University News Archives

A man in a neon yellow construction shirt and white hard hat holds a nail gun to the floor of the Whichard building on campus.
Jul 01, 2025
  • Doug Boyd

Summer 2025 Campus Construction Roundup

This summer, crews and contractors at East Carolina University are busy working on old buildings and putting up new ones, with the goal of providing safe, modern and spacious facilities...

Jun 25, 2025
  • Jessica VanderKolk

ECU festival connects young talent with renowned pianists

California teen Ari Nemet’s fingers flew across the keys as he played a Felix Mendelssohn composition on one of two side-by-side grand pianos on stage at East Carolina University’s A.J....

An elderly man in front of the Cupola.
Jun 03, 2025
  • Doug Boyd

Former Chancellor Richard Eakin, who led ECU from 1987-2001, died Monday

Indoors or out, Richard Eakin was easy to spot — about six-and-a-half feet tall with a shock of white hair, a big smile and hearty laugh. He would often approach...

May 29, 2025
  • Bobby Ampezzan

Brody School of Medicine inducts 14th Gold Humanism Honor Society class

The East Carolina University (ECU) Brody School of Medicine recently honored 16 new members — 10 medical students and six ECU Health residents — inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor...

Two sisters in blue Navy T-shirts with similar builds and features stand shoulder to shoulder with their arms crossed, smiling at the camera.
May 28, 2025
  • Bobby Ampezzan

Twin U.S. Navy commanders from Pinetops earn doctorates together

A line the color of gold runs through the lives of twins Linda and Brenda Sharpe. It begins in their childhoods, when East Carolina University’s purple-and-gold sports teams and promotional...

Two people with their back to the camera wear purple graduation caps and gowns.
May 02, 2025
  • University Communications

Meet the ECU Class of 2025

On Friday, May 9 more than 4,600 students will graduate from East Carolina University. The Class of 2025 will carry more than diplomas as they close this chapter of their...

A large group of people hold shovels as they stand behind a small sandpit.
Apr 25, 2025
  • Ken Buday

ECU trustees celebrate a year of accomplishments

By the Numbers The Isley Indoor Performance Center and Wornom Family Field will include: 85,000 square feet of space 120-yard synthetic turf field 580 tons of structural steel 2,000 truckloads...

Apr 22, 2025
  • ECU News Services

ECU alumnus and Greenville native to deliver spring commencement address

East Carolina University will welcome entrepreneur and alumnus John May ’93 as the keynote speaker for its spring commencement ceremony. More than 4,600 students and their friends and family will...

Two females with brown hair wearing dark-colored campus EMS pullovers pack supplies and tools into their campus ambulance.
Apr 21, 2025
  • Kristen Martin

Student-led EMS team enhances campus emergency response

Less than five-minute response time. That was one of the first inspirations behind Campus Emergency Medical Services (EMS), a new first responder agency at East Carolina University. “I started working...

Sixteen men and women stand together smiling to celebrate the 60th anniversary of East Carolina University’s Faculty Senate.
Apr 17, 2025
  • Crystal Baity

ECU Faculty Senate celebrates 60th anniversary

East Carolina University is celebrating a managerial milestone this year: the 60th anniversary of the ECU Faculty Senate. The group formally organized in 1965 as a legislative and advisory body...