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Humor focus of ECU’s 2008 North Carolina Literary Review

ECU trustees re-elect Greczyn

ECU partners with NOAA on shipwreck research

New dean appointed at Brody School of Medicine

ECU continues installing sprinkler systems

NIH awards ECU more than $2 million

Latino community meets at ECU

ECU responds to contaminated water announcement

ECU spider-naming goes 'late night'

Youth camps enliven a quiet ECU summer

Gift enables new insurance, risk program at ECU

ECU professor's 'forgiveness' research airs on PBS

ECU's ITCS honored by Computerworld foundation

Grant focuses on employee wellness

New antibody offers hope for treating ovarian, breast cancer

ECU employees make strides on march

Bowles opens ECU global education conference

ECU's online master's programs a 'best buy'

ECU graduates 3,400 at spring commencement

Payne named university attorney

ECU to award three honorary degrees Saturday

ECU biologist names 'Young' spider

University honors excellence in teaching

ECU study shows casual video games relieve stress

ECU faculty, students work to authenticate Wright brothers artifact

'Up with People' CEO, ECU alum, to speak at graduation

Conde joins ECU focusing on special initiatives

Senator Obama to visit campus

ECU alum offers scholarships for business students

ECU student’s research receives award

Second Century Campaign kicks off at ECU, receives first leadership gift

ECU welcomes new police chief

ECU centennial celebration continues

ECU's 2008 research winners announced

ECU hosts Youth Arts Festival

Biblical archaeologist featured for ECU's Jarvis lecture

UNC Board of Governors endorses plan to expand medical education in North Carolina

Atkins named new vice provost for student affairs

ECU student's coastal research honored by Jones

HHP hosts centennial leadership conference

Smiles all around as officials break ground for dental school

Fairytale Boutique hopes to make prom dreams come true

ECU student leadership focus of BB&T Center grants

Baker-Flowers named chief diversity officer

ECU surgeon elected president of Society of Thoracic Surgeons

ECU announces enrollment task force

ECU's global initiatives honored

ECU researchers study emergency communication

Forum focuses on challenges, opportunities of diversity

Cooper to speak at ECU Safety Symposium

ECU hosts MLK day activities

Project to document oral histories of ECU graduates

Editor of North Carolina Literary Review recognized for achievement

ECU business professors study laws about 911, emerging technology

ECU professor explores technology and 'space'

ECU to study coastline, economics through UNC grant

Bermuda shipwreck assessed by ECU team

ECU gets 'green' vehicles

ECU graduates 3300 at fall commencement

Chancellor says he was mistaken about email

Holland reimburses ECU for aid

Parrott to speak at ECU commencement Dec. 15

Heart institute receives $500,000 gift from Rocky Mount family

Two ECU Ph. D. Programs Ranked in Top Ten

Adjusting to life with implantable cardiac devices focus of ECU researcher's work

ECU’s “Countdown to Peace” exhibit seeks artists

Little changes take big bite out of weight, ECU study says

ECU Foundation honors donors, recipients of first Access Scholarships

ECU art professor wins design award

ECU’s RENCI/CCSIM Hosts Open House

News Tip: ECU working to conserve water; faculty experts can speak about drought

Plants, animals more closely linked, ECU biologist finds

ECU hosts first-ever Humorfest

Cokie Roberts speaks at '100 Incredible Women' event

Forums set for ECU campus safety survey

ECU welcomes Fulbright scholar from Pakistan

ECU officials complete investigation on alleged noose

ECU English professor receives Fulbright

ECU professor's book calls for ‘creative’ curriculum

Founders of ECU's NCLR honored at Literary Homecoming

ECU ROTC commander to run marathon, raise funds for wounded soldiers

Cokie Roberts to speak at "One Hundred Incredible Women" event

ECU biologist finds links between evolution, schizophrenia

Iron ships under study in Hawaii by ECU Maritime group

ECU women participate in UNC Bridges program

Diversity survey results released

Grant fosters musical exchange between ECU, Brazil

Book about ECU penned for prospective students

ECU’s Harriot College hosts new “Voyages” lectures

ECU hosts fourth Literary Homecoming; Samm-Art Williams featured

ECU College of Business receives $500,000 for new faculty chair

ECU chemist develops polymer for topical treatments

ECU welcomes record number of students, enhances safety measures

ECCNL designated university center, receives $250,000 to address nursing shortage

