News Archives

Dec 02, 2005
  • ECU News Services

ECU historian pens book about eastern N.C. Native Americans

Until last month, little had been published about the history of the Native American tribes in eastern North Carolina. In his new book,Keeping the Circle: American Indian Identity in Eastern...

Dec 02, 2005
  • ECU News Services

ECU offers book arts courses

In the age of automation, the idea of crafting a hand-stitched, personally bound book might seem like a mere footpath on the information superhighway. But in the printmaking room at...

Dec 02, 2005
  • ECU News Services

ECU students, professor rescued by U.S. Coast Guard

An East Carolina University biologist and two students were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard Friday morning after their research boat sunk in the Albemarle Sound. Biology professor Roger Rulifson...

Nov 28, 2005
  • ECU News Services

ECU sculptor wins best in show

Hanna Jubran, a sculpture professor at East Carolina University, was awarded best in show this month for his work, Mountain Landscape. Jubran won the Great Eastern Management Prize for Best...

Nov 28, 2005
  • ECU News Services

ECU names director of International Programs

Creating a stronger international presence at East Carolina University will not only help to foster better ties with people and institutions worldwide, Terry Rodenberg said, it will also help its...

Nov 16, 2005
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

Gastric bypass surgery subject of Webcast

Surgeons from East Carolina University performed a gastric-bypass operation live on the Internet Tuesday at Pitt County Memorial Hospital. Dr. Kenneth G. MacDonald moderated the surgery for viewers as Dr....

Nov 08, 2005
  • ECU News Services

Multicultural reading held for ECU English professor

A special tribute was held in honor of Gay Wilentz, an ECU English professor who co-founded ECU’s ethnic studies and multicultural literature programs at ECU. More than 100 of Wilentz’s...

Nov 05, 2005
  • ECU News Services

ECU sociologists donate, dedicate computing lab

A gift from two East Carolina University sociologists has provided a state-of-the-art computer-training lab for students pursuing degrees in sociology. The dedication for the Linda A. Mooney and John R....

Nov 04, 2005
  • ECU News Services

ECU sociologist influences U.S. Border Patrol legislation

An East Carolina University sociologist’s research on the U.S. Border Patrol has helped to craft a bill that would increase surveillance equipment and manpower across the U.S. border with Mexico....

Nov 03, 2005
  • Crystal Baity

National bariatric nursing conference to be held Nov. 6-8 in Asheville

The second annual meeting and conference of the National Association of Bariatric Nurses will be held Nov. 6-8 in Asheville. The conference will provide educational and networking opportunities for nurses...