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Sep 20, 2007
  • ECU News Services

ECU biologist finds links between evolution,schizophrenia

GREENVILLE, NC  —   Positive selection in human evolution plays a role in genes associated with schizophrenia, according to a study that included East Carolina University biologist Kyle Summers. Summers,...

Sep 18, 2007
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Diversity survey results released

GREENVILLE, NC  —   A survey designed to assess the campus environment at East Carolina University has suggested that while the university faces several challenges in connection with diversity issues,...

Sep 18, 2007
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ECU Women Participate in UNC Bridges Program

GREENVILLE, NC  —   Five faculty and staff members from East Carolina University will participate in BRIDGES XV, a statewide program for women in higher education beginning this month. Designed...

Sep 17, 2007
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Book about ECU penned for prospective students

GREENVILLE, NC —   A new book written by an East Carolina University English instructor gives prospective students an insider’s look at campus and academic life at ECU. Leanne E....

Sep 17, 2007
  • ECU News Services

Book about ECU penned for prospective students

GREENVILLE, NC  —   A new book written by an East Carolina University English instructor gives prospective students an insider’s look at campus and academic life at ECU. Leanne E....

Sep 17, 2007
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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
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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....