News Archives

Oct 23, 2007
  • Doug Boyd

Smoking cessation program to be offered at ECU

GREENVILLE, N.C.   —   Experts from ECU Physicians will help smokers kick the habit during an eight-week smoking cessation program starting Tuesday, Oct. 30. Called "Freedom from Smoking," the...

Oct 23, 2007
  • ECU News Services

News Tip: ECU working to conserve water; faculty experts available to discuss drought

GREENVILLE, NC  —   On Oct. 22, N.C. Governor Mike Easley asked North Carolinians to cut their water use in half by Oct. 31 to conserve this valuable resource during...

Oct 22, 2007
  • Doug Boyd

Study: Eastern N.C. women find own breast tumors, and they’re often larger

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   Breast cancer patients in eastern North Carolina frequently find their tumors themselves, and those tumors, often found later than they would be through mammograms, are larger...

Oct 22, 2007
  • Crystal Baity

Allied Health Sciences, Nursing change name

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   Two East Carolina University schools have been re-designated as colleges. The University of North Carolina Board of Governors on Oct. 12 approved a request to change...

Oct 19, 2007
  • ECU News Services

ECU Hosts first ever HumorFest; Tickets on sale now

GREENVILLE, NC —   Q: What do a Romanian public radio poet, a Jewish cowboy, a Southern Lady novelist have in common? A: They are the keynote speakers for the...

Oct 19, 2007
  • ECU News Services

Plants, animals more closely linked, ECU biologist finds

GREENVILLE, NC  —   It’s not just that John Stiller wants people to know that plants and animals are more genetically linked than they had believed to be in the...

Oct 18, 2007
  • ECU News Services

FORUM SET FOR ECU CAMPUS SAFETY SURVEY

GREENVILLE, NC  —   Forums to discuss the results of a campus safety student survey at East Carolina University will be held at 5:30 p.m., Oct. 22 at the Mendenhall...

Oct 18, 2007
  • ECU News Services

Cokie Roberts speaks at ‘100 Incredible Women’ event

GREENVILLE, NC  —   Political commentator and news analyst Cokie Roberts wove stories from her own family—her mother was the first woman from Louisiana elected to Congress—with those of trail-blazing...

Oct 16, 2007
  • Crystal Baity

Nursing group earns top national award for research

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   The Bariatric Nursing Consortium, which includes faculty from East Carolina University's College of Nursing and nurses from Pitt County Memorial Hospital, has won a national research...

Oct 12, 2007
  • Crystal Baity

Art show and sale Oct. 18 benefits nursing scholarship, research

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   An art show and sale on Oct. 18 will benefit nursing scholarships and research at East Carolina University. The 2nd annual Clothesline Art Show and Sale...