News Archives

Jun 29, 2009
  • Peggy Novotny

Governor appoints ECU dietitian to state board

GREENVILLE, N.C.    —   North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue has appointed Sylvia Escott-Stump, director of the dietetic internship program at East Carolina University, to the North Carolina Board of...

Jun 26, 2009
  • ECU News Services

Local bank pledges funds for ECU’s Access Scholarship program

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   Eastern North Carolina-based the little bank pledged $50,000 to East Carolina University’s Second Century Campaign in support for student scholarships at ECU. On June 23 at...

Jun 22, 2009
  • Crystal Baity

Country Doctor Museum receives conservation books and online resources from national agency

BAILEY, N.C.  —   Treasured objects and artifacts at the Country Doctor Museum will be preserved for future generations with help from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The...

Jun 18, 2009
  • Christine Neff

ECU political scientist meets the Vice President

GREENVILLE, N.C. —   When the vice president’s office calls with a dinner invitation, you can’t very well turn it down. Especially if, like Jody Baumgartner, assistant professor of political...

Jun 18, 2009
  • Christine Neff

ECU political scientist meets the Vice President

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   When the vice president’s office calls with a dinner invitation, you can’t very well turn it down. Especially if, like Jody Baumgartner, assistant professor of political...

Jun 16, 2009
  • Doug Boyd

Medical school hosts camps for children with cancer, sickle cell disease

GREENVILLE, N.C. —   This week, the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University is making it possible for children with cancer, hemophilia and sickle cell disease to take...

Jun 12, 2009
  • Doug Boyd

Grant aids research into kidney cancer treatment

GREENVILLE, N.C. —   Research by a pair of East Carolina University researchers that could hold a key to fighting kidney cancer has gotten a boost from a $40,000 grant....

Jun 12, 2009
  • Doug Boyd

Camp helps youth achieve a healthy weight

GREENVILLE, N.C. —   The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University and North Carolina State University are working together to provide a healthy lifestyle camp for overweight youth...

Jun 11, 2009
  • Crystal Baity

State Farm Insurance awards $15,000 grant to ECU’s Research for the Older Adult Driver Initiative

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   East Carolina University has received a $15,000 grant from State Farm Insurance to support continued research into older adult drivers. State Farm’s Good Neighbor Citizenship Grant,...

Jun 10, 2009
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU Maritime Studies examines Confederate Navy yard

GREENVILLE, N.C. —   Though the Civil War has long past, history of this epic era continues to surface.  This summer, East Carolina University professors and students in the Thomas...