ECU physicist measures acoustics of famous violins
GREENVILLE, NC — For almost two centuries scientists have searched for the essential measurable properties that separate good violins from bad violins. In the past 30 years, East Carolina...
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ECU awards $610,000 for faculty research
GREENVILLE, NC — East Carolina University’s Division of Research and Graduate Studies awarded nearly $610,000 in research development grants to 22 ECU professors this month. The aim of the...
Keith LeClair, Former ECU Baseball Coach, Dies After Extended Illness
Keith LeClair, East Carolina University's head baseball coach from 1997 to 2002, died at his home Monday following an extended illness. LeClair, 40, had been battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly...
Rigsby receives Fulbright Scholar Award
GREENVILLE, NC — ECU Geology professor Catherine A. Rigsby has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture and conduct research at Universidade Federal do Pará in Belém,Brazil, during...
ECU researchers study effects of “Daily Show”
GREENVILLE, NC — College students who watch the satirical TV program, “The Daily Show,” are more skeptical and knowledgeable about politics and media, according to two East Carolina University...
ECU students rediscovers rare millipede
GREENVILLE, NC — For nearly 80 years, the world’s leggiest millipede has remained elusive, hidden in the secluded forests of San Benito County in California. But Paul Marek, an...
Scholarship honors ECU alumnus
GREENVILLE, NC — A recent $210,000 donation to the East Carolina University Foundation, Inc. will establish a scholarship for foreign students to attend ECU. Rachael Newell of Burlington, N.C....
Pirate ISP Radio Network Adds FM Flagship For Football
GREENVILLE, NC — The East Carolina University Athletics Department and ISP Sports, the new multimedia rights-holder for Pirate sports, have come to terms on a five-year agreement with Classic...
Grant enables biologist to study spiders, millipedes
Grant enables biologist to study spiders, millipedes An ECU biologist has received three grants from the National Science Foundation to study millipedes and spiders. Jason Bond, professor of biology at...
Partnership brings college biology to high school
GREENVILLE, NC — An East Carolina University biologist has brought his lectures and experiments into the laboratory of students at D.H. Conley High School. John Stiller, a professor...