Jarvis medal awarded to Dr. Andrew Best
East Carolina University will award the Jarvis Medal, its highest service honor, to Dr. Andrew Best, a pioneering Greenville physician, at the university’s spring commencement Saturday. Best, who died in...
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Garrie Moore to step down as head of student life
Dr. Garrie W. Moore, vice chancellor for student life at East Carolina University, announced today (April 4) that he will step down from that position and become a special assistant...
Study examines hurricanes and coastal ecosystems
CHAPEL HILL, NC — The spate of hurricanes that hit North Carolina over the last ten years left behind ecological effects that lasted long after flood waters receded, according...
Silent, stunning Chernobyl stirs emotions for ECU group
KIEV, UKRAINE — A group from East Carolina University traveled today to the site of the world's worst nuclear meltdown and the deserted towns nearby and came away with...
DOWDY TO JOIN ECU AS ADVANCEMENT LEADER
GREENVILLE, NC — Michael B. "Mickey" Dowdy, chief development officer of the Medical Campus at Virginia Commonwealth University, has been named vice chancellor for university advancement at East...
Chernobyl tragedy, lessons remembered in Ukraine
KIEV, UKRAINE — Twenty years after the world's worst nuclear disaster, citizens here in the capital of Ukraine call the event a "catastrophe" but add that nuclear power is...
ECU geographer to study latino migration with NSF grant
GREENVILLE, NC — An East Carolina University professor of geography received at $430,000 National Science Foundation grant to study how the Latino presence in eastern North Carolina affects the...
Professor selected for academic fellowship in Israel
GREENVILLE, NC — Mark Jones, a professor of criminal justice studies at East Carolina University, will travel to Israel this summer as a fellow with the Foundation for the...
Golf tournament to raise funds to benefit ECU transplant surgery program
GREENVILLE — The family of a man who benefited from a kidney transplant in 1998 plans to hold its first golf tournament to honor his memory and to raise...
Professor donates literature of the fantastic collection to Joyner library
GREENVILLE, NC — A recent donation to Joyner Library’s Special Collections at East Carolina University is both fantastic in size and subject. ECU English professor Roger Schlobin recently...