News Archives

Apr 24, 2006
  • Doug Boyd

Students meet with international nuclear experts

VIENNA, AUSTRIA  —   Nuclear power is on the upswing, with anywhere from 16 to 140 new power plants possible worldwide within the next two decades, and a group of...

Apr 24, 2006
  • Crystal Baity

Andrews assumes new role in the School of Nursing

GREENVILLE  —   Dr. Alta Andrews has been appointed associate dean for community partnerships and practice in the East Carolina University School of Nursing effective April 17. In addition, she...

Apr 20, 2006
  • ECU News Services

ECU professors show magazine ads send different health messages

GREENVILLE, NC —   Ads found in Cosmopolitan and Essence magazines send readers two very different health messages, according to two East Carolina communication professors. “The messages are: Be really...

Apr 19, 2006
  • ECU News Services

ECU’s School of Music announces new director

J. Christopher Buddo will assume the directorship of East Carolina University’s School of Music June 1. Buddo, who currently serves as associate dean for administrative affairs and director of the...

Apr 13, 2006
  • ECU News Services

Poison frogs subject of ECU biologist’s NSF grant

GREENVILLE, NC  —   A $227,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will enable an East Carolina University biologist to study the mating and parenting habits in species of Peruvian...

Apr 13, 2006
  • ECU News Services

ECU researchers study interactive video games

GREENVILLE, NC  —   It’s not every day that Stuart Hager gets a chance to try out the latest Playstation II video games: Grand Turismo II, Moto Racer, and Dance...

Apr 07, 2006
  • Doug Boyd

ECU taps new chairman of emergency medicine

GREENVILLE, N.C. —   Dr. Theodore Delbridge has joined the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University as professor and chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine. Delbridge, 44,...

Mar 31, 2006
  • Doug Boyd

ECU medical school climbs in annual U.S. News magazine rankings

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University moved up this year among medical schools that emphasize primary care, according to the annual listing of...

Mar 31, 2006
  • Doug Boyd

East Carolina Heart Institute moves one step closer

GREENVILLE, N.C.   —   The East Carolina Heart Institute took a giant step today when officials broke ground for the new $60 million cardiac research and treatment center at...

Mar 31, 2006
  • ECU News Services

ECU Army ROTC cadets get lesson in historical weapons

Larry Babits, ECU professor of maritime history and a battlefield archaeologist, instructs ECU Army ROTC cadets (from left) Tom Barsalou, Theodore Bush and John Miller on the Continental Army flintlock...