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Mar 20, 2019
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NCLR calls for poetry submissions for Applewhite Prize

The North Carolina Literary Review (NCLR) is now accepting submissions for the 2019 Applewhite Poetry Prize competition. The first-place winner will receive $250, and the poem will be published in...

Mar 19, 2019
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Cavanagh to take Biochemistry helm

Dr. John Cavanagh has been named chair of the Brody School of Medicine’s Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, effective April 1, 2019. Cavanagh currently serves as founder and chief...

Mar 19, 2019
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Pirate Nation Gives returns to generate donations for ECU student success

East Carolina University will celebrate its third annual Pirate Nation Gives on Wednesday, March 20. This standalone day of giving encourages alumni, friends, faculty, staff, parents and students to make a donation to one of...

Mar 15, 2019
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Symposium exposes diverse pool of doctoral students to life at ECU

East Carolina University’s Office for Equity and Diversity held the first Emerging Scholars Symposium March 12-14. The symposium introduced advanced doctoral students and post-doctoral scholars to opportunities available for faculty...

Mar 15, 2019
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ECU alum reunited with class ring 13 years after it went missing

Thirteen years ago, Dama Dupree ’01 took the ECU class ring off her finger and handed it to some of her high school students when they asked to see it....

Mar 14, 2019
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ECU physician named governor-elect of the American College of Physicians

Dr. Lacy Hobgood, medical director of the ECU Physicians Adult and Pediatric Health Center, has been named governor-elect of the American College of Physicians (ACP). He will serve in that...

Mar 13, 2019
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ECU psychology professor receives $200,000 grant to study people affected by Hurricane Florence

An East Carolina University researcher will undertake a study of residents of four rural North Carolina counties affected by Hurricane Florence, thanks to a nearly $200,000 RAPID grant from the...

Mar 13, 2019
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Graduate programs rated among nation’s best by U.S. News & World Report

East Carolina University’s graduate programs in education, medicine, nursing, public administration, physician assistant studies, rehabilitation counseling and social work are rated among the nation’s best by U.S. News & World...

Mar 08, 2019
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Research cluster co-director featured in The Washington Post

A recent article in The Washington Post highlights research by an East Carolina University faculty member on the challenges facing farmland in eastern North Carolina. Alex Manda, associate professor of...

Mar 07, 2019
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Hunter Whittington named 2019-2020 Newman Civic Fellow

Hunter Whittington, a sophomore at East Carolina University, is one of 262 students nationwide selected as a 2019-2020 Newman Civic Fellow by Campus Compact, a Boston-based nonprofit organization working to...