ECU News Services Archives

Feb 06, 2009
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ECU celebrates African American Heritage Month

GREENVILLE, N.C.   — East Carolina University will celebrate African American Heritage Month this February with special events honoring the Black Student Union (BSU) and the centennial anniversary of the NAACP. ...

Feb 04, 2009
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ECU research sheds light on origin of type 2 diabetes

GREENVILLE, N.C. —   A discovery made by East Carolina University researchers could change the way people understand and treat conditions leading to type 2 diabetes.  The study, according to...

Feb 03, 2009
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ECU sponsors art exhibit inspired by Darwin

GREENVILLE, N.C. —   Charles Darwin and his evolutionary theory have inspired an art exhibit co-sponsored by East Carolina University’s Department of Biology and the Emerge Gallery and Art Center...

Jan 30, 2009
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Fire at Sigma Phi Epsilon house

GREENVILLE, N.C.—   A fire the morning of Friday, Jan. 30 destroyed a house being leased by the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity at East Carolina University. Nine students living in...

Jan 28, 2009
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ECU’s Fairytale Boutique makes prom dreams a reality

GREENVILLE, N.C. —   For high school girls around the country, prom is a milestone event that brings excitement, thrills and memories to last a lifetime. But with the average...

Jan 26, 2009
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ECU to host regional Campus Safety Symposium

GREENVILLE, N.C.   —   The chairman of the N.C. Attorney General’s Task Force on Campus Safety will deliver the keynote address for ECU’s third annual Campus Safety Symposium Jan. 29-30. ...

Jan 22, 2009
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Darwin’s legacy focus of Voyages of Discovery lecture

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   In celebration of the 200th year since Charles Darwin’s birth, the Voyages of Discovery Lecture Series at East Carolina University will present a talk on the...

Jan 15, 2009
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Farmers receive health services through ECU’s AgriSafe-NC

GREENVILLE, N.C.   —   They work in one of the most dangerous professions in North Carolina, yet about 27 percent of the state’s agricultural families do not have health insurance,...

Jan 12, 2009
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Spaulding named first Leader in Residence at ECU

GREENVILLE, N.C.   —   Thomas J. “Tommy” Spaulding, former president of Up With People, has been named the first Leader in Residence at East Carolina University. Spaulding, who was the...

Jan 12, 2009
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ECU students volunteer for MLK Day Challenge

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   For some students at East Carolina University, the Jan. 19 holiday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. won’t be a day of rest, but a...