Gorham to deliver commencement address
GREENVILLE, N.C. — Brig. Gen. James R. Gorham, the first African-American general in the North Carolina National Guard, will deliver the commencement address at East Carolina University on...
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ECU working to conserve WWII relief map
GREENVILLE — An artifact from the Battleship North Carolina is at East Carolina University being treated and conserved by an ECU faculty member and graduate students until February, when it...
ECU Police arrest rapper, band mates on drug charges
GREENVILLE — Rapper Wiz Khalifa, his manager and seven of his band mates were arrested on drug charges late Monday, Nov. 8, after the rapper had performed on East...
First interactive, remote hearing test will expand access to care
GREENVILLE, N.C. — An East Carolina University professor is among the creators of the first real-time, remote diagnostic hearing assessment that allows interaction between clinician and patient — a...
Annual Patriot Run to benefit Fort Bragg Survivor Outreach Services
GREENVILLE — The East Carolina University’s Army ROTC Pirate Battalion will hold its third annual Patriot Run Nov. 20, benefiting Fort Bragg’s Survivor Outreach Services for the first time. N.C.-based...
ECU researchers survey coastal business perception of drilled oil risks
GREENVILLE, N.C. — East Carolina University researchers want to know what tourism businesses and organizations perceive as the potential effects of an oil spill or leak off the coast....
ECU chemist’s green research cuts use of toxic organic solvents
GREENVILLE, N.C. — An East Carolina University professor is working with Procter & Gamble to significantly reduce the use of toxic organic solvents in the chemical analysis of...
ECU receives $2 million grant to improve student achievement
GREENVILLE, N.C. — East Carolina University has been awarded a five-year, $2 million federal grant aimed at boosting student achievement and graduation rates. The $400,000 annual grant from...
ECU English professor tapped for Toni Morrison honor
GREENVILLE, N.C. — Joyce Irene Middleton, associate professor of English at East Carolina University, has been invited by the Toni Morrison Society to write a scholarly essay for a festschrift...
Collection focusing on Southern authors added to Joyner Library
REENVILLE, N.C. — The J. Y. Joyner Library at East Carolina University has acquired the literary collection of Dr. Stuart Wright, a noted bibliographer and collector whose work focuses...