ECU biologists cook, eat insects at BugFest
Hal Daniel, an East Carolina University biologist and anthropologist, believes insects could someday become a common, viable food source. “They are a very valuable resources,” he said. “There is a...
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ECU, City of Greenville to host minority planning conference
Encouraging minority and ethnic groups to become active in planning is central to creating strong, diverse communities, according to an East Carolina University professor of planning. Mulatu Wubneh, chair of...
Durham assumes expanded role at ECU
East Carolina University’s spokesman John Durham will assume an expanded role as interim executive director of university relations and chief public affairs officer for the university, Chancellor Steve Ballard announced...
Showfety named chair of ECU Board of Trustees
Stephen D. Showfety, president of the Koury Corp. in Greensboro, was elected chair of the East Carolina University Board of Trustees today. Showfety, an ECU alumnus and a member of...
Smithsonian digs ECU anthropologist’s find
ECU anthropologist Charles Ewen and his students have been working with the Smithsonian this summer to identify the remains contained in two Civil War-era cast iron caskets unearthed in Kinston,...
Romer to chair foreign languages and literatures
Frank Romer, a professor of classics at the University of Arizona, has been named chair of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at East Carolina University, effective Aug. 1....
Grant to support medical education and resource clinic
The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University has received a two-year, $194,665 grant from the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust to support a clinic that will provide care...
ECU physiology lab host local high school teacher
Fanette H. Entzminger, a biology teacher at Farmville Central High School, is spending seven weeks this summer studying in the physiology laboratory of Dr. Christopher J. Wingard at the Brody...
Camp allows sick children to just be kids
Each year children with cancer, hemophilia and sickle-cell disease are invited to special camps designed to accommodate their medical needs while still allowing them to enjoy being kids. Sponsored by...
Boot camp offers dean close inspection of military life
Make no mistake about it. When they send you to boot camp, even as a civilian, you actually have to wear boots, as Marilyn Sheerer discovered late last month. Sheerer,...