ECU Now Blog Archives

Oct 24, 2019
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ECU to pilot interactive software as part of suicide prevention grant

A three-year, $302,629 grant is helping the Department of Addictions and Rehabilitation Studies at ECU address the risk factors associated with suicide on campus. The grant, Suicide Education and Prevention...

Oct 24, 2019
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ECU Voyages guest to discuss contributions to improved air quality

Dr. R.K.M. Jayanty, chemist and distinguished fellow emeritus for RTI International, will present “My Life Journey and Scientific Contributions to Improve Air Quality” at 7 p.m. Nov. 7, in the...

Oct 23, 2019
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Award-winning Chinese American poet and sitarist to perform at ECU

East Carolina University and the Contemporary Writers Series soon will welcome two guests to campus. Award-winning poet Li-Young Lee and David Whetstone, one of the most active sitarists in the...

Oct 22, 2019
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Alumni Association tees off for scholarships

The East Carolina University Alumni Association hosted the annual Purple Gold Golf Tournament on Friday, Oct. 18 at the Ironwood Golf and Country Club in Greenville, where teams of golfers played for...

Oct 21, 2019
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Research team works to prevent blood donation spoilage

Every two seconds someone in the United States needs blood and, despite nearly 6.8 million domestic blood donors each year, blood banks face a serious problem. Blood has a very...

Oct 17, 2019
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ECU/Vidant surgical resident earns national honor

Dr. Ruchi Amin, a chief resident for the ECU-Vidant Medical Center surgical residency program, was recently awarded the 2019 Jameson L. Chassin, MD, FACS, Award for Professionalism in General Surgery....

Oct 16, 2019
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ECU librarian receives national award for professional excellence

A librarian at the ECU Laupus Health Sciences Library has received the 2019 Award for Professional Excellence by a New Health Sciences Librarian from the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Medical...

Oct 15, 2019
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ECU SGA president elected as chair of the ASG Council of Student Body Presidents

Colin Johnson has been elected chair of the Association of Student Governments’ (ASG) Council of Student Body Presidents for the UNC system. Johnson, a senior from Greenville, is president of...

Oct 14, 2019
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‘In that moment, I felt 100% myself’: ECU marks National Coming Out Day

East Carolina University students, faculty and staff shared laughs, tears and coming out stories over lunch during the annual National Coming Out Day celebration at the East Carolina University Health...

Oct 14, 2019
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ECU School of Dental Medicine to host free dental screenings, exams

Free dental screenings and select X-rays will be available at the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine through Feb. 26, 2020, for individuals 18 and older who are interested...