News Archives

Oct 22, 2009
  • Crystal Baity

Ride with the Voice of the Pirates Oct. 24 to raise funds for nursing scholarship

GREENVILLE, N.C.   —   Jeff Charles, the voice of the East Carolina University Pirates, will host a reverse Texas Hold ’em Poker Run on Saturday to raise funds for a...

Oct 20, 2009
  • Doug Boyd

Eleventh annual ECU Neuroscience Symposium to be Nov. 3

GREENVILLE, N.C.    —   Alzheimer's disease will be a topic of discussion at the 11th annual East Carolina University Neuroscience Symposium Nov. 3 in Greenville.  The daylong event will...

Oct 19, 2009
  • ECU News Services

Three locations selected for community dental centers

  GREENVILLE, N.C. -   East Carolina University officials today announced that Sylva, Ahoskie and Elizabeth City are the first three locations for community service learning centers that will be part...

Oct 16, 2009
  • ECU News Services

Hardy named vice provost for student affairs at ECU

GREENVILLE, N.C.   —   Virginia Hardy, a veteran leader in academic and student affairs at East Carolina University, has been named vice provost for student affairs, effective Jan. 1. Hardy joined...

Oct 15, 2009
  • Doug Boyd

ECU sleep center accredited

GREENVILLE, N.C. —   The Sleep Disorders and Research Center of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University recently received program accreditation from the American Academy of Sleep...

Oct 13, 2009
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

Story of Wright brothers’ work continues to enthrall Tise

'Conquering the Sky: The Secret Flights of the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk' focuses on 1908   GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   In his newest work on the Wright Brothers, Larry...

Oct 09, 2009
  • ECU News Services

NC Tobacco Trust Fund Commission grant to expand AgriSafe and Certified Safe Farm programs

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   The North Carolina Tobacco Trust Fund Commission recently awarded a two-year, $500,000 grant to expand the AgriSafe Network of North Carolina program and to establish a...

Oct 08, 2009
  • Doug Boyd

Four named master educators at Brody for 2009

GREENVILLE, N.C. —   Drs. Irene Hamrick, Ronald Johnson, John Olsson and Walter Robey have been named master educators for 2009 at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina...

Oct 08, 2009
  • Doug Boyd

Runners raise more than $18,000 for breast cancer services

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   Local runners and walkers laced up their sneakers Sunday, Oct. 4, and brought in more than $18,000 for the Leo W. Jenkins Cancer Center at the...

Sep 29, 2009
  • Peggy Novotny

Study shows no difference in children raised by gay or heterosexual parents

GREENVILLE, N.C.   —   Three college educators have determined there is no significant difference in how adopted children grow up when comparing gay and lesbian couples to heterosexual couples as...