Campus buildings named for Eakin, Ballard
ECU renamed two campus buildings for former chancellors Steve Ballard and Richard Eakin during a ceremony Nov. 6. The Student Recreation Center is now the Richard R. and JoAnn M....
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ECU-tested COVID-19 treatment receives authorization
An ECU infectious disease specialist at Vidant Medical Center was among the first to trial a COVID-19 antibody treatment that in November was granted an emergency use authorization by the...
Warehouse district gets new name, plan for future
ECU’s millennial campus in Greenville’s former warehouse district has a new name and master plan. Designated Intersect East, the property covers 19 acres between Main Campus and Dickinson Avenue, including...
Women in STEM thrive at ECU
ECU’s work to address gender inequality has received a major boost in the form of a three-year, $999,074 grant from the National Science Foundation. Interim Chancellor Ron Mitchelson is the...
Students give back during alternative spring break
Gusty winds blew across the Making Pitt Fit Community Garden off County Home Road south of Greenville in March as ECU students Tasha Spencer and Garrett Hope prepped planting beds...
Gifts totaling $350,000 to benefit student veterans
Helping student veterans succeed is the goal of two recent donations to ECU totaling $350,000. The gifts will help the Student Veteran Services office in the ECU Division of Student...
Engineering students work on wastewater project with Greenville Utilities
Holly Whitmyer was among seven students last fall and this spring tasked with a real-world project that could help the environment as well as the Greenville Utilities Commission and its...
Faculty Trio Awarded
ECU recognized three professors for their scholarly work March 2. English professor and author Liza Weiland received the Lifetime Research & Creative Activity Award. Her latest novel, “Paris 7 A.M.”...
ECU takes on COVID-19
March 20 was a sunny post-spring break day at ECU. The only difference was students were packing up to leave instead of getting back into their campus routines. “It’s kind...
Students developing app for better health literacy
Taking prescription medicine is not always easy. It can be especially troublesome for those who don’t speak English. Maria Alexandra Ortiz, a junior software engineering student at ECU, has seen...