ECU News Services Archives

Feb 01, 2012
  • ECU News Services

Student work highlighted in IMpact newsletter

A cancer research abstract by David Milbourn, a third-year medical student at ECU, is highlighted in the December issue of IMpact, the American College of Physicians internal medical newsletter for...

Feb 01, 2012
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Work by ECU biology professor in high demand

An article co-authored by ECU biology professor Alexandros G. Georgakilas, “Duodenal carcinoma at the ligament of Treitz. A molecular and clinical perspective,” was published in BMC Gastroenterology and posted in...

Feb 01, 2012
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ECU events to focus on importance of languages

East Carolina University will celebrate International Mother Language Day Feb. 21 - 23 to highlight the need for recognizing and preserving linguistic diversity. Coordinating the event at ECU is Ricard...

Feb 01, 2012
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Stebnicki publishes 6th edition text

ECU Rehabilitation Studies professor Dr. Mark Stebnicki, with co-editor Dr. Irmo Marini of UT-Pan American, has published a new psychosocial text, "The Psychological and Social Impact of Illness and Disability,"...

Feb 01, 2012
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Tuten named director of Dowdy Student Stores

The interim director of Dowdy Student Stores at East Carolina University was selected as director effective Feb. 1.  Bryan Tuten, who has worked at ECU since 1996, has served in...

Jan 31, 2012
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BETTER HEALTH

From schoolchildren to farm workers, people in eastern North Carolina will benefit from two health programs led by East Carolina University experts and funded by the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable...

Jan 31, 2012
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Mom’s fatigue influences child’s development, researchers say

East Carolina University researcher Dr. Carmel White has found that chronic fatigue in mothers may lead to poor outcomes in their children. White is a professor in the Department of...

Jan 30, 2012
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PULITZER PRIZE WINNER

East Carolina University has hired Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Frank Barrows, former managing editor for the Charlotte Observer, to serve as interim advisor for The East Carolinian, the student-run newspaper....

Jan 30, 2012
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Escott-Stump meets Michelle Obama at Virginia event

East Carolina University dietetic internship program director Sylvia Escott-Stump met First Lady Michelle Obama Jan. 29 at an Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics event in Fairfax County, Va. Escott-Stump is...

Jan 30, 2012
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Research vessel named for ECU professor emeritus Stanley Riggs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sRj0gMrs_8 Geology professor emeritus Stanley R. Riggs talks about the history of coastal research at ECU and the school's new research vessel named for him, the R/V Stanley R. Riggs....