ECU News Services Archives

Mar 17, 2011
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ECU engineering program receives $600,000 NSF grant

GREENVILLE, NC  —   A $600,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will fund scholarships for East Carolina University engineering students and underwrite critical student research and collaboration with national...

Mar 16, 2011
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ECU history professor helps authenticate 1921 “Lost Colony” film

GREENVILLE — For decades on Roanoke Island, a pristine copy of the first movie produced in North Carolina sat undisturbed, and possibly forgotten, in storage with other historical documents relating...

Feb 23, 2011
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Young scientists, engineers to compete at ECU Feb. 26

GREENVILLE   —   Budding young science and engineering talent will be at East Carolina University Feb. 26 showcasing projects and competing to advance to the state and national level. Organizers...

Feb 21, 2011
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ECU’s virtual early college top in state

GREENVILLE  —   A virtual early college program at East Carolina University has been recognized as the top program in the state for course content and its unique delivery platform....

Feb 15, 2011
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Writer Colm Tóibín to visit ECU, Feb. 23 & 24

GREENVILLE — Award-winning writer Colm Tóibín will visit East Carolina University for events next week, including a public reading at the Greenville Museum of Art. Born in County Wexford, Ireland,...

Feb 10, 2011
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Rare WWII rubber map of Iwo Jima on display Feb. 19

GREENVILLE     —   On Saturday, Feb. 19, the 66th anniversary of the landing of the US invasion on Iwo Jima, historians and conservators from ECU will hold a public...

Jan 21, 2011
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Joyner Library hosts inaugural program honoring faculty authors

GREENVILLE  —   The inaugural program at J.Y. Joyner Library at East Carolina University honoring faculty members who published books during the previous year recognized 38 faculty members Jan. 20....

Jan 18, 2011
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Writer Kevin Powell: ‘We’ve got to stay involved’

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   Many Americans have yet to make civic engagement part of their DNA, says writer and activist Kevin Powell. Powell will be the keynote speaker at East...

Jan 07, 2011
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Writer and activist Kevin Powell to speak at MLK event

GREENVILLE, N.C.  — Acclaimed writer and public speaker Kevin Powell is scheduled to speak Jan. 19 at East Carolina University in commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. Powell’s...

Dec 07, 2010
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ECU professor receives grant to study online treatment for rape victims

GREENVILLE, N.C.   —   An East Carolina University professor has been awarded $624,000 to study Internet-based psychological treatment for rape victims. The three-year grant from the National Institute of Mental...