ECU News Services Archives

Oct 29, 2019
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Pirate Promise program continues to grow

Since signing co-admission agreements with 14 schools in a single ceremony last summer, East Carolina University administrators have continued to expand the Pirate Promise program, which now encompasses half of...

Oct 29, 2019
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‘Green Bioethics’ explores sustainable health care and related topics

An ECU Brody School of Medicine faculty member has published a book about the impact of individual medical techniques, procedures and developments on the environment and ideas for advancing equality...

Oct 28, 2019
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ECU Alumni Association welcomes new board members

The East Carolina University Alumni Association approved seven new members to join its board of directors. The elected members serve three-year terms that will end in 2023. The new members...

Oct 25, 2019
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East Carolina Undaunted provides hurricane support through goods drive

Representatives from Hyde County hauled plastic totes, shovels, rakes and bottles of Gatorade from East Carolina University’s Willis Building back to Ocracoke Island after receiving donations from East Carolina Undaunted’s...

Oct 24, 2019
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ECU to pilot interactive software as part of suicide prevention grant

A three-year, $302,629 grant is helping the Department of Addictions and Rehabilitation Studies at ECU address the risk factors associated with suicide on campus. The grant, Suicide Education and Prevention...

Oct 24, 2019
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ECU Voyages guest to discuss contributions to improved air quality

Dr. R.K.M. Jayanty, chemist and distinguished fellow emeritus for RTI International, will present “My Life Journey and Scientific Contributions to Improve Air Quality” at 7 p.m. Nov. 7, in the...

Oct 23, 2019
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Award-winning Chinese American poet and sitarist to perform at ECU

East Carolina University and the Contemporary Writers Series soon will welcome two guests to campus. Award-winning poet Li-Young Lee and David Whetstone, one of the most active sitarists in the...

Oct 22, 2019
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Alumni Association tees off for scholarships

The East Carolina University Alumni Association hosted the annual Purple Gold Golf Tournament on Friday, Oct. 18 at the Ironwood Golf and Country Club in Greenville, where teams of golfers played for...

Oct 21, 2019
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Research team works to prevent blood donation spoilage

Every two seconds someone in the United States needs blood and, despite nearly 6.8 million domestic blood donors each year, blood banks face a serious problem. Blood has a very...

Oct 17, 2019
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ECU/Vidant surgical resident earns national honor

Dr. Ruchi Amin, a chief resident for the ECU-Vidant Medical Center surgical residency program, was recently awarded the 2019 Jameson L. Chassin, MD, FACS, Award for Professionalism in General Surgery....