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Apr 02, 2012
  • ECU News Services

EASTER FUN

Face-painting, games and hidden Easter eggs were among the prizes awaiting children who attended an Easter Egg Hunt at the East Carolina University mall April 1. The event was the...

Apr 02, 2012
  • ECU News Services

FAMILY FRIENDLY

More than 100 visual and performing artists came to East Carolina University March 31 for the 8th Annual Youth Arts Festival. Activities included wheel-thrown ceramics, watercolor painting, weaving, papermaking, blacksmithing,...

Apr 02, 2012
  • ECU News Services

CONQUERING CANCER

At an East Carolina University St. Baldricks Foundation event March 31, nine men and one woman shaved their heads to raise more than $7,200 for St. Baldrick's, an organization that...

Apr 02, 2012
  • Doug Boyd

Tree’s roots trace back to ancient Greece

East Carolina University might be the youngest medical school in the state, but an addition to its campus has a lineage that goes back thousands of years to the father...

Mar 30, 2012
  • Kathryn Kennedy

IN PHASE TWO

East Carolina University could save up to $3.8 million annually by reorganizing its academic structure. That estimate was released March 30 in a report from the chancellor-appointed Program Prioritization Committee....

Mar 30, 2012
  • Crystal Baity

LIVING WELL

ROBERSONVILLE – Squeals and laughter erupted from the East End Elementary School gym Thursday as second-graders learned about healthy foods from East Carolina University students. In a modified “red light,...

Mar 29, 2012
  • Doug Boyd

Saturday events to raise money for special causes

Medical students at East Carolina University will be raising money for health-related causes in a pair of events this Saturday. In the morning, the Medical Student Council at the Brody...

Mar 29, 2012
  • Doug Boyd

FOR CHARITY

Medical students at East Carolina University will be raising money for health-related causes in a pair of events this Saturday. In the morning, the Medical Student Council at the Brody...

Mar 26, 2012
  • Doug Boyd

Pories honored for career of discovery

Dr. Walter J. Pories, a surgeon and researcher, has received the 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award for Research and Creative Activity from East Carolina University. Pories, 82, is a professor of...

Mar 23, 2012
  • Kathryn Kennedy

TO OUTCLASS THE COMPETITION

After participating in an hour of instruction on proper dining etiquette, East Carolina University junior Jack Prager thought he had everything figured out. Then lunch arrived. “(The first course) was...