University News Archives

Nov 03, 2021
  • Natalie Sayewich

STARTING STEM EARLY

If you happened to see Dr. Virginia C. Stage on the ground, digging through the dirt to find roly-polies outside ECU’s Health Sciences Building this past summer, you might not...

Nov 02, 2021
  • ECU News Services

Campus Update – Matrix Scoring, Community Expectations

Due to inadequate compliance with campus testing requirements, high community transmissibility in Pitt County and limited Vidant Medical Center capacity, the University remains at a MODERATE risk level with no...

Oct 26, 2021
  • ECU News Services

Campus Update – Matrix Scoring, Community Expectations

Based on our continued commitment to protecting our community, we have reduced our campus risk level again this past week with a 47% decrease in new cases and a positivity...

Oct 25, 2021
  • ECU News Services

Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate

In response to President Biden’s Executive Order 14042 and guidance issued by the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force requiring COVID-19 vaccination for employees of federal contractors, we have identified the...

Oct 19, 2021
  • ECU News Services

Campus Update – Matrix Scoring, Community Expectations

Based on our continued efforts and progress as a campus community, our campus risk level continues to decline with more than a 50% decrease in new cases and a 1%...

Oct 18, 2021
  • Jules Norwood

ECU, Fayetteville State University advance partnership to benefit students, region

Leaders from East Carolina University and Fayetteville State University met at the Main Campus Student Center Friday to take the next step in a partnership intended to promote graduate recruitment...

Oct 12, 2021
  • ECU News Services

Campus Update – Matrix Scoring, Community Expectations

We are showing how Pirates Protect Pirates through increased vaccinations and declining case and positivity rates. The campus positivity rate has been 1% over the past two weeks with an...

Oct 11, 2021
  • Natalie Sayewich

UNDERSTANDING ‘LONG COVID’

A team from ECU’s Brody School of Medicine is collaborating with health care providers from Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth to understand the extended effects of COVID-19, and to...

Oct 06, 2021
  • Ken Buday

BREAKING GROUND

Gold-colored shovels turned ceremonial dirt Tuesday as Intersect East kicked off its first phase in redevelopment of East Carolina University’s former warehouse district. Developer Elliott Sidewalk Communities joined with university...

Sep 28, 2021
  • Kristen Martin

Faculty explore experiences as Black women in academia

Creating supportive spaces that allow Black women faculty to find their collective voice is important to four East Carolina University College of Education faculty members. Drs. Mikkaka Overstreet, Janeé Avent...