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May 03, 2019
  • ECU News Services

The Student Center by the numbers

The Student Center by the numbers Published May 03, 2019 by ECU News Services Filed under: ECU Report The intersection of Charles and 10th streets is where modern meets traditional....

May 02, 2019
  • Lacey Gray

Harriot descendant speaks at ECU

Georgia Dunn Belk, who has traced her lineage to Thomas Harriot – the namesake of the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences at East Carolina University – spoke with...

New equipment trains students for future of manufacturing
May 02, 2019
  • Jules Norwood

New equipment trains students for future of manufacturing

The ECU College of Engineering and Technology on Feb. 11 unveiled new Haas computer numerical control machining tools that symbolize the start of an effort to create a unique advanced...

May 02, 2019
  • Rob Spahr

ECU Physicians opens infusion center

Eastern North Carolina residents in need of long-term intravenous antibiotic treatments now have an alternative to a hospital visit. ECU Physicians recently opened a designated infusion center led by a...

Students review details about their family roles.
May 02, 2019
  • Kelly Rusk

Poverty simulation builds understanding, empathy

More than 50 ECU undergraduate students participated in a poverty simulation Feb. 8 with the goal of increasing their understanding of the day-to-day realities faced by people with low incomes....

The Statons sign the final steel beam for the southside expansion of Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.
May 02, 2019
  • ECU News Services

Staton steps down, Gerlach named interim chancellor

Following Chancellor Cecil Staton’s March announcement that he was leaving his position at East Carolina University, Dan Gerlach, who for more than a decade has led the Golden LEAF Foundation,...

ECU medical student Jamie Hunter and Dr. Marina Boushra, an emergency medicine resident, sort medical supplies at Wellcome Middle School in Greenville. Photos by Cliff Hollis.
Jan 03, 2019
  • Matt Smith

Pirates pitch in following Florence

Days before Hurricane Florence touched land, East Carolina University leaders knew they needed to act. Instead of waiting for skies to clear, multiple ECU divisions mobilized quickly to direct resources...

From left, Dave Hart, special advisor to the chancellor for athletics, football coach Mike Houston, athletic director Jon Gilbert, and Chancellor Cecil Staton are shown during Houston’s introductory news conference Dec. 4 in the Murphy Center. Photo by Cliff Hollis.
Jan 03, 2019
  • Doug Boyd

Gilbert takes athletics helm, Houston to lead football

New ECU football coach Mike Houston put his own affirmation on the Pirate gridiron mantra at his introductory news conference Dec. 4. “I promise you, there will be no quarter,...

School of Dental Medicine student Velvet McClurkin discusses the results of a check-up with patient Tommy Pearson at the center in Ahoskie. Photo by Rhett Butler.
Jan 03, 2019
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU dental school earns national honor for innovation

The ECU School of Dental Medicine has received an award for innovation that recognizes its breakthrough approach to providing practical experience for future dentists through rural service-learning centers across North...

Dr. Gary L. LeRoy, president-elect of the American Academy of Family Physicians, left, presents Dr. Kendall Campbell, interim senior associate dean for academic affairs at the Brody School of Medicine, an award in November celebrating Brody’s track record of producing family physicians.
Jan 03, 2019
  • ECU News Services

ECU leads in family physicians

The AAFP and the N.C. Academy of Family Physicians recognized ECU for producing the highest percentage of family doctors in the state in the last decade. Nearly 19 percent of...