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Aug 07, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

FINAL PUSH

#ECUMoveIn Vlog-Style New Pirates Natalia Figueroa-Bernal and Anyanso Kalu, both first-generation students, moved into the Jarvis Leadership LLC during #ECUMoveIn. Figueroa-Bernal, a graduate of Smithfield High School in Johnston County,...

Aug 07, 2020
  • Rob Spahr

STAYING SAFE

In the coming days, thousands of East Carolina University students will officially return to campus and in-person instruction for the first time since COVID-19 caused the university to shift to...

Aug 06, 2020
  • Doug Boyd

BACK TO SCHOOL

Block scheduling? Check. Hand sanitizer? Check. Social distancing? Check. Face masks? Check. East Carolina University is ready for the start of classes next week amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “Faculty and...

Aug 04, 2020
  • Erin Ward

FISCAL YEAR END

Donor support in the last year helped East Carolina University continue its transformative education and regional impact and respond to the coronavirus pandemic by offering relief funds to students. In...

Jul 31, 2020
  • Ken Buday

FIRST-TIME AWARD

The University of North Carolina System announced that a team from East Carolina University has been awarded a grant through UNC’s Research Opportunities Initiative (UNC ROI). The $1.4 million grant...

Jul 28, 2020
  • Ken Buday

Staff: Caroline Hill

From her hometown of Winterville, Caroline Hill sees something familiar in East Carolina University. She sees her father, Ricky, who graduated from and works at ECU, and her older sister...

Jul 28, 2020
  • Jules Norwood

THE BEAT DROPS

Following a months-long buildup filled with uncertainty, the first wave of students arrived on East Carolina University’s campus last week to kick off the fall semester during a modified move-in...

Jul 28, 2020
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

LAUPUS LENDS HELP

Although Laupus Library’s physical doors aren’t open, it continues to fulfill the research, service and informational needs of the health sciences community. The pandemic forced Laupus to close on March...

Jul 24, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

WATERSHED EVENT

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a watershed event that will be discussed, researched, analyzed and eventually placed in a broader historical perspective, according to East Carolina University faculty members who...

Jul 23, 2020
  • Jules Norwood

‘AN IMPORTANT ROLE’

Dr. Allison Danell, professor of chemistry, has been named dean of East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences (THCAS) by the ECU Board of Trustees and the...