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Feb 27, 2014
  • ECU News Services

SCI-FI SHAKESPEARE

A cast of student actors and crew at East Carolina University is performing a Shakespeare revue and spoof, a jukebox musical cabaret, a science fiction play and a rock concert...

Feb 26, 2014
  • ECU News Services

NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS

The four East Carolina University faculty members interviewed below are this year's recipients of the Achievement for Excellence in Research and Creative Activity Awards. These annual recognitions center on the...

Feb 26, 2014
  • Crystal Baity

NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS

Martha Engelke College of Nursing Dr. Martha "Marti" Engelke has spent her career developing partnerships that help people - often children - manage chronic illness. Engelke, longtime professor and associate...

Feb 26, 2014
  • Spaine Stephens

NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS

David G. Kimmel Department of Biology Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences, The Institute for Coastal Science and Policy If there's anything David Kimmel likes more than uncovering new...

Feb 26, 2014
  • Doug Boyd

NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS

Heather L. Littleton Department of Psychology Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences Dr. Heather Littleton, an associate professor of psychology, received a 2014 Five-Year Achievement Award for Excellence in...

Feb 26, 2014
  • Kathryn Kennedy

NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS

Margaret Bauer Department of English Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences When Department of English professor Margaret D. Bauer came to East Carolina University in 1996, she was seeking...

Feb 26, 2014
  • Doug Boyd

Wellness day aims at disease prevention

At last week's "wellness day" in Rocky Mount, Willie Green compared preventive health care to looking after his car. "You got to keep everything checked up," he said. "It's like...

Feb 24, 2014
  • Jamitress Bowden

‘FUELING THE FIRE’

Roughly 300 high school students from eastern North Carolina experimented with concepts in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) at East Carolina University on Feb. 21. The “future engineers and...

Feb 24, 2014
  • Doug Boyd

App helps doctors teach patients about heart risks

Last fall when the American Heart Association issued new guidelines to help doctors teach their patients about their risks of developing cardiovascular disease – accompanied by a bulky computer spreadsheet...

Feb 21, 2014
  • Crystal Baity

SMART CHOICES

The first thing Lorena Wade will tell you is she wishes her nutrition class, taught by East Carolina University students, met more than once a month. “My snacking has changed,...