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East Carolina University is receiving praise at the national level for its innovation in preparing teachers for the classroom.
Published: Saturday, April 18th, 2015 @ 12:38 pm
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Ten inspiring women were honored April 13 in a ceremony at the Murphy Center that celebrated the impacts women have - large and small - on East Carolina University and the world.
Published: Friday, April 17th, 2015 @ 12:55 am
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The UNC Board of Governors voted April 10 to approve East Carolina University's request to designate four parcels of property it owns as a millennial campus-sites where the university can collaborate with private companies to commercialize research discoveries and offer advanced training to...
Published: Thursday, April 16th, 2015 @ 10:56 pm
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Dr. Janice Lewis has been named director of the J.Y. Joyner Library at East Carolina University. Lewis has been interim dean of academic library services at ECU since August 2012. She has overseen the creation and dedication of the Janice Hardison Faulkner Gallery, expansion of Joyner Library...
Published: Thursday, April 16th, 2015 @ 5:12 pm
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Later this month, the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear legal arguments on the constitutionality of amendments in four states that limit marriage to heterosexual couples. East Carolina University experts will present a panel discussion titled "Continuing Debates Around Federal, State and...
Published: Wednesday, April 15th, 2015 @ 7:59 pm
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The 11th Annual Youth Arts Festival brought children of all ages to campus March 28 despite cold, damp weather that moved the festival inside the Jenkins Fine Arts Building.
Published: Monday, April 13th, 2015 @ 11:45 pm
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An expert in plant evolution who makes research an integral part of her classroom instruction is East Carolina University's recipient of the University of North Carolina system's highest teaching award.
Published: Friday, April 10th, 2015 @ 10:03 am
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With close to 5,000 guests in attendance for Pirates Aboard! Admitted Student Day, campus was buzzing with activity on March 28. Future students and their families spent the day gathering information from financial aid, orientation, and campus life, touring campus and residence halls and engaging in
Published: Friday, April 10th, 2015 @ 12:37 am
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A researcher in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at East Carolina University's Brody School of Medicine has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the pathogen responsible for Lyme disease.
Published: Thursday, April 9th, 2015 @ 5:17 am
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The four donors and recipients involved in a recent kidney exchange at Vidant Medical Center met all together for the first time March 27 on the medical center campus.
Published: Sunday, April 5th, 2015 @ 11:10 pm
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Researchers from East Carolina University, N.C. State University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Coastal Studies Institute will begin work this summer on a project that could derive energy from coastal waters while also cleaning wastewater.
Published: Saturday, April 4th, 2015 @ 8:13 pm
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While the world looks quite different than it did in March 1965 during their first official meeting, East Carolina University's Faculty Senate still convenes to guide university policy exactly as it did back then.
Published: Thursday, April 2nd, 2015 @ 5:36 pm
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In recognition of National Public Health Week April 6 - 10, East Carolina University will present a series of events that will draw public health professionals from across North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, April 1st, 2015 @ 4:45 pm
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Dr. Grant Hayes has been named dean and distinguished professor of the College of Education at East Carolina University.
Published: Tuesday, March 31st, 2015 @ 4:31 am
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One week before they found out where they were headed to complete residency as doctors-in-training, the Brody School of Medicine's Class of 2015 had only others' futures on their minds.
Published: Tuesday, March 31st, 2015 @ 2:42 am
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Jeff Zyburt's virtual reality goggles helped him experience the sensation of steering a military vehicle down a dusty road in a combat zone.
Published: Sunday, March 29th, 2015 @ 6:14 pm
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Approximately 375 undergraduate and graduate students as well as postdoctoral scholars are expected to present their research and creative work this week to fellow students, colleagues, faculty and the community at East Carolina University's Mendenhall Student Center.
Published: Friday, March 27th, 2015 @ 10:51 pm
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East Carolina University generates $2.8 billion for North Carolina's economy - dollars that make a mark on the state, eastern North Carolina, and our local area.
Published: Friday, March 27th, 2015 @ 6:07 pm
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Noted independent filmmaker Cynthia Hill will spend two days at East Carolina University to speak with students about her documentary on domestic violence and her PBS cooking series, "A Chef's Life."
Published: Thursday, March 26th, 2015 @ 12:43 am
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High-performance materials manufacturer DSM Dyneema will fund an EC Scholar award to be earmarked for an engineering student beginning the 2016-2017 academic year.
Published: Wednesday, March 25th, 2015 @ 2:22 pm
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After 1,313 days as students in the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, members of the Class of 2015 found out March 20 where they will be training as resident physicians later this year.
Published: Monday, March 23rd, 2015 @ 11:43 pm
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East Carolina University has been named the No. 1 "Best Bang for the Buck" among colleges and universities in the Southeast in a new report that ranks universities on outcomes and the degree of opportunity afforded students.
Published: Monday, March 23rd, 2015 @ 6:53 pm
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Messages from Mom and Dad this week most likely will urge East Carolina University students to wrap up in winter coats, hats and gloves before venturing out in the cold.
Published: Wednesday, March 18th, 2015 @ 2:36 am
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Thirteen East Carolina University students passed up trips to warmer locales this week for a "staycation" in sleeping bags on the floor of the Greenville Community Shelter.
Published: Tuesday, March 17th, 2015 @ 12:15 pm
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East Carolina University programs in medicine, nursing and rehabilitation counseling have been ranked among the best graduate schools in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.
Published: Tuesday, March 17th, 2015 @ 6:33 am
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East Carolina University associate professor Sharon Rogers has spent hours weighing high school football players before and after practice.
Published: Monday, March 16th, 2015 @ 11:27 pm
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Throughout the month of March, in recognition of National Nutrition Month, the East Carolina University Pediatric Healthy Weight Research and Treatment Center and Pitt Partners for Health are offering free grocery store tours aimed at teaching community members how to eat healthy on a limited...
Published: Monday, March 16th, 2015 @ 2:28 pm
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East Carolina University is moving ahead with plans to rehabilitate a seven-block area in Greenville's warehouse district as a millennial campus - a site where the university can collaborate with private companies to commercialize research discoveries and offer advanced training to benefit the...
Published: Sunday, March 15th, 2015 @ 1:17 am
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Four East Carolina University student acts - from soloists to a Bollywood fusion dance troupe - will be among the contestants for the inaugural Down East Talent Show on March 5.
Published: Tuesday, March 10th, 2015 @ 11:41 pm
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Two teams of students at East Carolina University recently took on the same challenge: identify a social problem facing their community and create a business plan to effectively address it.
Published: Tuesday, March 10th, 2015 @ 12:54 am
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Following three years of significant growth in research dollars, East Carolina University now ranks third among the state's public universities in research funding.
Published: Monday, March 9th, 2015 @ 5:31 pm
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North Carolina's elderly population is expected to double between the years 2000 and 2030, demanding an increase in health care services focused on older patients. The East Carolina University College of Nursing, now a member of the National Hartford Centers of Gerontological Nursing Excellence...
Published: Friday, March 6th, 2015 @ 7:36 pm
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East Carolina University is teaming up with Pitt Community College to develop a premier, laboratory-based education and training network for the pharmaceutical industry thanks to new funding from the Golden LEAF Foundation.
Published: Wednesday, March 4th, 2015 @ 10:24 pm
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Gov. Pat McCrory announced during his March 2 visit to the East Carolina Heart Institute at East Carolina University that his budget will allocate $16 million over the next two years to stabilize the financial challenges at the Brody School of Medicine.
Published: Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015 @ 7:40 pm
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