University News Archives

Mar 25, 2025
  • Jessica VanderKolk

ECU piano program shines with student success, world-class guests

Piano Studies in East Carolina University’s School of Music is having a moment, with award-winning students, a new piano academy, and piano festival guest artists including Richard Goode, a world-class...

Mar 21, 2025
  • Kristen Martin

Educators Hall of Fame honors 10 faculty, alumni for their dedication

An induction into the East Carolina University Educators Hall of Fame signifies that you left an indelible mark on others. This was especially true for Dr. Marjorie Campo Ringler, former...

2025 Research & Scholarship Awards Ceremony
Mar 13, 2025
  • Kim Tilghman

ECU honors leaders in research and innovation

In another display of the innovative achievements and impactful research taking place at East Carolina University, more than 70 scholars, researchers and innovators were honored March 4 during the Research...

Two women, dressed in purple scrubs, hold the side of a cake beneath the face of a man seated between them.
Mar 07, 2025
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Donor support burns brightly during Pirate Nation Gives

More than 2,300 alumni, friends and students took the cake to support East Carolina University during Pirate Nation Gives on March 5. Gifts came from far away and right in...

R1 Top-tier Research University
Feb 13, 2025
  • Jamie Smith
  • Kim Tilghman

ECU’s research efforts earn prestigious R1 status

East Carolina University has reached a transformative milestone in its journey of discovery, securing Research 1 (R1) status and joining the ranks of the nation’s most prestigious academic institutions. This...

Fast-moving and turgid flood waters move down a moderate slope upon which a red brick ranch house sits partially submerged.
Feb 11, 2025
  • Bobby Ampezzan

Agromedicine Institute continues aid, outreach through western North Carolina’s hurricane recovery

Recovering from a natural disaster can be as harrowing as the event itself, and it does not discriminate, but it lands differently for farmers and farm families. Growers are tied...

Feb 07, 2025
  • ECU News Services

Board of Trustees hears research highlights

With a 127% increase in research funding since 2018, East Carolina University is making a positive difference in the lives of students and people throughout the region, nation and world....

Feb 07, 2025
  • Michael Rudd

Six finalists to compete in April’s Aman Pirate Challenge finals

First, there were 75. Then there were 12. Now, there are six. On a night when 12 student-led teams summoned the courage to stand on a stage and pitch their...

Feb 05, 2025
  • Michael Rudd

Miller School Names New Director

The College of Business (COB) has named Dr. Joshua R. Aaron the Miller School of Entrepreneurship's new director. He takes over for Dr. Michael Harris, who officially became dean of...

A man talks and gestures with his hands as he stands on stage in the Main Campus Student Center. There is a podium behind him and the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences banner beside him.
Feb 04, 2025
  • Lacey L. Gray

Biologist Jeff Corwin stresses adaptability and hope in life and conservation

“In 100 years since the industrial period, humankind has consumed 75% of the planet’s nature,” said Jeff Corwin, television personality, biologist and wildlife conservationist. “Every half hour a species disappears...