Nursing course brings invisible disabilities into focus
Navigating the health care structure of the United States can be a challenge, with long wait times and insurance hurdles that need to be cleared – all while trying to...
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Freshmen excel with help from mentors
East Carolina University celebrated the academic accomplishments of first-semester students and their impactful mentors during ECU Excels in the Main Campus Student Center. More than 2,700 students who recorded a...
ECU names new Center for Medical Education Building to honor Brody family
A transformational $10 million gift from David and Laura Brody of Raleigh, and Hyman and Stacy Brody of Greenville, will support and expand the Brody Scholars Program, East Carolina University...
Tenth Pirate Nation Gives raises historic $12M
East Carolina University was building up to something big for its 10th Pirate Nation Gives (PNG). Alumni and supporters from around the globe met that idea with tremendous support and...
Chancellor Emeritus Steve Ballard shares leadership lessons
“It’s a great day to be a Pirate.” Those words were spoken by East Carolina University Chancellor Philip Rogers as he welcomed back Chancellor Emeritus Steve Ballard for the 10th...
A legacy, a wedding and a promise for future Pirate nurses
The brother and bride-to-be of a Pirate nurse who died in an attempted life-saving air ambulance crash four decades ago are using their union to raise scholarship funds for East...
ECU set to celebrate 10th day of giving Wednesday
When all of Pirate Nation participates, all of East Carolina University benefits. That’s the idea behind Pirate Nation Gives, the university’s annual giving day set for March 4. ECU is...
Judges pick six ECU student entrepreneur teams
And then there were six. The ninth annual Gene T. Aman Pirate Challenge is one step closer to crowning a champion after its second round pitch competition with the Miller...
Study reveals hidden reproductive pressure facing pregnant teens
Dr. Cheryl Kovar, an East Carolina University associate professor of nursing, is working to establish a baseline understanding of a bedeviling social dilemma that isn’t a common topic of discussion:...
Board of Trustees honors Womack, acknowledges student achievements
The East Carolina University Board of Trustees honored Vern Davenport and David Womack with the Trustees Award for Distinction during its first meeting of 2026. The Trustees Award for Distinction...