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The 19th Annual Polar Bear Plunge will be held at the Student Recreation Center at 7 p.m. Jan. 22. Registration begins at 6:30 p.m. and at 7 p.m., ECU students, faculty and staff will take the plunge into the icy waters of the outdoor swimming pool.
Published: Saturday, January 17th, 2015 @ 11:53 am
By: ECU News Services
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Two events at East Carolina University will honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The MLK Day of Service will begin at 9 a.m. Jan. 19 in Ledonia Wright Cultural Center. Participants will listen to King's "I Have a Dream" speech, followed by remarks from Dr. Virginia Hardy, vice...
Published: Tuesday, January 13th, 2015 @ 10:48 pm
By: ECU News Services
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East Carolina University has earned higher education's top honor for community engagement. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching announced Jan. 7 that ECU received the 2015 Community Engagement Classification.
Published: Tuesday, January 13th, 2015 @ 4:29 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Cellists, pianists, violinists and violists from around the world have converged at East Carolina University for its first-ever Winter Workshop.
Published: Sunday, January 11th, 2015 @ 10:49 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Uptown Greenville reached record levels of investment in 2014 with the Uptown Parking Deck, the Community Smith Superblock project, and The Boundary @ West End development, among many others.
Published: Saturday, January 10th, 2015 @ 9:53 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Online graduate programs in nursing and business at East Carolina University rank among the nation's best, according to a listing released Jan. 7 by U.S. News & World Report.
Published: Saturday, January 10th, 2015 @ 11:21 am
By: ECU News Services
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East Carolina University is joining an American Council on Education alternative credit consortium as part of an initiative to create a more flexible pathway toward a college degree for millions of nontraditional learners.
Published: Sunday, January 4th, 2015 @ 11:59 am
By: ECU News Services
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All ECU Physicians clinics are now offering patients access to their own electronic health records through a secure online patient portal called MyChart.
Published: Saturday, December 27th, 2014 @ 12:57 am
By: ECU News Services
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After two hours and 30 minutes of debate, East Carolina University's governing body voted unanimously to table a decision on renaming Aycock Residence Hall in a special called meeting Dec. 18.
Published: Monday, December 22nd, 2014 @ 11:36 am
By: ECU News Services
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A season intended as a time of joy for children - with multiple days out of school - also means no breakfast or lunch for many children across Pitt County. Now thanks in part to a group of East Carolina University students, children at Falkland Elementary School will have meals provided...
Published: Friday, December 19th, 2014 @ 3:07 pm
By: ECU News Services
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As the holidays approach, many families are hitting the road and taking trips to visit families, friends and loved ones. This can be especially challenging for families with young children who struggle to keep them happy and occupied while traveling by plane, train, or automobile.
Published: Friday, December 19th, 2014 @ 1:59 am
By: ECU News Services
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East Carolina University wants to entice new teachers in Pitt County to become students again.
Published: Thursday, December 18th, 2014 @ 7:09 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Wake County officials insist the launch of another mass transit study is not an attempt to find a friendlier outcome just one year after three transit consultants determined the market couldn’t bear the costs of light rail.
Published: Thursday, December 18th, 2014 @ 1:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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East Carolina University's dental community service learning centers are core to the School of Dental Medicine's unique educational model - create more dentists for North Carolina while improving access to oral health care in underserved areas.
Published: Thursday, December 18th, 2014 @ 1:25 am
By: ECU News Services
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Growing up on a military base, Jessica Ford witnessed the physical and psychological effects of war on her community.
Published: Tuesday, December 16th, 2014 @ 10:39 pm
By: ECU News Services
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During finals, ECU's Joyner Library is hosting a study break for students with a unique twist.
Published: Monday, December 15th, 2014 @ 10:41 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Recent news about the emergence of a mutated flu virus should serve as a wakeup call to those who haven't gotten a flu vaccination this year, according to Dr. Paul Cook, infectious diseases specialist at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. And despite speculation that the...
