News Archives

Sep 17, 2007
  • ECU News Services

Grant fosters musical exchange between ECU, Brazil

GREENVILLE, NC  —   Whether it be samba or symphony, musicians from East Carolina and universities in Brazil will bring “Music Alive” to both campuses in the next three years....

Sep 08, 2007
  • ECU News Services

ECU hosts fourth Literary Homecoming

GREENVILLE, NC  —   Authors and readers from North Carolina will convene at East Carolina University Sept. 28-29 for the Fourth Eastern North Carolina Literary Homecoming. The annual free event,...

Sep 07, 2007
  • Crystal Baity

First medical humanities summer fellows share Costa Rican experience

GREENVILLE, N.C.   (Sept. 7, 2007)   —   Second-year Brody School of Medicine students Rebecca Keener and Josh McKinnon spent this summer in a remote Costa Rican village exploring indigenous...

Sep 07, 2007
  • Crystal Baity

Brody School of Medicine nurse named to Great 100

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   An East Carolina University nurse has earned the "Great 100 Nurse" designation for North Carolina. Ruth Vandiford, nurse manager for the Department of Family Medicine at...

Sep 07, 2007
  • ECU News Services

ECU’s Harriot College hosts “Voyages” lectures

GREENVILLE, NC  —   The new “Voyages of Discovery” Lecture Series at East Carolina University will bring scholars in the humanities and sciences to campus in the coming academic year....

Aug 28, 2007
  • ECU News Services

ECU College of Business receives $500,000 to establish new faculty chair

GREENVILLE, NC  —   The College of Business at East Carolina University announced the establishment of a faculty chair for risk and insurance, thanks to an endowment from the Independent...

Aug 24, 2007
  • ECU News Services

ECU chemist develops polymer for topical treatments

GREENVILLE, NC  —   An East Carolina University chemist is working with a Durham-based firm to produce new kinds of polyurethane coatings suitable for pharmaceutical use on humans. Timothy Romack...

Aug 16, 2007
  • Crystal Baity

ECCNL officially designated university center; $250,000 grant to address nursing shortage

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   The East Carolina Center for Nursing Leadership, housed within the East Carolina University School of Nursing, has been designated an official university center ECU supports and...

Aug 16, 2007
  • Crystal Baity

Flu and pneumonia education program to be held Aug. 30

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   Learn how to prevent flu and pneumonia before flu season begins at an informational session hosted by East Carolina University on Thursday, Aug. 30, in the...

Aug 16, 2007
  • ECU News Services

East Carolina welcomes back record numbers of students, enhances safety

GREENVILLE, NC  —   East Carolina University will welcome approximately 25,100 students to campus this fall, its largest enrollment yet. A record number of first-year students have arrived to campus...