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A street scence from Port-au-Prince, Haiti shows ongoing damage from the earthquake. (Contributed photo)
Nov 10, 2011
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

ECU conservator volunteers in Haiti

Usually when Susanne Grieve works to conserve an object, it’s been at the bottom of the ocean or sound for a couple of hundred years. But for two and one-half...

At right, Dr. Jane Painter, ECU professor and occupational therapist, checks Marjorie Everett’s vision during ECU's Fall Risk Assessment Clinic. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Nov 10, 2011
  • Crystal Baity

Steady on their feet

Marjorie Franck can line dance again, a goal she set during rehabilitation after five falls in one year and a hip replacement. Her comeback began after she was evaluated by...

Nov 10, 2011
  • Crystal Baity

Multidisciplinary team assesses older adults’ risk of falling

Marjorie Franck can line dance again, a goal she set during rehabilitation after five falls in one year and a hip replacement. Her comeback began after she was evaluated by...

ECU researchers have been searching the Atlantic ocean to measure effects from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. (Photo by Ben McGlaughon)
Nov 08, 2011
  • Doug Boyd

Oil and water don’t mix

Off Onslow Bay, a group of East Carolina University researchers have been looking for oil. But unlike most in this world of $90-a-barrel crude, they aren’t hoping to find a...

Nov 04, 2011
  • Crystal Baity

History day at Country Doctor Museum Nov. 12

The Country Doctor Museum and Bailey Area Ministries are teaming up to provide residents and visitors a fun-filled day on Saturday, Nov. 12. "History Alive!” will be held 10 a.m.-4...

Nov 04, 2011
  • Mary Schulken

Raising the Brainpower Bar

The questions fly in Learning Center 343 at East Carolina University's Science and Technology Building. Corey Monaghan, 23, a tutor for Project HEART, is trying to unlock a better understanding...

Nov 04, 2011
  • Doug Boyd

Grant to help ECU place medical residents in communities

A federal grant will help East Carolina University place family medicine residents in underserved communities in eastern North Carolina. The five-year, $480,739 grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration...

Nov 03, 2011
  • ECU News Services

Four-star general, campus ceremony to commemorate Veterans Day at ECU

Gary L. North ECU alumnus Gen. Gary L. North is commander of Pacific Air Forces, responsible for Air Force activities spread over half the globe. His command supports 45,000 USAF...

Dr. Bobby Jones, left, plays mandolin as his brother, Dr. Stephen Jones listens at Bobby Jones' home in Shelby. (Photo by Doug Boyd)
Oct 28, 2011
  • Doug Boyd

Doctoring is a family tradition for the Joneses

A career spent working as a family doctor, teaching medical students and supporting the medical school at East Carolina University was recognized Friday at ECU’s new Family Medicine Center. Dr....

Oct 28, 2011
  • Doug Boyd

Doctoring is a family tradition for the Joneses

A career spent working as a family doctor, teaching medical students and supporting the medical school at East Carolina University was recognized Friday at ECU's new Family Medicine Center. Dr....