ECU economist aims to clarify food stamps, obesity link
GREENVILLE, NC — An East Carolina University economist is studying the relationship between food stamps and their effect on childhood health and obesity. A $30,000 grant from the U.S....
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ECU camps allow sick children to just be kids
GREENVILLE, N.C. — Each year, children with cancer, hemophilia and sickle cell disease are invited to special camps designed to accommodate their medical needs while still allowing them to...
ECU graduates 3,000
GREENVILLE, NC — Sen. Mark Basnight urged the graduates of East Carolina University Saturday to use their degrees to serve their communities. “You are our stars; you are our...
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...
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...