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Jun 17, 2005
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Parents donate 10,000 towards campus safety

An East Carolina University parents group has donated $10,000 toward the new campus safety department. The grant from ECU’s Parents Council will support safety workshops, forums and other events sponsored...

Jun 16, 2005
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ECU divers research sunken union gunboat in blackout conditions

With visibility of three to four inches on good day and near-darkness when clouds block the sun, maritime studies students at East Carolina University recently practiced one of the strengths...

Jun 16, 2005
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ECU joins regional ecosystems pact

East Carolina University has joined a regional consortium designed to foster ties between universities and federal resource management programs. ECU’s inclusion into the Piedmont-South Atlantic Coast Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit...

Jun 14, 2005
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White named dean of Arts and Sciences

Alan White, dean of the College of Science and Mathematics at North Dakota State University, has been named dean of the Harriot College of Arts and Sciences at East Carolina...

Jun 14, 2005
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Nine ECU medical students chosen as N.C. Schweitzer fellows

Nine students of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University have been chosen as North Carolina Schweitzer Fellows for 2005-06. In total, 22 North Carolina students in schools...

May 28, 2005
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ECU Offers Security Studies program

A new security studies program at East Carolina University has already drawn interest from dozens of students. Combining elements from the departments of political science, environmental health, planning, public administration...

May 27, 2005
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New technology helps patients with esophageal cancer

The photodynamic therapy team at the Leo W. Jenkins Cancer Center added to its list of accomplishments recently by treating a patient with esophageal cancer. A 76-year-old woman became the...

May 24, 2005
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ECU FACULTY AWARDED SEED GRANTS TO FURTHER RESEARCH

East Carolina University’s Division of Research and Graduate Studies awarded $550,000 in grants to 23 professors last month under the new Research Development Grant Program. The grants will enable ECU...

May 23, 2005
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Hughes selected for national leadership program

Karla Hughes, dean of the College of Human Ecology at East Carolina University, has been selected to participate in the American Council on Education Fellows Program for 2005-2006. The ACE...

May 18, 2005
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ECU archeologist returns to jordan through research grants

ECU archeologist Megan Perry has spent the past few months combing burial sites in the Middle Eastern kingdom of Jordan. Armed with a grant from the Joukowsky Family Foundation and...