News Archives

Jan 31, 2008
  • Doug Boyd

ECU surgeon elected president of Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Dr. W. Randolph Chitwood Jr. was elected president of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons during the group's 44th annual meeting Jan. 27-29 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Chitwood is senior associate...

Jan 30, 2008
  • Crystal Baity

College of Nursing, College of Education named in the nation’s top 10 largest graduate programs in distance education

Two graduate programs at East Carolina University have been named by U.S. News & World Report in the top 10 in distance education. The ECU College of Nursing is ranked...

Jan 30, 2008
  • ECU News Services

ECU announced enrollment task force

East Carolina University has announced the formation of a task force on strategic enrollment management to develop goals and plans that will determine what its student body will look like...

Jan 28, 2008
  • Doug Boyd

Concert to benefit Grimesland clinic

A Feb. 10 concert by the East Carolina University Symphony Orchestra will help raise money for the Grimesland Free Clinic. The concert begins at 3 p.m. in Wright Auditorium on...

Jan 22, 2008
  • Doug Boyd

ECU, UNC team up on cancer care, research

he University of North Carolina's two medical schools and their cancer centers have created a partnership to advance cancer research and bring leading-edge treatment to North Carolinians. Officials at East...

Jan 22, 2008
  • Crystal Baity

Thomas elected vice-chair of state allied health council

Dr. Stephen Thomas, dean of the East Carolina University College of Allied Health Sciences, has been elected vice-chair of the Council for Allied Health in North Carolina. Thomas will assume...

Jan 22, 2008
  • ECU News Services

NC Sea Grant enables ECU to study emergency communication

East Carolina University has received a grant from the N.C. Sea Grant to study how the state’s coastal residents receive and use emergency information. The $120,000 grant will enable researchers...

Jan 17, 2008
  • Doug Boyd

ECU, UNC experts want to hear people’s ideas for cancer research, treatment

The needs of eastern North Carolinians with cancer will be the topic during a Jan. 24 "listening tour" stop in Greenville featuring representatives from the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center in...

Jan 16, 2008
  • ECU News Services

ECU hosts MLK events

East Carolina University will observe the Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday Jan. 21 with events that include the MLK Day challenge, a community breakfast and a candlelight vigil. The events...

Jan 16, 2008
  • ECU News Services

Forum focuses on challenges, opportunities of diversity

Leaders from East Carolina University, the City of Greenville and the state addressed the challenges and opportunities of diversity in the wake of the discovery of a noose in a...