ECU Report Archives

Jul 31, 2024
  • ECU News Services

Hyster-Yale Group leases tech and testing space at Intersect East

Hyster-Yale Group, a global manufacturer of lift trucks and technology solutions marketed under the Hyster and Yale brands, is the first tenant of Intersect East, the 19-acre innovation hub along...

Jul 31, 2024
  • Crystal Baity

Online master’s programs in business, criminal justice, education and nursing nationally ranked

ECU’s online master’s degree programs in business, criminal justice, education and nursing are among the best in the nation in rankings by U.S. News & World Report in Feburary. Nursing...

Jul 31, 2024
  • Kim Tilghman

Project will help build resiliency among small and underserved farms

ECU is extending its impact through a multi-institutional project funded by the National Science Foundation’s Regional Innovation Engines program. The $1 million grant-funded project, called Climate-Responsive Opportunities in Plant Science,...

Jul 31, 2024
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

ECU celebrates historic Pursue Gold campaign

More than 30,000 donors answered the call to support ECU and propelled the Pursue Gold campaign to a historic $526.9 million fundraising record. “The ECU community has demonstrated a willingness...

Jul 31, 2024
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Ross, Williams support Purple Pantry

For Drs. Dennis Ross and Billy Williams, the initial reaction to learning ECU students experience food insecurity was surprise. The second was to fund efforts to change it. On Feb....

Jan 10, 2024
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

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...

Jan 10, 2024
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

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...

Jan 10, 2024
  • Kim Tilghman

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...

Jan 10, 2024
  • Lacey Gray

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...

Jan 10, 2024
  • Ronnie Woodward

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...