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Aug 12, 2013
  • Doug Boyd

ECU Alzheimer’s lab receives grant

GREENVILLE, N.C.   (Aug. 12, 2013)   —   An East Carolina University laboratory dedicated to research on dementia has received $50,000 to advance studies of Alzheimer's disease.  The money will...

Aug 07, 2013
  • Kathryn Kennedy

ASKING WHY

A group of 10 undergraduate students got an opportunity to conduct graduate-level research this summer through a grant-funded program based in software engineering at East Carolina University. Intended to expand...

Aug 05, 2013
  • Doug Boyd

Former ECU health sciences leader dies

Dr. Michael J. Lewis, former vice chancellor for health sciences at East Carolina University, died Friday in West Virginia after a long illness. He was 70. Lewis, a family physician by...

Aug 05, 2013
  • Doug Boyd

Former ECU health sciences leader dies

GREENVILLE, N.C.   (Aug. 5, 2013)   —   Dr. Michael J. Lewis, former vice chancellor for health sciences at East Carolina University, died Friday in West Virginia after a long...

Aug 01, 2013
  • Kathryn Kennedy

A SAFER PATH

The closure of a roadway running through East Carolina University’s main campus will minimize the potential for collisions between pedestrians and vehicles and encourage bicycling and walking. A portion of...

Aug 01, 2013
  • Kathryn Kennedy

THE LEADERSHIP EDGE

  Clinging to a rope on a narrow platform 30 feet above the ground at the North Campus Recreation Complex, Ethan Faulconer swore he wasn’t scared. “I’m just nervous,” he...

Jul 30, 2013
  • Doug Boyd

‘ANYTHING THAT BITES’

Folks who reach under the wrong pile of wood and feel the pain of a copperhead bite can relax just a little on their way to the emergency department. That’s...

Jul 30, 2013
  • Doug Boyd

Venom expert joins ECU

GREENVILLE, N.C.   (July 30, 2013)   —   Folks who reach under the wrong pile of wood and feel the pain of a copperhead bite can relax just a little...

Jul 29, 2013
  • Crystal Baity

ENHANCING COLLABORATION

East Carolina University’s College of Nursing will receive $1.09 million in federal funds over the next three years to integrate interprofessional education and expand the use of an existing virtual...

Jul 29, 2013
  • Crystal Baity
  • Kathy Muse

A Common Thread

Windsor Mayor James Hoggard’s mom couldn’t keep him out of the water when he was a boy. He grew up hunting and fishing on the Roanoke and Cashie rivers in...