ECU team assists in search for missing teen
A team of East Carolina University anthropologists are assisting in the search for a missing teenager from Scotland Neck. Anthropology professors Dr. Megan Perry and Dr. Charles Ewen, along with...
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Ceremony to launch biotechnology initiative
A ribbon cutting ceremony will celebrate the launch of the Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Initiative at 2:30 p.m. Oct. 19 in the third floor lobby of the Science and Technology Building on...
Mark Smith-Soto Receives 2012 James Applewhite Poetry Prize
During the recent Eastern North Carolina Literary Homecoming, University of North Carolina at Greensboro Professor Mark Smith-Soto was announced as the winner of the 2012 James Applewhite Poetry competition for...
Grant enables research on depression, cardiovascular disease
East Carolina University psychology professor Dr. Matthew Whited received a 5-year grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to study connections between depression and cardiovascular disease. “People who...
ECU biology professor elected to lead international organization
East Carolina University biology professor John W. Stiller was elected to the role of incoming vice president and president elect of the Phycological Society of America. The election results were...
Kruse named distinguished professor
East Carolina University professor Dr. Jamie Kruse was inducted as the 2012 Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor during the college’s annual faculty convocation Aug. 20. The...
Expert on evolutionary genomics to speak at ECU
Dr. Rasmus Nielsen, one of the world’s leading experts on evolutionary genomics and professor of integrative biology at the University of California, Berkeley, will lead a free, public seminar at...
Leakey visits ECU for Voyages of Discovery lecture
Renowned paleoanthropologist Dr. Louise Leakey will present “Secrets in the Sands: Revelations into How We Became Human,” at 7 p.m. Oct. 2 in Wright Auditorium at East Carolina University. Leakey,...
Environmental, disaster studies expert to speak at ECU
Southern Sociological Society 2012 Distinguished Lecturer Shirley Laska will present “Invigorating Research” at 2 p.m. Sept. 12 in Mendenhall Student Center Room 221 at East Carolina University. Laska is professor...
ECU psychology professor honored with Best Paper award
Dr. Heather Littleton, associate professor in the Department of Psychology at East Carolina University, received the 2013 Georgia Babladelis Best Paper award by the Psychology of Women Quarterly for her...