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Feb 01, 2012
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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
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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
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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...

Jan 31, 2012
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Mom’s fatigue influences child’s development, researchers say

East Carolina University researcher Dr. Carmel White has found that chronic fatigue in mothers may lead to poor outcomes in their children. White is a professor in the Department of...

Jan 30, 2012
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Escott-Stump meets Michelle Obama at Virginia event

East Carolina University dietetic internship program director Sylvia Escott-Stump met First Lady Michelle Obama Jan. 29 at an Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics event in Fairfax County, Va. Escott-Stump is...

Jan 30, 2012
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Research vessel named for ECU professor emeritus Stanley Riggs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sRj0gMrs_8 Geology professor emeritus Stanley R. Riggs talks about the history of coastal research at ECU and the school's new research vessel named for him, the R/V Stanley R. Riggs....

Jan 30, 2012
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College of Business faculty publish articles

Faculty in the College of Business have published the following articles: By Denise E Dickins (Accounting), "Do audit committee members care about audit engagement partner rotation?" in Today's CPA, and...

Jan 30, 2012
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ECU professor collaborates on research to predict sea-level rise, flooding from hurricanes

East Carolina University researcher Dr. Reide Corbett will join a team of colleagues studying sea-level rise and flooding from hurricanes along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, thanks to a 3-year,...

Jan 30, 2012
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ECU anthropology professor teaches diversity through music

East Carolina University anthropology professor Dr. Luci Fernandes is using music to teach diversity in her undergraduate global understanding classes through a collaborative project between ECU students and students in...

Jan 30, 2012
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Poet, critic Stephen Burt to visit ECU Feb. 7

Harvard professor and poet-critic Stephen Burt will visit East Carolina University at 7 p.m. Feb. 7 in the second floor exhibit gallery at Joyner Library. Burt's books include "The Art...