Health and Human Performance Archives

Sep 15, 2011

New Greenville restaurant donates 10 percent of food sales to ECU

The new Carolina Ale House in Greenville will donate 10 percent of food sales during its first open week, Sept. 17 – 23, to the East Carolina University Department of...

Aug 31, 2011

FoodMASTER program receives $1.27 million NIH grant

A $1.27 million grant to the East Carolina University FoodMASTER program will help middle school students learn mathematical and science concepts through activities based with food. ECU nutrition science professors...

Aug 31, 2011

Researchers seek volunteers for generation gap investigation

East Carolina University child development and family relations professor Dr. Mark White is among a group of researchers who are investigating whether the generation gap truly exists. Researchers in The...

Aug 30, 2011

Exotic locales enhance summer studies for ECU students

By Kathy Muse Snorkeling in the waters of the largest coral formation in the world, experiencing the viability of tourism within a village community in the South Pacific, studying global...

Aug 23, 2011

ECU study examines sleep and fatigue in chronically ill mothers

  Health care providers should be particularly attentive to supporting high quality sleep for chronically ill mothers of young children, according to a new study by East Carolina University researchers....

Aug 18, 2011

Hospitality management professor James A. Chandler mourned

Students, faculty, alumni, and friends of the ECU Department of Hospitality Management and the College of Human Ecology mourn the death of professor James A. Chandler, who passed away on...

Aug 11, 2011

Elected as fellow in scholarly academy

An East Carolina University professor was the only professional in the nation elected this year as fellow to the American Academy of Park and Recreation Administration. Dr. Deb Jordan, chair...

Aug 04, 2011

Three Down, One to Go with Help from Prestigious Scholarship

By Kathy Muse Once, twice, three times a Pirate and he’s not done yet. Ruben “Trey” Sloan III is proud to say that he is a three-time graduate of the...

Aug 04, 2011

ECU alumnus steps forward in paralysis research

By Kathy Muse When Reggie Edgerton ’61 took health, exercise physiology, and biology classes at East Carolina University while working at the campus infirmary, he had no idea that the...

Aug 04, 2011

In memory of ECU professor emeritus Marge Inman

Marjorie (Marge) Ann Inman, professor emeritus at East Carolina University, passed away on July 30. Her unexpected death occurred while traveling with her husband, Jeff, on a return trip to...