ECU Now Blog Archives

Oct 25, 2012

ECU Neuroscience Symposium to be Nov. 6

Research on spinal cord injury and multiple sclerosis are among the topics to be discussed at the 14th annual East Carolina University Neuroscience Symposium on Tuesday, Nov. 6. The daylong...

Oct 24, 2012

ECU biology professor publishes on horizontal gene transfer

  An article by ECU biology professor Jinling Huang, with co-authors, appeared in the latest issue of the online publication Nature Communications. According to a press release from the online...

Oct 24, 2012

Justice Henry Frye to keynote anniversary of desegregation event

Oct 24, 2012

U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey coming to ECU for reading

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natasha Trethewey, the United States Poet Laureate, will visit East Carolina University Oct. 25 as part of the university’s Contemporary Writers Series. She is the author of...

Oct 23, 2012

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...

Oct 22, 2012

Obesity, diet expert to speak Nov. 28

Dr. Barry Popkin, W.R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Nutrition at UNC – Chapel Hill, will present “The world is fat: patterns, determinants, current controversies” from noon to 1 p.m....

Oct 19, 2012

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice available on iPad

 The Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, edited by an East Carolina University faculty member, has come to the iPad. The November/December issue, focused on public health services and...

Oct 19, 2012

Phi Kappa Phi earns Chapter of Merit

The East Carolina University chapter of Phi Kappa Phi was named a chapter of meri by the national organization. The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi is the nation’s oldest...

Oct 19, 2012

For William Friday: Donate to higher education institution

According to a statement from the UNC General Administration, the family of President Emeritus William Friday has asked that those wishing to make memorial gifts in his honor consider a...

Oct 18, 2012

Creative Coalition CEO to speak, lead classes at ECU

Robin Bronk, chief executive officer of The Creative Coalition, will visit East Carolina University Oct. 23 - 26 as visiting scholar in the School of Communication. As leader of the...