News Archives

Jun 02, 2009
  • Christine Neff

Grant funds research opportunity for ECU senior

GREENVILLE, N.C. —   An East Carolina University senior will have the chance to pursue a lifelong goal while gaining valuable research experience thanks to a grant awarded by the...

May 29, 2009
  • Doug Boyd

ECU professor’s diet plan aims at carbohydrates

GREENVILLE, N.C. —   According to a new diet book by an East Carolina University scientist, carbohydrates are the target in the fight to lose weight, but simply eating fewer...

May 28, 2009
  • ECU News Services

ECU earns StormReady designation

GREENVILLE, N.C. —   While no university can be storm proof, East Carolina University has earned the distinction of being storm ready. NOAA’s National Weather Service recognized ECU as a...

May 27, 2009
  • Doug Boyd

Medical student’s program aims at healthy lifestyles for Pembroke youth

GREENVILLE, N.C. —   An East Carolina University medical student will spend a few weeks this summer in his hometown hoping to make a lasting impact on the health of...

May 22, 2009
  • ECU News Services

‘Three Cups of Tea’ is ECU’s summer reading selection

GREENVILLE, N.C.—   A nonfiction work chronicling one man’s mission to change the world one school at a time has been picked by East Carolina University as its “Pirate Read,”...

May 20, 2009
  • ECU News Services

ECU students chosen for state internships

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   Two East Carolina University students are among 100 North Carolina college, graduate and law students who have been selected for 10-week summer internships with state agencies,...

May 18, 2009
  • Doug Boyd

Brody School of Medicine names its top nurse for 2009

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   An oncology nurse has been named the best in her field for 2009 at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University and its medical...

May 15, 2009
  • Christine Neff

ECU employees recognized for recycling efforts

  GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   More than a million. That’s the number of pounds of recyclable waste a special team of employees at East Carolina University diverted from the landfill...

May 14, 2009
  • ECU News Services

‘TomtheJazzman’ donates album collection to Joyner Library

For thousands of jazz fans in eastern North Carolina, he’s known as “TomtheJazzman.”  For more than 23 years, Tom Mallison of Greenville has made a weekly trip to WTEB studios,...

May 14, 2009
  • Doug Boyd

Grant aids cancer treatment at ECU

GREENVILLE, N.C. —   A $150,000 grant from The Cannon Foundation has paid for an advanced machine to treat patients at the Leo W. Jenkins Cancer Center at East Carolina...