University News Archives

Dr. Anisa Zvonkovic was named dean of East Carolina University’s College of Health and Human Performance during the ECU Board of Trustees meeting on Friday, Feb. 16. (Photo by University Communications)
Feb 16, 2018
  • Jules Norwood

Zvonkovic named Health and Human Performance dean

Dr. Anisa Zvonkovic was named dean of East Carolina University’s College of Health and Human Performance during the ECU Board of Trustees meeting on Friday, Feb. 16. Zvonkovic comes to...

The members of the ECU Board of Trustees toured the Coastal Studies Institute facility Thursday morning and watched a demonstration of a drone used for mapping shoreline erosion over time. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Feb 16, 2018
  • Jules Norwood

TRUSTEES VISIT COAST

The East Carolina University Board of Trustees ventured outside Greenville for its regular meeting on Feb. 15-16, visiting and touring the Coastal Studies Institute in Wanchese. ECU is the administrative...

(Photos by Cliff Hollis and Rhett Butler)
Feb 14, 2018
  • ECU News Services

SPRING COMMENCEMENT

The following information was included in a memo to campus from Chancellor Cecil P. Staton: For more than 110 years, ECU Commencement has been a time to recognize and celebrate...

A partnership between ECU and analytics leader SAS will help boost the university’s work to improve economic, health and education conditions in rural North Carolina and beyond. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Feb 13, 2018
  • ECU News Services

INNOVATIVE SOFTWARE

East Carolina University and analytics leader SAS will join forces to help rural areas overcome economic, educational and health disparities. Using analytics and data visualization, ECU and SAS will work...

The expanding College STAR program will balance direct support for students with instructional support for faculty who teach diverse groups of learners. (Photo by Rhett Butler)
Feb 07, 2018
  • ECU News Services

$1.5 MILLION GRANT TO EXPAND STUDENT LEARNING

Students with learning differences at East Carolina University and across the country will have better avenues to learning thanks to a $1.5 million grant awarded to ECU by the Oak...

Brody School of Medicine (Photo by Gretchen Baugh)
Feb 02, 2018
  • Erin Ward

FINDING A CURE

Every day, ECU’s Brody School of Medicine teems with professors and students pipetting cell cultures, analyzing tissues and eyeballing microscopes in the name of cutting-edge research. The Brody Brothers Foundation...

The $60-million Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium Southside Renovation capital campaign includes the construction of a southside tower resulting in the creation of 1,000 premium seats.
Jan 12, 2018
  • Doug Boyd

STADIUM RENOVATIONS

ECU and Pirate Club leaders and donors gathered on a drizzly Thursday afternoon to celebrate construction at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium and other athletic facilities that will improve experiences for student-athletes and...

ECU’s online programs have been ranked among the best in the nation by U.S. News.
Jan 09, 2018
  • Crystal Baity

BEST IN THE NATION

Online graduate programs in business, criminal justice, education and nursing at East Carolina University have been ranked among the best in the nation by U.S. News and World Report. The...

A study of the potential impacts of GenX will test tapwater as well as blood and urine samples from residents exposed to the compound.
Jan 08, 2018
  • Jules Norwood

CONTAMINATION COLLABORATION

Some projects are too important – and cover too many disciplines – for one researcher to tackle alone. That’s why a study of the potential health impacts of GenX on...

Jan 04, 2018
  • Crystal Baity

METAL MAKERS

This year’s Material Topics Symposium in East Carolina University’s College of Art and Design will be the biggest in its nine-year history. Scheduled Jan. 12-14, it’s the only annual event...