ECU News Services Archives

Apr 05, 2013
  • Justin Boulmay

‘LIGHT BULB’ MOMENTS

The most rewarding thing about teaching biology for Dr. John Stiller is also the most difficult: Helping students reach those “light bulb” moments in which they obviously have grasped the...

Apr 03, 2013
  • Doug Boyd

FOSTERING COLLABORATION

By this time next year, scientists and clinicians will be working together to find clues to solving the region's – and nation's – diabetes epidemic in new lab space on...

Apr 03, 2013
  • Doug Boyd

ECHI fourth floor to soon be home to science, robotics

GREENVILLE, N.C.   (Apr. 3, 2013)   —   By this time next year, scientists and clinicians will be working together to find clues to solving the region's – and nation's...

Apr 02, 2013
  • ECU News Services

ECU community mourns loss of instructor

Co-workers and students of East Carolina University teaching instructor Debbie O’Neal are grieving this week following her death March 31....

Apr 02, 2013
  • Doug Boyd

Saturday events to raise money for special causes

GREENVILLE, N.C.   (Apr. 2, 2013)   —   East Carolina University students will be raising money for health-related causes in three events Saturday.  In the morning, runners and walkers may...

Apr 01, 2013
  • ECU News Services

Folger Shakespeare Library exhibit features ECU connections

An exhibit on display at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is showcasing the achievements of Dr. Thomas Herron, an associate professor of English at East Carolina University, students in ECU’s School of Art and Design and the University Multimedia Center....

Mar 28, 2013
  • Kathryn Kennedy

‘Insectaphobia’ premiere engages young audience

Photography and video by Cliff Hollis and Jay Clark Inspiration is abundant for composer Salvatore Macchia. “Bugs, bugs, bugs, bugs, insects - they’re all around us!” East Carolina University student performers...

Mar 28, 2013
  • ECU News Services

REACHING A BROADER AUDIENCE

As part of its ongoing commitment to provide an effective venue for the state’s authors and artists to showcase their work, the North Carolina Literary Review (NCLR) has launched the...

Mar 27, 2013
  • Steve Tuttle

A CLOSE CALL

Jack ReVelle knows how close Wayne County and much of eastern North Carolina came to being transformed by a mushroom cloud into a radioactive wasteland. “It was damn close,” he...

Mar 26, 2013
  • ECU News Services

Sen. Burr talks health care during visit to Brody

U.S. Sen. Richard Burr expressed cautious optimism today for the future of the nation’s health care system as well as concern for how the country will pay for the Affordable...