ECU News Services Archives

Images from the East Carolina University Veterans Day celebration include placing a brick paver in honor of Gen. Gary L. North, an ECU alumnus and four-star general who attended the celebration; Cpt. Justin Hochstein surrounded by bayonets during the drill team performance; Army vet John Hart with a pirate marine cap he calls his
Nov 11, 2011
  • Mary Schulken

The next ‘greatest generation’

The men and women who serve in the armed forces today represent the nation’s next “greatest generation,” a Medal of Honor winner told those gathered for East Carolina University’s Veterans...

Nov 10, 2011
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ECU alumna interviewed on NPR's 'Out of Bounds'

ECU School of Art graduate Barb McPhail was interviewed on NPR's Out of Bounds with Tish Pearlman, Nov. 10. The program will again on Nov. 13. Hear the show at...

Nov 10, 2011
  • ECU News Services

Heart Institute scene of Wechsler lecture

Dr. Andrew S. Wechsler, left, professor of cardiothoracic surgery at the Drexel University College of Medicine, poses with Dr. W. Randolph Chitwood Jr., the Jo Allison and Eddie Smith Distinguished...

A street scence from Port-au-Prince, Haiti shows ongoing damage from the earthquake. (Contributed photo)
Nov 10, 2011
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

ECU conservator volunteers in Haiti

Usually when Susanne Grieve works to conserve an object, it’s been at the bottom of the ocean or sound for a couple of hundred years. But for two and one-half...

At right, Dr. Jane Painter, ECU professor and occupational therapist, checks Marjorie Everett’s vision during ECU's Fall Risk Assessment Clinic. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Nov 10, 2011
  • Crystal Baity

Steady on their feet

Marjorie Franck can line dance again, a goal she set during rehabilitation after five falls in one year and a hip replacement. Her comeback began after she was evaluated by...

Nov 10, 2011
  • Crystal Baity

Multidisciplinary team assesses older adults’ risk of falling

Marjorie Franck can line dance again, a goal she set during rehabilitation after five falls in one year and a hip replacement. Her comeback began after she was evaluated by...

Nov 08, 2011
  • ECU News Services

ECU Recreation and Park Management Program Reaccredited by National Group

The ECU Recreation and Park Management Program in the Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, College of Health and Human Performance has received a formal seven-year reaccreditation from the Council...

Nov 08, 2011
  • ECU News Services

ECU receives 10th Key Award, faculty attend international nursing convention

Several faculty members in the ECU College of Nursing attended the 41st Biennial Sigma Theta Tau International Convention Oct. 29-Nov. 2 in Grapevine, Texas. Elaine Scott, Pam Reis, Melissa Schwartz...

ECU researchers have been searching the Atlantic ocean to measure effects from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. (Photo by Ben McGlaughon)
Nov 08, 2011
  • Doug Boyd

Oil and water don’t mix

Off Onslow Bay, a group of East Carolina University researchers have been looking for oil. But unlike most in this world of $90-a-barrel crude, they aren’t hoping to find a...

Nov 07, 2011
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Rebel wins 12th Pacemaker award

East Carolina University’s student-run literary magazine, Rebel, won its 12th Pacemaker award Oct. 31 at the 90th National College Media Convention in Orlando, Fla. Consider by many the Pulitzer Prize...