ECU Now Blog Archives

Feb 03, 2012

Health Sciences debuts ECU Health Beat

East Carolina University Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences Dr. Phyllis N. Horns has announced the launch of a new blog called ECU Health Beat. According to Horns' initial post, the...

Feb 03, 2012

ECU to host Empty Bowls event to fight Greenville hunger issue

Two East Carolina University groups are partnering to combat hunger in the Greenville Area with a fundraising project to benefit the Greenville Homeless Shelter and the Greenville Food Bank. ECU’s...

Feb 02, 2012

ECU volunteers honor King with community action

Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy could be seen in the helping hands of East Carolina University students participating in a Day of Service on Jan. 16....

Feb 01, 2012

Annual conference on service-learning set for Feb. 21-23

The 9th Annual East Carolina University Conference on Service-Learning will be held Feb. 21 - 23 in the Croatan Green Room on campus with guest speakers Patti Clayton, author and...

Feb 01, 2012

Jean Mills Health Symposium will be Feb. 3

Participants at the eighth annual Jean Mills Health Symposium on Feb. 3 will learn about past and present day efforts to reduce health disparities and increase access to care for...

Feb 01, 2012

Student work highlighted in IMpact newsletter

A cancer research abstract by David Milbourn, a third-year medical student at ECU, is highlighted in the December issue of IMpact, the American College of Physicians internal medical newsletter for...

Feb 01, 2012

Work by ECU biology professor in high demand

An article co-authored by ECU biology professor Alexandros G. Georgakilas, “Duodenal carcinoma at the ligament of Treitz. A molecular and clinical perspective,” was published in BMC Gastroenterology and posted in...

Feb 01, 2012

ECU events to focus on importance of languages

East Carolina University will celebrate International Mother Language Day Feb. 21 - 23 to highlight the need for recognizing and preserving linguistic diversity. Coordinating the event at ECU is Ricard...

Feb 01, 2012

Stebnicki publishes 6th edition text

ECU Rehabilitation Studies professor Dr. Mark Stebnicki, with co-editor Dr. Irmo Marini of UT-Pan American, has published a new psychosocial text, "The Psychological and Social Impact of Illness and Disability,"...

Feb 01, 2012

Tuten named director of Dowdy Student Stores

The interim director of Dowdy Student Stores at East Carolina University was selected as director effective Feb. 1.  Bryan Tuten, who has worked at ECU since 1996, has served in...