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Aug 30, 2019
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Kovar, 9 ECU Nursing alumni named Distinguished Public Health Nurses

College of Nursing faculty member Dr. Cheryl Kovar has been named a Distinguished Public Health Nurse in North Carolina. Kovar, an assistant professor in the advanced nursing practice and education department,...

Aug 29, 2019
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N.C. trio awarded ECU’s most prestigious scholarship

Three medical students at ECU’s Brody School of Medicine have been awarded the university’s most prestigious scholarship. Brandon Garcia, Kayla Mayes and Grant O’Brien – who like their classmates are...

Aug 28, 2019
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ECU team gets grant to help communities adjust to sea level rise

A nearly $300,000 grant will allow a team of researchers from East Carolina University to look at sea level rise and its impact on communities. The $299,454, two-year grant comes...

Aug 27, 2019
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ECU announces higher prize awards, kickoff date for third annual Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge

East Carolina University, the College of Business and the Miller School of Entrepreneurship have announced that the third annual Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge will award more than $100,000 in cash prizes...

Aug 09, 2019
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ECU’s Brody School of Medicine welcomes new class of medical students

The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University officially welcomed 86 new medical students – all North Carolina residents – during its annual White Coat Ceremony on Friday morning....

Aug 09, 2019
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ECU Alumni Association welcomes new president

Scott E. Francis has been appointed associate vice chancellor and president of the ECU Alumni Association effective Aug. 9. Francis joins ECU from the University of Florida, where he served...

Aug 06, 2019
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ECU gets $4 million grant to support engineering students

East Carolina University’s College of Engineering and Technology has received a $4 million grant from the National Science Foundation Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Program (S-STEM) in an...

Aug 02, 2019
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ECU to host Disaster Recovery Contracting Summit

Contractors in eastern North Carolina will have the opportunity to prepare for the next big storm at the 2019 Disaster Recovery Contracting Summit presented by the Small Business and Technology...

Jul 26, 2019
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Wayne Johns receives top prize in record-breaking NCLR poetry contest

The North Carolina Literary Review, an East Carolina University publication, received a record number of entries for its 2019 James Applewhite Poetry Prize, which has been awarded to Wayne Johns....

Jul 25, 2019
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Twenty retired faculty artists will be featured in exhibit opening Aug. 2 at ECU

Twenty retired faculty artists from East Carolina University will be featured in an exhibit opening Aug. 2 in Gray Gallery. It is the second of three planned exhibits celebrating the...