ECU News Services Archives

Jul 10, 2006
  • Crystal Baity

Nurse-midwifery program receives 10-year accreditation

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   The nurse-midwifery education program in the School of Nursing at East Carolina University has received 10-year accreditation. The Board of Review of the Division of Accreditation...

Jul 07, 2006
  • Doug Boyd

PCMH named a top endocrinology hospital by U.S. News & World Report

GREENVILLE  —   Pitt County Memorial Hospital, the teaching hospital of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, has been named among the nation's top 50 centers for...

Jun 27, 2006
  • Crystal Baity

Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust funds ECU health sciences projects

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   Health sciences faculty members at East Carolina University have been awarded three grants totaling $472,180 from the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust. · The School of...

Jun 24, 2006
  • ECU News Services

ECU researchers study effects of “Daily Show”

GREENVILLE, NC  —   College students who watch the satirical TV program, “The Daily Show,” are more skeptical and knowledgeable about politics and media, according to two East Carolina University...

Jun 16, 2006
  • Crystal Baity

Student midwives integrate technology with care through award given to ECU nurse faculty

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   An East Carolina University School of Nursing faculty member was awarded $5,000 from the Bayada Corp. through Drexel University for integrating technology into the midwifery curriculum....

Jun 15, 2006
  • Doug Boyd

TEDI BEAR Center receives grant topping $700,000

GREENVILLE, N.C. —   The TEDI BEAR Children's Advocacy Center in Greenville has received a three-year grant totaling $720,000 from the Duke Endowment. The Charlotte-based endowment announced its most recent...

Jun 15, 2006
  • ECU News Services

ECU students rediscovers rare millipede

GREENVILLE, NC  —   For nearly 80 years, the world’s leggiest millipede has remained elusive, hidden in the secluded forests of San Benito County in California. But Paul Marek, an...

Jun 15, 2006
  • ECU News Services

Scholarship honors ECU alumnus

GREENVILLE, NC —   A recent $210,000 donation to the East Carolina University Foundation, Inc. will establish a scholarship for foreign students to attend ECU. Rachael Newell of Burlington, N.C....

Jun 09, 2006
  • ECU News Services

Pirate ISP Radio Network Adds FM Flagship For Football

GREENVILLE, NC  —   The East Carolina University Athletics Department and ISP Sports, the new multimedia rights-holder for Pirate sports, have come to terms on a five-year agreement with Classic...

Jun 05, 2006
  • ECU News Services

Grant enables biologist to study spiders, millipedes

Grant enables biologist to study spiders, millipedes An ECU biologist has received three grants from the National Science Foundation to study millipedes and spiders. Jason Bond, professor of biology at...