ECU News Services Archives

Feb 12, 2020
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ECU College of Nursing welcomes its most diverse BSN class

The ECU College of Nursing celebrated its most diverse class of future nurses ever as it welcomed 144 Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program and Accelerated Second-Degree BSN (ABSN)...

Feb 11, 2020
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Documentaries and dialogue to be part of film series

The College of Health and Human Performance’s Design4Disability Film Festival will bring more than movies to the East Carolina University campus next week. Conversations are central to the event; each...

Feb 10, 2020
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ECU freshman wins free textbooks for spring semester

Last fall freshman Laila Williams and her mother were trying to figure out how they were going to pay for Laila’s spring semester at East Carolina University. “I was praying...

Feb 07, 2020
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LEADERSHIP SEARCH: Committee pinpoints qualifications for future chancellor

The members of the East Carolina University Chancellor Search Committee met at the Main Campus Student Center Friday and discussed the results of the survey and listening sessions conducted over...

Feb 07, 2020
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Study to help patients breathe easier

East Carolina University will be working in conjunction with the University of Pittsburgh on a research study called PACT: Prehospital Airway Control Trial. PACT is an $8.8 million, four-year, Department...

Feb 05, 2020
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Travel writer, TV personality, activist to visit ECU through Voyages Series

Rick Steves, American travel writer, TV personality and activist, will present “Travel as a Political Act,” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20 in the Main Campus Student Center ballrooms at...

Feb 05, 2020
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Provost’s Challenge kicks off with focus on health and well-being

A group of East Carolina University students will spend the semester exploring ways to improve student health and wellness as part of the second Provost’s Challenge. More than 80 entrepreneurial...

Feb 04, 2020
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East Carolina University opens Water Resources Center

East Carolina University’s Water Resources Center, housed in the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Geological Sciences, had its official grand opening Jan. 30 in...

Feb 03, 2020
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Brody scientist’s data-driven approach to explaining gender bias gets national attention

Often discussed, but less frequently understood, gender bias is being assessed in a new way thanks to a microbiologist from ECU’s Brody School of Medicine. Working to help scientists across...

Jan 31, 2020
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‘This program is such a blessing.’ Students express gratitude for Golden LEAF scholarships

Robynique Willis-Brown is determined not to be a statistic. Growing up in the foster system, Willis-Brown was surrounded by many uncertainties. Whether she could go to college was just one...