ECU News Services Archives

Apr 21, 2015
  • ECU News Services

ECU physics professor receives prestigious award

East Carolina University professor of physics Dr. Gregory Lapicki was honored as the 2015 Helms Faculty Award recipient from the ECU chapter of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society. Presented...

Nursing professor Dr. Pamela Reis, left, and nurse-midwifery student Farrah Forney review information about a virtual patient online. The virtual patient is being used in a plan of treatment that includes faculty and students from multiple disciplines at ECU. (Photos courtesy of Pamela Reis)
Apr 21, 2015
  • Amy Adams Ellis

TEACHING TEAMWORK

Students and residents representing three of East Carolina University’s health sciences programs recently participated in the university’s first interprofessional virtual patient case. Between April 6 and 10, a dozen nurse-midwifery...

ECU students led a panel discussion on leadership hosted by The Women's Roundtable at ECU April 16. Pictured above, ECU Kenya Shakir, left, and Meghan Pergola share their views with the audience. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Apr 17, 2015
  • Crystal Baity

‘VISIBLE EXAMPLES’

An East Carolina University committee formed to create a legacy of women leaders says the accomplishments and ambitions of current students are helping fulfill the university’s mission. On April 16,...

Apr 17, 2015
  • Crystal Baity

LIFE CONNECTIONS

Some seventh-grade students in Martin and Pitt counties have found even the tiniest of creatures can become addicted to sugar and caffeine – and energy drinks can be lethal. That’s...

Apr 17, 2015
  • ECU News Services

Award-winning author to speak at Joyner Library banquet

Allan Gurganus, acclaimed author of “Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All,” will be the keynote speaker for the Friends of Joyner Library’s annual spring banquet scheduled for 6 p.m., April...

Apr 17, 2015
  • ECU News Services

ECU to hold annual Holocaust Awareness Day

East Carolina University will hold its 12th annual Holocaust Awareness Day from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. April 21. Beginning at 8 a.m., volunteers at the ECU Student Memorial Garden...

Apr 16, 2015
  • Kelly Setzer

OPEN DIALOGUE

As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear legal arguments on marriage rights later this month, experts from East Carolina University hosted a panel discussion to explore the issue April...

Apr 15, 2015
  • ECU News Services

ECU vigil remembers Garissa University students

Dr. Janice Lewis (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Apr 15, 2015
  • Kelly Setzer

COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE

Dr. Janice Lewis has been named director of the J.Y. Joyner Library at East Carolina University. Lewis has been interim dean of academic library services at ECU since August 2012....

The East Carolina University School of Music Chamber Singers, pictured above, were the winners in the 13th International Maribor Choral Competition Gallus in April. They were the only choral group invited from the United States and the first American choir to win the award in the history of the competition. (Contributed photos)
Apr 14, 2015
  • ECU News Services

‘A TRUE HONOR’

The East Carolina University School of Music Chamber Singers became the first American choir ever to win the 13th International Maribor Choral Competition Gallus held April 10-12 in Maribor, Slovenia....