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Jul 19, 2010
  • ECU News Services

ECU scientists part of international New Zealand ocean research expedition

GREENVILLE, NC  — Two East Carolina University professors are among an international team of scientists working to understand sedimentation patterns and their effects on oceans. The research focuses on how...

Jul 14, 2010
  • ECU News Services

2010 Million Meal Event challenge: Raise $10,000 by Aug. 6 to fight hunger

Greenville, N.C.  —   Donations for the ECU Million Meal Event are down sharply, and organizers are asking for help. East Carolina University’s Volunteer and Service-Learning Center wants to raise...

Jul 12, 2010
  • ECU News Services

ECU trustees discuss proposed tuition rates

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   East Carolina University officials July 12 announced proposals to raise tuition rates for the 2011-12 academic year. In a conference call with the university’s Board of...

Jul 08, 2010
  • ECU News Services

ECU named 2010 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award recipient

ARLINGTON, VA  —   The Department of Defense announced July 8 that East Carolina University will receive the 2010 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award, the highest recognition given...

Jul 02, 2010
  • Doug Boyd

Study shows sensor helps achieve better glucose control than daily insulin injections

GREENVILLE, N.C. — A new type of insulin pump with a sensor can help adults and children with diabetes better manage their blood-sugar levels, according to research conducted at 30...

Jun 28, 2010
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

ECU faculty member to lead American Dietetic Association in 2011

GREENVILLE, NC  — East Carolina University faculty member Sylvia Escott-Stump has been voted president-elect of the American Dietetic Association, the world's largest organization of food and nutrition professionals. Escott-Stump, who...

Jun 28, 2010
  • ECU News Services

‘Best American Non-required Reading 2009’ is ECU’s summer reading selection

GREENVILLE, N.C.  — A Dave Eggers-edited compilation of fiction, nonfiction, essays and other writings has been chosen as East Carolina University’s Pirate Read. The volume, described by Publishers Weekly as...

Jun 24, 2010
  • Doug Boyd

ECU official named board president of Carolina Donor Services

GREENVILLE, N.C.  — A top administrator at East Carolina University has been named president of the board of directors for Carolina Donor Services, a regional organ-procurement organization. Gary Vanderpool, executive...

Jun 23, 2010
  • Crystal Baity

Nurse faculty, staff assess needs of Haiti’s nursing school

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   Faculty and staff members from East Carolina University’s College of Nursing are in Haiti assessing the needs of the country's only nursing school. Dr. Nancy Stephenson, associate professor...

Jun 18, 2010
  • Doug Boyd

Study shows racial disparities in lung cancer treatment

GREENVILLE, N.C. — A new study that looks at newly diagnosed lung cancer patients and follows them after diagnosis is one of the first to give reasons why patients don't...