Published: Sunday, December 14th, 2014 @ 12:19 am
By: ECU News Services
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Researchers at East Carolina University's Brody School of Medicine have earned funding that could lead to pain relief and improved mobility for millions of people who suffer from osteoarthritis.
Published: Saturday, December 13th, 2014 @ 11:13 am
By: ECU News Services
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As the latest round of Nobel Laureates are bowing their heads to receive medals this week, an East Carolina University professor will be leaning into a computer screen crunching numbers on the world's great academic awards-the Nobels and 183 others.
Published: Thursday, December 11th, 2014 @ 7:46 pm
By: ECU News Services
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A distance-education professor recognized by the University of North Carolina system for teaching excellence will deliver the commencement address at East Carolina University on Dec. 19.
Published: Wednesday, December 10th, 2014 @ 7:04 pm
By: ECU News Services
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An emerging relationship between East Carolina University and the University of North Carolina at Wilmington may yield ocean-bred therapeutics that target human diseases.
Published: Wednesday, December 10th, 2014 @ 12:26 am
By: ECU News Services
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Operation Reentry North Carolina, based at East Carolina University, has partnered with grocer Food Lion to launch a mobile food pantry to help feed homeless and at-risk veterans in eastern North Carolina.
Published: Monday, December 8th, 2014 @ 8:11 am
By: ECU News Services
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People who exercise following bariatric surgery gain health benefits beyond weight loss, according to researchers at East Carolina University, the University of Pittsburgh and Florida Hospital - Sanford-Burnham Translational Research for Institute and Diabetes Institute.
Published: Sunday, December 7th, 2014 @ 9:59 am
By: ECU News Services
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North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory and First Lady Ann McCrory will be hosting a Holiday Open House at the Governor's Western Residence this weekend. The open house will be held on both Saturday, December 6 and Sunday, December 7 from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Media wishing to attend and speak with...
Published: Saturday, December 6th, 2014 @ 4:15 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Uptown Greenville is thrilled to announce that four tower clocks will be mounted on the new parking deck at 4th and Cotanche thanks to a generous grant from the West Memorial Fund established in memory of Eugene and Vivian West.
Published: Friday, December 5th, 2014 @ 4:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A community service learning center providing expert dental care to patients in and around Robeson County will soon open its doors - the fifth of its kind to open statewide - following a ribbon cutting ceremony Dec. 2.
Published: Friday, December 5th, 2014 @ 1:14 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Uptown Greenville invites you to get in the holiday spirit this Friday, December 5 with something for everyone, and it’s all about giving.
Published: Wednesday, December 3rd, 2014 @ 7:15 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The HIV Program operated out of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University is outpacing peer programs nationwide in keeping patients healthier and limiting the spread of HIV.
Published: Monday, December 1st, 2014 @ 10:48 pm
By: ECU News Services
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East Carolina University researchers are in the second year of a long-range alcohol consumption study aimed at helping students make safer choices.
Published: Saturday, November 29th, 2014 @ 2:53 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Terry Holland, who led the East Carolina University athletics department during one of the Pirates' most successful periods, was honored by the school today as it named one of its sports venues after him.
Published: Wednesday, November 26th, 2014 @ 10:52 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Two East Carolina University alumni were the principal investigators in the Oct. 21 discovery of two shipwrecks from an important World War II naval battle off the North Carolina coast.
Published: Tuesday, November 25th, 2014 @ 7:53 pm
By: ECU News Services
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East Carolina University seniors Robert DiDomenico and Amanda Higgins are pulling double duty in the upcoming production of "Kiss Me, Kate."
Published: Tuesday, November 25th, 2014 @ 11:19 am
By: ECU News Services
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Forty-seven physicians from the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University have been chosen by their peers for inclusion in the 2014 "Best Doctors in America" list.
Published: Monday, November 24th, 2014 @ 11:47 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Swaying to the sounds of some of the most iconic songs in American history, Julian Bond drove home a message: when it came to race relations during some of the last century's most tumultuous years, music defied bounds.
Published: Sunday, November 23rd, 2014 @ 12:35 pm
By: ECU News Services
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