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Sep 13, 2010
  • Doug Boyd

ECU to host sickle cell education event Friday

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   A hundred years after sickle-cell disease was identified, people around the world still suffer from its acute pains and chronic complications. Residents of eastern North Carolina...

Sep 10, 2010
  • ECU News Services

Seventh annual Literary Homecoming will feature North Carolina authors

GREENVILLE, NC  —   East Carolina University will celebrate the region’s literary traditions Friday, Sept. 17, and Saturday, Sept. 18, with the Eastern North Carolina Literary Homecoming at Joyner Library....

Sep 09, 2010
  • Doug Boyd

Golden Living Center donates to Brody School of Medicine

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   Golden Living Center has donated $112,079 to the Department of Family Medicine at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University to support the department’s...

Sep 08, 2010
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

Preliminary fall enrollment numbers up

GREENVILLE, NC  —   The preliminary fall semester enrollment at ECU is another record high of 27,816, an increase of 0.5 percent, or 143 students, from last fall. University spokesman...

Sep 08, 2010
  • Crystal Baity

Art exhibit on life, aging and dying features works by medical students

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   Two quilts stitched by dozens of community members and East Carolina University honors students and the creative works of medical students –all reflecting the ebb and...

Sep 01, 2010
  • ECU News Services

Battery-power option boosts radio role in storm information

—   When a hurricane is pending, 53 percent of eastern North Carolina residents and 76 percent of businesses and organizations turn to public and commercial radio for storm information...

Aug 27, 2010
  • Doug Boyd

ECU Physicians services now available on east campus

GREENVILLE, N.C.    —   East Carolina University main campus faculty and staff as well as their families can now receive fast medical care within walking distance. The new practice site...

Aug 27, 2010
  • Crystal Baity

Celebrating 50 years of nursing education at ECU

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   College of Nursing students ushered in the first week of classes and kicked off an academic yearlong celebration of 50 years of nursing education at East...

Aug 25, 2010
  • ECU News Services

ECU cell phone drive will benefit Family Violence Center

Greenville, N.C.  — East Carolina University’s Student Legal Services is conducting a cell phone drive to benefit the Family Violence Center. Used phones, batteries, chargers and other accessories may be...

Aug 20, 2010
  • Crystal Baity

Laupus Library hosts national exhibition of devotional paintings on healing and faith

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   East Carolina University’s Laupus Library is hosting a national traveling exhibition of devotional paintings centered on illness, healing and faith from Aug. 30 through Nov. 6....