ECU to strengthen military families through $3.1 M grant
GREENVILLE, NC — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services this week awarded East Carolina University a $3.1 million grant through the Healthy Marriage Initiative to develop and...
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ECU to develop tech-math lessons for NC high schools
GREENVILLE, NC — A $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation will enable East Carolina University to help public school teachers plan lessons that focus on business-related...
UNC Board chair addresses ECU Trustees
GREENVILLE, NC — Jim Phillips, chairman of the University North Carolina Board of Governors, urged East Carolina University’s leaders Friday to continue their commitment to the people who live...
Professors receive $158,000 grant to expand Asian Studies at East Carolina University
GREENVILLE, NC — The U.S. Department of Education has awarded EastCarolina University a $158,000 grant to develop and expand the university’s Asian Studies program. The two-year award allows for...
ECU historian revisits GOP effort to give blacks vote
GREENVILLE, NC — In his new book, Charles Calhoun revisits the question of the role Republicans played to extend voting rights to blacks in the South during the years...
ECU host Third Eastern North Carolina Literary Homecoming
Authors and readers from North Carolina will convene at East Carolina University Sept. 29-30 for the Third Eastern North Carolina Literary Homecoming. The annual free event, offered by ECU’s J.Y....
ECU Reduces petroleum consumption on campus
GREENVILLE, NC — East Carolina University has taken another step to reduce petroleum product consumption on campus by using to re-refined motor oil for vehicles. “Re-refining is the reuse...
Soldier’s autobiography provides historical insights
GREENVILLE, NC — Jonathan Dembo found fascinating the collected writings of Brig. Gen. George McIver, a post-Civil War general from North Carolina. McIver’s manuscripts, housed in East Carolina University's...
ECU Chemist receives Harriot College honor
GREENVILLE, NC — Robert C. Morrison was named the 2006 distinguished professor of the Harriot College of Arts and Sciences. A longtime professor of chemistry at East Carolina University,...
ECU professor pens book about black health, food choice
GREENVILLE, NC — In his book, "Food Choice and Obesity in Black America: Creating a New Cultural Diet," (2006 Praeger, Westport, Conn.) Eric J. Bailey examines social and cultural...