News Archives

Jan 07, 2011
  • ECU News Services

Writer and activist Kevin Powell to speak at MLK event

GREENVILLE, N.C.  — Acclaimed writer and public speaker Kevin Powell is scheduled to speak Jan. 19 at East Carolina University in commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. Powell’s...

Dec 22, 2010
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

ECU awards exclusive beverage contract to Coke

GREENVILLE   —   East Carolina University officials have awarded exclusive pouring rights to Coca-Cola Bottling Company Consolidated, after reviewing request for proposal responses submitted to the university. The contract gives...

Dec 21, 2010
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

A dream trip ends with a race to the finish line

GREENVILLE  — Jim and Amy Kearns had their dream wedding two years and decided to save up for their dream wedding trip. Their plans were delayed slightly by a move...

Dec 17, 2010
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

ECU holds annual fall commencement

REENVILLE, N.C.   (Dec. 17, 2010)   —   Before offering advice to East Carolina’s fall graduates, Brig. Gen. James R. Gorham of the N.C. National Guard cautioned that his words...

Dec 16, 2010
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

Honors student earns inaugural Bassman Honors Thesis Award

GREENVILLE   —   An Honors Student and EC Scholar earned the first Michael F. Bassman Honors Thesis Award, presented during a ceremony Dec. 7 at J.Y. Joyner Library at East...

Dec 16, 2010
  • Crystal Baity

Faculty member receives federal funds to reduce risk of prenatal depression

GREENVILLE, N.C. — Studies show that pregnancy isn’t the happiest time in every woman’s life. As a result, an East Carolina University researcher is studying the effectiveness of a program...

Dec 16, 2010
  • Doug Boyd

Light snowfall blankets Brody

GREENVILLE, N.C.   (Dec. 16, 2010)   —   A light layer of snow has coated the campus of the Brody School of Medicine this morning, and more is predicted. Class...

Dec 15, 2010
  • Doug Boyd

Family Medicine Center recognized as a ‘patient-centered medical home’

GREENVILLE, N.C.  — The Family Medicine Center at East Carolina University has gained recognition as a "patient-centered medical home" from a national organization. The National Committee for Quality Assurance has...

Dec 13, 2010
  • Doug Boyd

ECU dermatologists open clinic in Washington

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   Dermatologists from East Carolina University are seeing patients two days a week in Washington. Drs. Charles Phillips and Harris Green see patients Mondays and Tuesdays from...

Dec 08, 2010
  • Doug Boyd

Cancer drug enters clinical trials

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   A potential treatment for many ovarian, breast, cervical and other cancers has entered clinical testing. The treatment, a collaboration between ImmunoGen and Sanofi-aventis uses an antibody...