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Students made their way to class on Feb. 24 as snow fell throughout the day, leading to cancellation of all classes after 3:30 p.m. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Feb 25, 2015
  • ECU News Services

A TASTE OF WINTER

For consecutive Tuesdays in February, winter weather forced closures and disrupted schedules at East Carolina University. After a winter storm brought approximately three inches of snow on Tuesday, Feb. 24,...

Feb 24, 2015
  • Kathy Muse

LIFELONG HABITS

Center inspired by HLTH 1000 The East Carolina University Volunteer and Service-Learning Center, which connects ECU students and faculty to community agencies in need of volunteers, grew out of the...

Feb 20, 2015
  • Doug Boyd

FOLLOWING NATIONAL SEARCH

Ron Mitchelson has been named provost at East Carolina University after serving in the role on an interim basis since last year. The ECU Board of Trustees made Mitchelson’s position...

Feb 20, 2015
  • Crystal Baity
  • Kelly Setzer

BOARD DECISION

East Carolina University’s Board of Trustees voted Feb. 20 to transition the name of Charles B. Aycock from a residence hall to a new space where the building’s namesake and...

ECU researchers are examining why African-American patients with lung cancer tend to present at a more advanced stage than their Caucasian counterparts. Pictured above, left to right, are Dr. Hope Landrine, director of the Center for Health Disparities; the study's lead author Dr. Jimmy Efird, assistant director for the Center for Health Disparities; and Dr. Mark Bowling, director of interventional pulmonology for ECU. They are shown at Vidant Medical Center with a CT scanner that can screen patients for early evidence of lung cancer. (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Feb 18, 2015
  • Amy Adams Ellis

NO EASY FIX

A new study by researchers at East Carolina University suggests that equivalent health insurance coverage may not level the disparities between African-American and Caucasian lung cancer patients when it comes...

Feb 17, 2015
  • ECU News Services

Winter storm prompts university closure

A winter storm that dropped a mix of ice, snow and sleet on campus Feb. 16 and 17 prompted cancellation of evening classes on Monday and university closure on Tuesday....

Visitors can find ECU's Office of the Registrar at a new location in downtown Greenville, at 207 E. 5th Street - in a renovated space just a few blocks from campus. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Feb 13, 2015
  • Crystal Baity

‘THE FIRST STEP’

East Carolina University’s Office of the Registrar celebrated its re-opening less than a block from campus on Feb. 12. The office relocated from the Whichard Building to a leased 8,062-square-foot...

Dr. L. Allen Dobson, keynote speaker and current president and CEO of Community Care of North Carolina, was the keynote speaker at the 11th annual Jean Mills Health Symposium held Feb. 6 at East Carolina University.
Feb 11, 2015
  • ECU News Services

GENERATING SOLUTIONS

Innovative community health care driven by patient needs, and tailoring local resources to cooperatively address those needs was the focus of the 11th annual Jean Mills Health Symposium held Feb....

Feb 10, 2015
  • Crystal Baity

‘BEST OF THE COLLECTION’

For the first time ever, most of East Carolina University’s extensive African art collection is being exhibited simultaneously at six different sites during February. With close to 600 pieces, ECU...

Feb 09, 2015
  • ECU News Services

ECU: Capture your Horizon

Welcome to the online home of ECU: America’s next great national university! ECU is 29,000 students strong. We have over 5,800 faculty and staff who are committed to student success,...