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Feb 17, 2015
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Winter storm prompts university closure

A winter storm that dropped a mix of ice, snow and sleet on campus Feb. 16 and 17 prompted cancellation of evening classes on Monday and university closure on Tuesday....

Dr. L. Allen Dobson, keynote speaker and current president and CEO of Community Care of North Carolina, was the keynote speaker at the 11th annual Jean Mills Health Symposium held Feb. 6 at East Carolina University.
Feb 11, 2015
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GENERATING SOLUTIONS

Innovative community health care driven by patient needs, and tailoring local resources to cooperatively address those needs was the focus of the 11th annual Jean Mills Health Symposium held Feb....

Feb 09, 2015
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ECU: Capture your Horizon

Welcome to the online home of ECU: America’s next great national university! ECU is 29,000 students strong. We have over 5,800 faculty and staff who are committed to student success,...

Nick Dixon examines artwork he created with help from ECU student participants in the Eye to Eye afterschool mentoring program, which pairs college students with learning disabilities with local students who share the same obstacles. ECU's chapter of the nationwide program will benefit from a grant from William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Jan 26, 2015
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TARGETED ASSISTANCE

An East Carolina University program that assists college students with learning disabilities will get an important boost from a two-year grant recently awarded by the William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable...

Jan 23, 2015
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JUST CHILLING

A record-setting 1,145 Pirates braved temperatures in the 40s Jan. 22 to jump into the icy waters of the outdoor swimming pool at East Carolina University’s Student Recreation Center. In...

Dec 17, 2014
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EASING THE PATH

East Carolina University is joining an American Council on Education alternative credit consortium as part of an initiative to create a more flexible pathway toward a college degree for millions...

Dec 12, 2014
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PAWS FOR THE CAUSE

During finals, ECU’s Joyner Library is hosting a study break for students with a unique twist. The library teams with Pet Partners to present three pet therapy sessions, which means...

Dec 01, 2014
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TRAVELING PANTRY

Operation Reentry North Carolina, based at East Carolina University, has partnered with grocer Food Lion to launch a mobile food pantry to help feed homeless and at-risk veterans in eastern...

Dr. Elaine Cabinum-Foeller, a child advocacy specialist in the Brody School of Medicine's Department of Pediatrics, has been named one of North Carolina's
Nov 24, 2014
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CHOSEN BY PEERS

Forty-seven physicians from the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University have been chosen by their peers for inclusion in the 2014 "Best Doctors in America" list. The annual...

Nov 10, 2014
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‘THE ART OF PEACEFUL REVOLUTION’

ECU marked the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War by installing and then tearing down a replica wall Nov. 3...