A SEASON FOR MUSIC
Cellists, pianists, violinists and violists from around the world have converged at East Carolina University for its first-ever Winter Workshop. The workshop, a new component of the Four Seasons Chamber...
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‘PROMISE TO THE PUBLIC’
East Carolina University has earned higher education’s top honor for community engagement. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching announced Jan. 7 that ECU received the 2015 Community Engagement...
ONLINE ALL-STARS
Online graduate programs in nursing and business at East Carolina University rank among the nation’s best, according to a listing released Jan. 7 by U.S. News & World Report. The...
PREPARING EFFECTIVE TEACHERS
East Carolina University wants to entice new teachers in Pitt County to become students again. ECU’s College of Education has received a $60,000 grant from the BelleJar Foundation that will...
Trustees vote to table recommendation to rename Aycock Residence Hall
After two hours and 30 minutes of debate, East Carolina University’s governing body voted unanimously to table a decision on renaming Aycock Residence Hall in a special called meeting Dec....
OPTIMAL BENEFITS
People who exercise following bariatric surgery gain health benefits beyond weight loss, according to researchers at East Carolina University, the University of Pittsburgh and Florida Hospital – Sanford-Burnham Translational Research...
SAFE CONSUMPTION
East Carolina University researchers are in the second year of a long-range alcohol consumption study aimed at helping students make safer choices. Researchers are collecting baseline data on alcohol use,...
STOPPING THE ‘BRAIN DRAIN’
The East Carolina University Board of Trustees is recommending a 5 percent tuition increase for in-state undergraduate and graduate students in each of the next two academic years. For in-state...
PLAY-WITHIN-A-PLAY
East Carolina University seniors Robert DiDomenico and Amanda Higgins are pulling double duty in the upcoming production of “Kiss Me, Kate.” Each will play two roles in the School of...
‘SACRIFICE AND SUPPORT’
East Carolina University remembered those who sacrificed and served during a Veterans Day ceremony on Nov. 11. “This day is about honoring service above self,” said Dr. Steve Duncan, assistant...