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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,...

Feb 21, 2014
  • Steve Tuttle

MOVING FORWARD

East Carolina University’s plan to build two new student centers – one on main campus and one on the Division of Health Sciences campus – was reviewed favorably by the...

Feb 21, 2014
  • ECU News Services

‘QUALITY STORYTELLING’

Several East Carolina University staff members were recognized for outstanding work during the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District III awards in Orlando, Fla., earlier this week....

Feb 19, 2014
  • Doug Boyd

ECU Medical & Health Sciences Foundation names new board members

The East Carolina University Medical & Health Sciences Foundation recently named five new board members. They are David Brody of Kinston; Dasha Little of Chesapeake, Va.; Dennis Young of Wallace;...

Feb 17, 2014
  • Doug Boyd

TREATING TOXIC EXPOSURE

Researchers at East Carolina University will spend another year studying the causes of Gulf War illness and medicines that might be able to treat it. Dr. William Meggs, a medical...