Bowles opens ECU global education conference
Erskine Bowles, president of the University of North Carolina system, welcomed 18 international visitors and educators to East Carolina University May 19 during the opening of a four-day conference on...
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ECU researcher to study ‘fun’ with NIH
An East Carolina University professor will take his study of the healing benefits of fun to the National Institutes of Health this summer. Dr. Carmen Russoniello will spend two months...
ECU graduates 3,400 at spring commencement
Thomas J. Spaulding Jr., told the graduates of East Carolina University May 10 to see “community service not as a punishment but a privilege” during their lives. Spaulding, who is...
Payne named university attorney
Donna Gooden Payne, university counsel at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, has been named university attorney at East Carolina University Chancellor Steve Ballard said, “I am delighted that...
Three to receive honorary degrees from ECU
East Carolina University will award honorary doctor of letters degrees at Saturday’s spring commencement to three residents of Eastern North Carolina: Felix Harvey, Valeria Lee and Walter Williams. The 10...
ECU biologist names “Young” spider
An East Carolina University biologist has brought his admiration of Neil Young into a class of its own. Or species, to be exact. Jason Bond, an ECU professor of biology,...
University honors excellence in teaching
East Carolina University honored 11 faculty members April 29 for excellence in teaching, including recognizing the university’s recipient of the annual UNC Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching....
ECU study shows casual video games relieve stress
East Carolina University’s Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies today revealed the results of a six-month long, randomized, controlled study that measured the stress-relieving and other mood-lifting effects of so-called...
ECU faculty, students work to authenticate Wright brothers artifact
When the Wright Brothers moved to Kitty Hawk to follow the wind more than a century ago, they brought limited household supplies. Their thoughts seemed to be focused more on...
Up with People CEO to speak at ECU commencement
Thomas J. Spaulding, Jr., head of the non-profit organization Up With People, and an East Carolina alum, will deliver the keynote address at ECU’s spring commencement May 10. The ECU...