News Archives

Oct 15, 2003
  • ECU News Services

Reunion features US Navy Showband and South Atlantic fleet jazz band

During the 1940s, young black men were recruited from the Greensboro area to serve in the US Navy B-1 Band at the pre-flight school in Chapel Hill. The 44-member regimental...

Oct 14, 2003
  • ECU News Services

“ECU Family Therapy Clinic is ideal learning environment”

Students pursuing a master of science degree in marriage and family therapy at East Carolina University participate in a unique program that provides teaching and learning opportunities in family therapy...

Oct 13, 2003
  • ECU News Services

ECU panel aims for March completion

The East Carolina University Chancellor Search Committee will aim to have its work done by March, the panel's chairman says. Jim Talton of Raleigh, chair of the committee and of...

Oct 09, 2003
  • Doug Boyd

Twin beginnings usually result in single births, researcher says

For one in every eight people, the lesson of sharing may have started from the moment of conception. Figuring out if you originally had a roommate in the womb is...

Oct 06, 2003
  • ECU News Services

Officers named for board of visitors

Joel Butler, vice president of community services at Pitt County Memorial Hospital, has been named chair of the Board of Visitors at East Carolina University. The 50-member board is an...

Oct 01, 2003
  • ECU News Services

Caterpillar donates equipment to ECU

More machine, less muscle, less injuries. That's the idea behind the Caterpillar TH210 Compact Telehandler, the latest addition to East Carolina University's growing fleet of machinery in its construction management...

Sep 30, 2003
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

ECU team completes 100th robot-assisted mitral valve surgery

Dr. W. Randolph Chitwood and his surgical team have performed their 100th robotic cardiac mitral valve repair using the da Vinci Surgical System--a milestone for robotic surgical technology and minimally...

Sep 26, 2003
  • ECU News Services

ECU provost reassigned

East Carolina University Provost William Swart has been relieved of his administrative duties and reassigned to a faculty position, Interim Chancellor Bill Shelton announced today (Sept. 26). The change is...

Sep 22, 2003
  • ECU News Services

Shelton: We will not stand still

East Carolina University will only grow stronger in light of the recent challenges and leadership changes, newly appointed Interim Chancellor Bill Shelton told a group of reporters and officials Monday....

Sep 15, 2003
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

Country doctor museum deeded to ECU

Ownership of the Country Doctor Museum in Bailey has been transferred to the Medical Foundation of East Carolina University. The museum will become part of the Laupus Health Sciences Library's...