ECU News Services Archives

Jun 09, 2015
  • ECU News Services

Medical honor society recognizes new members, national research fellow

Four third-year medical students from the Brody School of Medicine were recently inducted into the East Carolina University chapter of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Holly Dieu, Sam...

Jun 08, 2015
  • ECU News Services

Alumni Association plans event in Wilmington

The East Carolina Alumni Association will host a networking lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 19 at Dockside restaurant, 1308 Airlie Road. Cost for the lunch is $12...

Jun 08, 2015
  • ECU News Services

Johnson appointed director, Voyages of Discovery Lecture Series

East Carolina University professor and former English department chair Jeffrey S. Johnson was appointed director of the ECU Voyages of Discovery Lecture Series. He will assume the duties held by...

Jun 08, 2015
  • ECU News Services

ECU student receives Commander’s Award for Public Service

  East Carolina University doctoral student Justin Raines received the Commander’s Award for Public Service, one of the top public service awards bestowed upon a civilian by the U.S. Department...

Jun 05, 2015
  • ECU News Services

ECU professor selected for Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award

East Carolina University professor Yizhen Zhao was one of 35 recipients selected from 134 application for a Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from Oak Ridge Associated Universities. The award includes...

Jun 05, 2015
  • ECU News Services

ECU Marching Pirates to play Carolina Panthers halftime show

The ECU Marching Pirates have been invited to perform at halftime of the Carolina Panthers home football game against the Washington Redskins this fall. The Marching Pirates will take the...

Jun 05, 2015
  • ECU News Services

ECU College of Business Named Top Online MBA Program for Veterans

By Jennifer Brezina For ECU News Services U.S. News & World Report has named the College of Business at East Carolina University as one of the best online MBA programs...

Jun 04, 2015
  • Doug Boyd

ON ROANOKE ISLAND

An agreement among five universities has confirmed the multi-institutional mission of the University of North Carolina Coastal Studies Institute and established East Carolina University as the administrative campus of the...

Jun 03, 2015
  • Crystal Baity

EXCEPTIONAL SCHOLAR

An Honors College student from Vanceboro is the third consecutive East Carolina University student to be awarded a prestigious scholarship and internship with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Andrew...

ECU professor Dr. Vivek Anand has completed research that demonstrates a large number of teens in eastern North Carolina are using e-cigarettes, with minimal knowledge of associated health hazards. Anand is pictured above with a sample of e-cigarette advertising, at right, compared with tobacco advertising from years past. (Photo by Jay Clark)
Jun 02, 2015
  • Amy Adams Ellis

GATEWAY TO ADDICTION

An East Carolina University psychiatrist has published research that shows what adolescents in eastern North Carolina think of electronic cigarettes and how they’re using them. Dr. Vivek Anand, clinical assistant...