News Archives

Sep 24, 2008
  • ECU News Services

ECU sets goals for state giving campaign

As it enters its twenty-third year, a goal of $235,000 has been set for East Carolina University’s share of the annual State Employees Combined Campaign. With roughly 900 community organizations...

Sep 24, 2008
  • ECU News Services

ECU’s Hi-tech “ROVER” van educational

From climate change and hurricane awareness to water quality, children across the region are learning the ins and outs of weather science, thanks to a new high-tech van at ECU,...

Sep 24, 2008
  • ECU News Services

ECU honor society hosts health care forum

Several of the nation’s leading authorities on health care will convene at East Carolina University Oct. 7 to discuss issues concerning regional health concerns and health insurance. Hosted by the...

Sep 22, 2008
  • Doug Boyd

Raab brings cancer care home to ECU

Her parents pioneered advanced cancer care in eastern North Carolina, and now Dr. Rachel Raab has come home to continue the tradition. Raab is one of the newest faculty members...

Sep 18, 2008
  • Crystal Baity

Ride with the Voice of the Pirates Oct. 4 to raise funds for nursing scholarship

Jeff Charles, the voice of the East Carolina University Pirates, will trade field side for the open road on Oct. 4 in a motorcycle ride to raise funds for a...

Sep 15, 2008
  • ECU News Services

ECU surgeon to give first talk in Voyages lecture series

Dr. W. Randolph Chitwood Jr., a renowned cardiothoracic surgeon and senior associate vice chancellor of Health Sciences at East Carolina University will deliver the inaugural North Carolina Lecture in the...

Sep 10, 2008
  • ECU News Services

ECU reopens Todd Dining Hall

Salmon fillets cooked in a smoker. “Sizzling salads” topped with pan-seared beef or chicken. Pizza slices served hot from the oven. It may sound more like fine dining than on-campus...

Sep 09, 2008
  • Doug Boyd

Golden Living Center donates to Brody School of Medicine

Golden Living Center has donated $110,801 to the Department of Family Medicine at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University to support the department's nursing home teaching project....

Sep 04, 2008
  • Doug Boyd

Research could lead to new blood pressure treatment

Funded by a $1.6 million grant, an East Carolina University researcher is studying a protein that might hold a key to reducing high blood pressure and improving kidney function in...

Sep 01, 2008
  • Doug Boyd

Grants to aid Hobgood Clinic, HIV testing in China

Drs. Heng Hong and Karlene Hewan-Lowe of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University have received grants to help test residents of Hobgood for diabetes and women in...