News Archives

Sep 24, 2009
  • Crystal Baity

Roberson chosen Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholar

GREENVILLE, N.C.   —   Dr. Donna Roberson, assistant professor in East Carolina University’s College of Nursing, has been awarded a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant to study ways to prevent...

Sep 18, 2009
  • ECU News Services

Eastern N.C. Literary Homecoming set for Sept. 25 & 26

North Carolina novelist and poet Reynolds Price will be honored GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   The region’s literary traditions will be celebrated Sept. 25-26 with the sixth annual Eastern North Carolina Literary...

Sep 11, 2009
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

Pirate Bikes offer a greener way to travel

GREENVILLE, N.C.   —   A new program through East Carolina University’s Parking & Transportation Services is putting abandoned bikes back on the streets. “Pirate Bikes” offers refurbished bikes to members...

Aug 28, 2009
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

Franklin begins as Marching Pirates director

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   John Franklin was hired knowing he was staring down a deadline: Sept. 5, East Carolina University's home football opener. Franklin began as director of the Marching...

Aug 28, 2009
  • Doug Boyd

Golden Living Center donates to Brody School of Medicine

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   Golden Living Center has donated $110,166 to the Department of Family Medicine at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University to support the department's...

Aug 19, 2009
  • Crystal Baity

U.S. Rep. Walter Jones visits ECU dialysis patients

GREENVILLE, N.C.   —   U.S. Rep. Walter Jones visited dialysis patients in Greenville on Wednesday, calling for more research into kidney disease and discussing the importance of education and nutrition....

Aug 18, 2009
  • ECU News Services

ECU professor plays role in identifying new salamander

GREENVILLE, N.C.   —   An East Carolina University faculty member shares credit for discovering a new genus of salamander from the southern Appalachians.  Dr. Trip Lamb, professor in the Department...

Aug 18, 2009
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

ECU welcomes students, plans test of outdoor speakers

GREENVILLE, N.C. —   East Carolina University will welcome approximately 27,000 students to campus –physically and virtually—when the fall semester begins officially on Monday, Aug. 24 with the annual faculty...

Aug 17, 2009
  • ECU News Services

Sigma Phi Epsilon House to reopen Aug. 21

GREENVILLE, N.C.—   On Friday, the East Carolina University Interfraternity Council and Student Government Association will formally welcome Sigma Phi Epsilon back to campus after a January fire destroyed part...

Aug 14, 2009
  • Doug Boyd

Brody welcomes largest class in school history

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   East Carolina University's newest medical students wrapped up their first week at the Brody School of Medicine today as they received their symbolic white coats. The...