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May 28, 1996
  • ECU News Services

ECU students gunboat in Chicod Creek

Graduate students from East Carolina University have begun the partial excavation of an American Civil War gunboat that has rested in the murky depths of a Tar River tributary for...

Apr 26, 1996
  • ECU News Services

ECU graduates 2,269 graduates May 4

The state’s governor and the president of the University of North Carolina will join an expected 2,279 degree candidates at the East Carolina University commencement on May 4. ECU will...

Apr 24, 1996
  • ECU News Services

For ECU doctoral candidate, it was Science She Wrote

At an age when many people retire, Lucille H. Daniel of Rutherfordton, an East Carolina University student, is getting ready to pick up her new doctoral degree. Daniel -- everyone...

Apr 19, 1996
  • ECU News Services

ECU scientist talks to computers

Better watch your language! An East Carolina University scientists wants computers to do a better job of responding to spoken words and has received a research award to iron out...

Apr 12, 1996
  • ECU News Services

ECU’s Campbell named one of NC’s best professors

An East Carolina University professor being recognized today as among the best in the 16-campus University of North Carolina, has spent the past 19 years resolving to never teach the...

Mar 25, 1996
  • ECU News Services

ECU sets schedule for ‘weekend university’

East Carolina University has announced its schedule of weekend classes that begin next fall under a new program to help working adults complete their college degrees. The Weekend University opens...

Mar 25, 1996
  • ECU News Services

Scientists to speak at ECU Friday

The Burroughs Wellcome Distinguished Lectures in the Sciences will be held Friday (March 29) at East Carolina University and will feature talks by three leading researchers. The program starts at...

Mar 14, 1996
  • ECU News Services

ECU’s Eastnet blazes Information Highway

An access service to the Internet and the World Wide Web based at the East Carolina University School of Education has put its users on-line for nearly 44 thousand hours...

Mar 04, 1996
  • ECU News Services

Textile artist holds workshops at ECU

The East Carolina University School of Art will host a week-long program of workshops Mar. 18 - 22, given by Junco Sato Pollack, a textile artist from Georgia. Ms. Pollack,...

Feb 26, 1996
  • ECU News Services

ECU student finds boon in Japanese language

The key to getting a good job often means being in the right place at the right time. For Miwa Susan Anderson, a Japanese-American student at East Carolina University, the...