Awards recognize outstanding ECU alumni and friends
Six outstanding ECU alumni and friends were honored by the ECU Alumni Association on Oct. 19 during homecoming weekend. Mary Earp ’58 received an Outstanding Alumni Award. She is a...
ECU Report Archives
Pursue Gold exceeds $500 million target ahead of schedule
East Carolina University is painting the Pursue Gold campaign purple as it surpassed the goal of $500 million five months early. Pirate Nation has raised more than $514 million, and...
ECU achieves historic research, grant funding
ECU received $85.6 million in sponsored awards, its highest level on record, during fiscal year 2023. Sponsored awards come from a variety of sources, including industry and foundations as well...
Malkin establishes gambling research, policy project at ECU
Michelle L. Malkin, an assistant professor of criminal justice and criminology at ECU, is leading a project that aims to study the evolving landscape of gambling in North Carolina and...
Events highlight Air Force ROTC’s decades of impact and alumni
ECU this fall celebrated 75 years of its Air Force ROTC unit. Stemming from a 1947 application initiated by then college President John Messick, Air Force ROTC Detachment 600 opened...
ECU joins partnership to boost innovation in NC
Thanks in part to university research, North Carolina has great potential for research and development but trails other states in commercializing that research, according to NCInnovation, a nonprofit formed to...
QAR lab partners with Waccamaw Siouan Tribe to conserve 930-year-old canoe
Watch a video on the Lake Waccamaw canoe It’s not uncommon for children to step on a submerged log or stump while playing in a North Carolina lake or river....
Study by ECU medical student shows effects of wildfire smoke on infants
Radhika Dhingra already had the letters “Dr.” before her name before she stepped foot into the Brody Medical Sciences Building as a medical student. Dhingra completed her undergraduate education in...
Updated strategic plan emphasizes innovation
Future focused. Innovation driven. is ECU’s strategic plan for 2023–2028. A refresh of the university’s 2017–2022 strategic plan, it highlights the intersection of ECU’s mission, vision and values as it...
EC Scholars renaming reflects donors’ $30 million commitment
In a milestone moment for ECU, Chancellor Philip Rogers announced a combined $30 million commitment to the institution from Robert Gentry Brinkley ’78 and Amy Woods Brinkley and Lewis Patrick...