ECU experts examine data on gun safety, public health
Nearly one in 10 Americans lives in a home with a loaded and unlocked gun, according to a report released by East Carolina University’s Center for Survey Research: “Unlocked and...
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ECU alumnus and CAPTRUST co-founder to deliver fall commencement address
Family and friends will gather to celebrate at East Carolina University’s Minges Coliseum on Friday, Dec. 14 as more than 2,200 students receive degrees during the fall commencement ceremony. The...
PRESERVING MARITIME HISTORY
East Carolina University underwater archaeologists and graduate students from the Department of History’s Program in Maritime Studies recently returned from a research expedition to the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica....
Jon Gilbert named ECU Director of Athletics
Jon Gilbert has been named director of athletics at East Carolina University, according to an announcement from Chancellor Cecil Staton. The ECU Board of Trustees formally approved the hire Monday...
Professor named national fellow for scientific contributions
In the 1980s and early ’90s, a commercial jingle described cotton as the “fabric of our lives.” Nearly three decades later, cotton truly has been an important fiber for East...
Hurricane relief concert raises $325K
The hurricane relief show at East Carolina University’s Minges Coliseum on Nov. 13 raised $325,000, it was announced Tuesday. Nearly 4,000 tickets were sold for the show, which featured headliners...
ECU’s College of Education inducts 35 into Educators Hall of Fame
Thirty-five educators and education advocates have been inducted in the East Carolina University College of Education’s Educators Hall of Fame. The 20th annual ceremony was held Oct. 27 in the...
ECU hosts art sales, concerts to celebrate season
Highlights: Nov. 29-Dec. 1 – School of Art and Design annual Holiday Art Sale Nov. 30-Dec. 1 – School of Art and Design annual Holiday Glass Sale Nov. 30-Dec. 2 –...
ECU opens newly-named Dwight M. Holland Ceramics Classroom in the School of Art and Design
School of Art and Design students at East Carolina University now have access to a unique ceramics art teaching tool through a gift by former Asheboro art teacher and N.C....
ECU’s Brody School of Medicine celebrated as national leader in family medicine
No other medical school in North Carolina – and only one other in the nation – has produced a higher percentage of family physicians in the last decade than the...