aug 21, 2020
  • Rob Spahr

VETERAN TO SCHOLAR

After a 17-year career in the U.S. Marine Corps that took him to 43 different countries and eight deployments – including three combat tours and two dangerous peacekeeping missions –...