ECU News Services Archives

Feb 23, 2015
  • ECU News Services

Alumni Association seeking survey responses

The East Carolina Alumni Association will conduct a 10-minute alumni survey asking about experiences as students and as alumni.  The survey link will be distributed by e-mail and will be...

Feb 20, 2015
  • Doug Boyd

FOLLOWING NATIONAL SEARCH

Ron Mitchelson has been named provost at East Carolina University after serving in the role on an interim basis since last year. The ECU Board of Trustees made Mitchelson’s position...

Feb 20, 2015
  • Crystal Baity
  • Kelly Setzer

BOARD DECISION

East Carolina University’s Board of Trustees voted Feb. 20 to transition the name of Charles B. Aycock from a residence hall to a new space where the building’s namesake and...

Feb 19, 2015
  • ECU News Services

Criminal Justice Career Fair set for Feb. 26

The 5th consecutive Criminal Justice Career Fair will be held from 1-3 p.m. Feb. 26 in the Mendenhall Student Center Great Rooms. The event includes criminal justice agencies from across...

Feb 19, 2015
  • ECU News Services

Hospitality Leadership Career Fair set for Feb. 25

Feb 18, 2015
  • ECU News Services

ECU professor wins outstanding dissertation award

ECU English professor Dr. Erin Frost won the 2015 College Composition and Communication Outstanding Dissertation Award in Technical Communication for her dissertation,“Theorizing an Apparent Feminism in Technical Communication.” The Conference...

Feb 18, 2015
  • ECU News Services

Retired ECU dean honored for service

The dean emeritus of the College of Allied Health Sciences at East Carolina University was recently honored with one of North Carolina’s most prestigious civilian awards for his outstanding service...

ECU researchers are examining why African-American patients with lung cancer tend to present at a more advanced stage than their Caucasian counterparts. Pictured above, left to right, are Dr. Hope Landrine, director of the Center for Health Disparities; the study's lead author Dr. Jimmy Efird, assistant director for the Center for Health Disparities; and Dr. Mark Bowling, director of interventional pulmonology for ECU. They are shown at Vidant Medical Center with a CT scanner that can screen patients for early evidence of lung cancer. (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Feb 18, 2015
  • Amy Adams Ellis

NO EASY FIX

A new study by researchers at East Carolina University suggests that equivalent health insurance coverage may not level the disparities between African-American and Caucasian lung cancer patients when it comes...

Feb 17, 2015
  • ECU News Services

Winter storm prompts university closure

A winter storm that dropped a mix of ice, snow and sleet on campus Feb. 16 and 17 prompted cancellation of evening classes on Monday and university closure on Tuesday....

Feb 16, 2015
  • ECU News Services

Library exhibit highlights African American life in eastern N.C.