News Archives

Dec 17, 2003
  • ECU News Services

ECU, UHS summit aims to improve quality of life in eastern N.C.

Hoping to do more to support economic development in eastern North Carolina, health system and university leaders caucused with regional boosters of every stripe at a "quality-of-life summit" Dec. 4...

Dec 16, 2003
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

Craftsman begins work on bookcases for library

A second-generation classic cabinetmaker has begun making the bookcases to house the historic book collection of the Laupus Health Sciences Library. Paul Gianino studied with his father for years and...

Dec 16, 2003
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

Scientist honored with university award

A professor of pharmacology and toxicology at the Brody School of Medicine has received East Carolina University's highest research honor. Dr. S. Jamal Mustafa is the 2003 recipient of the...

Dec 16, 2003
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

Amowitz looking to improve the world, one day at a time

Lynn Lieberman Amowitz remembers trying to give her winter coat to another child in sixth grade. "I perceived the child as poor, and I kept giving the kid my coat....

Dec 16, 2003
  • ECU News Services

ECU chancellor meets with community college presidents

East Carolina University Chancellor Bill Shelton this week met with presidents and officials from community colleges across eastern North Carolina to discuss collaborations in education and economic development. The meetings...

Dec 15, 2003
  • Doug Boyd

Cardiovascular Center named one of nation’s 100 best

For the second year in a row, the Cardiovascular Center of University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina has been named among the nation's top 100 centers for the treatment of...

Dec 14, 2003
  • ECU News Services

Chancellor urges graduates to confront challenges, choices

East Carolina University Chancellor Bill Shelton Saturday (Dec. 13) urged new ECU graduates to confront both challenges and difficult choices. Shelton, speaking to about 750 degree candidates and a standing-room-only...

Dec 12, 2003
  • ECU News Services

ECU Trustees endorse increases in fees, tuition

The East Carolina University Board of Trustees today (Dec. 12) approved a tuition-increase proposal of $300 a year for the next three academic years. The board also endorsed required student...

Dec 08, 2003
  • ECU News Services

Pitt county teachers offer lessons in flight

For students across the state, studying the history of flight now involves topics as varied as photography, geography, technology and journalism. Thanks to two Pitt County teachers and an ECU...

Dec 04, 2003
  • ECU News Services

ECU geography poster details hurricane phenomena

A poster about the particulars of hurricanes was developed this year by East Carolina University's Department of Geography and the student organization Geoclub. The poster, "Tempests from the Tropics: Atlantic...