News Archives

Mar 09, 2006
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

Medical student, Schweitzer fellow to speak at Carter Center in Atlanta

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   An East Carolina University medical student will discuss his experiences working at the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Africa during a presentation Saturday, March 11 at The...

Mar 07, 2006
  • ECU News Services

ECU holds Youth Arts Festival

GREENVILLE, NC   —   East Carolina University will host the fourth annual Youth Arts Festival Saturday, April 5. The festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m....

Mar 06, 2006
  • ECU News Services

ECU relaunches yearbook

GREENVILLE, NC   —   The Buccaneer is back. After a 15-year hiatus, East Carolina University is reviving its yearbook. Yearbook editor Leigh Carter, a sophomore, is excited about the...

Feb 28, 2006
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

ECU surgeon elected to leadership post in Society of Thoracic Surgery

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   Dr. W. Randolph Chitwood Jr. was elected second vice president of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons during the group's 42nd annual meeting Jan. 30-Feb. 1 in...

Feb 20, 2006
  • Doug Boyd

ECU summer camp offers youth hands-on science lessons

GREENVILLE, N.C. —   Youth from eastern North Carolina will have the opportunity to study science in a fun, hands-on environment during a series of weeklong science camps this summer...

Feb 17, 2006
  • Crystal Baity

ECU’s Alligood receives Leadership in Nursing Research Award

GREENVILLE  —   Dr. Martha Raile Alligood, professor and director of the doctoral program in the East Carolina University School of Nursing, recently received the Leadership in Nursing Research Award...

Feb 15, 2006
  • ECU News Services

ECU surgeon to discuss experiences as Army physician in Iraq

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   His experiences while saving lives under fire will be the topic when Dr. P.J. Schenarts, an assistant professor of surgery with the Brody School of Medicine...

Feb 14, 2006
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

National expert on obesity to speak Friday at ECU

GREENVILLE, N.C. —   In 2004, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ranked obesity as the No. 1 health threat facing the United States. The obesity epidemic will...

Feb 13, 2006
  • ECU News Services

ECU community celebrates the life of Coretta Scott King

GREENVILLE, NC —   The ECU community gathered Friday to mourn the loss of the first lady of the Civil Rights movement, Coretta Scott King. The widow of the Rev....

Feb 07, 2006
  • ECU News Services

Anthropologist studies views of law, justice in China

An East Carolina University anthropology professor was recently awarded a $100,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study perceptions of fairness and justice in China over the course of...