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Aug 07, 2012
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Pirate C.A.V.E. enhances learning for ECU algebra students

East Carolina University students taking college algebra this fall will encounter a redesigned Math 1065 course that will send them underground for additional instruction. Math 1065 students will attend one...

Aug 07, 2012
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In Memoriam: Coach Norman Earl Smith

East Carolina University Pirate Hall of Famer Norman Earl Smith died Aug. 5 in Fayetteville. Smith was inducted into the Pirate Hall of Fame in 1977, in honor of his...

Aug 06, 2012
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Spring art graduate lands solo exhibition in NYC

A recent ECU graduate has been chosen for a solo exhibition at the Berkeley Art Gallery in New York. Omar Abbas’s new exhibition “Separation” will open this week at the...

Jul 31, 2012
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Toriello named chair of Dept. of Addictions and Rehabilitation Studies

Dr. Paul Toriello has been named the new chair of the Department of Addictions and Rehabilitation Studies at East Carolina University effective Aug. 1. In the addictions and rehabilitation field...

Jul 30, 2012
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ECU grad named to ‘Hill’s Most Beautiful’ List

  East Carolina University political science graduate Ryan Mills of New Bern was named one of Washington, D.C.'s most attractive in "The Hill's Most Beautiful People" list posted on thehill.com....

Jul 26, 2012
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In Memoriam: William Howard Waugh

ECU Professor Emeritus Dr. William Howard Waugh, former director of the Department of Clinical Sciences and former acting chair of the Department of Medicine, died July 18. Waugh was instrumental...

Jul 25, 2012
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Innovators Academy expands to Edgecombe County

  East Carolina University took a popular on-campus summer program on the road this summer. The Middle School Innovators Academy, which teaches innovation and creative thinking through design, debuted at...

Jul 25, 2012
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Chitwood speaks at Beijing conference

Dr. W. Randolph Chitwood Jr. was one of the speakers at a recent conference on robotic surgery in China. Chitwood, the Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Distinguished Chair and director...

Jul 19, 2012
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Perdue to swim in London Olympics

Lauren Perdue, daughter of ECU faculty member Tammy Perdue (Nursing) is swimming in the London Olympic games as one of four women on the 800 M free relay event. She...

Jul 17, 2012
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Eight ECU women selected for BRIDGES 2012

Eight East Carolina University professors will participate in 2012 BRIDGES, an academic leadership program for women sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Selected were Rebecca Dumlao,...