Software gift a boon to ECU Merchandising Department

Holland introduces McCarthy as acting head men's basketball coach

ECU officials reviewing request from NY attorney general

State budget includes $25 million for dental school

Wilmington Shipyard focus of ECU professor's book

ECU trustees elect leaders, welcome new members

Hardy tapped as senior associate dean for Brody School of Medicine

Latest edition of North Carolina Literary Review focuses on ECU

Bunch named special assistant to provost

Roeder named ECU's Dean of Students

Johnson named to student affairs role

Griffin named AVC for academic programs at ECU

ECU's College of Education launches e-journal

Sheerer named interim provost; administrative changes announced

ECU students dig down almost five feet and 250 years

New study finds Carolina coastal economy vulnerable to sea level rise

ECU's College of Business announces lecture series

Provost Smith plans to return to classroom

ECU Physicians' Moye Medical Center now open

ECU to assess Mid-Currituck Bridge project

ECU announces recipients of Research Development Awards

ECU maritime students honored with fellowship

Morris named to economic role

College of Business establishes community spirit scholarship fund

Harriot volume joins Joyner Library collection

ECU hosts campus emergency response training

Marine commander delivers ECU commencement address

ECU named a "best value college" by Princeton Review

Ammons papers establish new literary collection at Joyner Library

Mahar receives UNC Board of Governors teaching award

Marine commander to speak at ECU commencement May 5

ECU names interim police chief

ECU's Mahar inducted into national research consortium

ECU students rediscover rare frog

ECU names ten Women of Distinction

Research focus of weeklong celebration at ECU

ECU Police Department receives accreditation

ECU students headed for friendly competition with other UNC schools

ECU conducting campus climate survey

Lady Pirates fall to Rutgers in NCAA play-offs

Global warming lectures honor ECU professor

ECU hosts Youth Arts Festival

Centennial gift focuses on leadership initiatives at ECU

Williams honored for service to ECU

N.C. General Assembly honors ECU's 100th March 8

Researcher's new book focuses on guestworkers in U.S.

ECU's College of Education lauded for links to community colleges

Author Maya Angelou coming to ECU event March 23

ECU student mentoring program helps kids stay fit

ECU study shows active kids focus better in school

ECU sends notices of potential data exposure

ECU hosts first Engineering and Technology Day

Focus on health, church and food during Black History Month at ECU

Joyner Library exhibit features "father" of ECU

NC's medical schools and teaching hospitals have major economic impact

ECU hosts campus safety symposium

ECU planning for centennial celebration

Sheerer named ECU vice chancellor for student life

Study profiles repeat visitors to trauma center

ECU professor profiles women's rights activists

Third Jean Mills health fair, symposium to be Feb. 9-10

Holland's contract extended for two years

ECU to mark MLK Day with film, lecture, volunteerism

ECU writers contribute to Encyclopedia of NC

ECU seed award deadline Feb. 15

ECU professor investigates biblical outlaws in new book

ECU houses, publishes undergrad research journal

Bowles addresses ECU fall commencement

ECU trustees approve increase in tuition, fees

Medical Center adds third da Vinci robot

ECU to hold commencement Dec. 16

ECU political scientist examines jihad in new book

ECU reinstates Office of Dean of Students

ECU police to undergo accreditation

Frances Joyner Monk gift to fund new geriatric center

ECU announces changes to enhance effectiveness

NSF grant expands computing for ECU researchers

ECU, RENCI to host coastal disaster planning database

ECU to bring tech ed to schools with NSF grant

Bowles, Lancaster visit ECU to promote partnerships

ECU to strengthen military families through $3.1 million grant

ECU economist examines flight cancellations

ECU to develop tech-math lessons for NC high schools

UNC Board chair addresses ECU trustees

Grant enables expansion of Asian Studies at ECU

ECU historian revisits GOP effort to give blacks vote

ECU Reduces petroleum consumption on campus

ECU physicist measures acoustics of famed violins

ECU holds Third Eastern North Carolina Literary Homecoming

Soldier's autobiography provides historical insights

Food choice, black community focus of ECU professor's book

ECU's Harriot College honors longtime chemist

East Carolina welcomes back students

Children's lit focus of North Carolina Literary Review

Grant bolsters scholarship for ECU librarian program

ECU Names new director of library services

ECU awards $610,000 for faculty research

Rigsby receives Fulbright Scholar Award

PIRATES camp reaches out to eastern NC

Keith LeClair, former ECU baseball coach, dies after extended illness

PCMH named a top endocrinology hospital by U.S. News & World Report

ECU researchers study effects of 'The Daily Show'

ECU student rediscovers 'leggiest' millipede

Scholarship honors ECU alumnus

Partnership brings college biology to high school

Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust funds ECU health sciences projects

TEDI BEAR Center receives grant topping $700,000

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Bob Greczyn, president and CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, was re-elected chair of the East Carolina University Board of Trustees July 17. ECU’s newest trustee, Andrew H. Griffin, a senior finance major and present of the Student Government Association, was sworn in. Photo gallery here. Photos by Marc J. Kawanishi

Students and campers from East Carolina University visited the Brinn homestead in Bath, N.C., to participate in an archeological study organized by ECU archeologist Charles Ewen. Below, ECU graduate student, N.J. Mullins, right, guides a Summer Ventures camper in surveying the area. Students use a ground-penetrating radar to locate unmarked graves at the Bath farm. Jonathan Smith, an ECU graduate student, assists Sue Brinn Conway in uncovering the family history in her backyard. Photos by Marc Kawanishi

Officers from the Greenville, East Carolina University and Pitt County Memorial Hosptial police departments have joined together for rapid deployment training on the campus of ECU. In the bottom photo, the three chiefs whose departments are involved: Scott Shelton, ECU; Tim Nelson, PCMH; and William Anderson, Greenville.
Photos by Marc Kawanishi.

More than 150 members of ECU's football team showed up for involuntary practice drills July 2. Photos by Marc Kawanishi

ECU hosted a first-ever conference, "Transforming Latino Leadership: Challenges and Opportunities in North Carolina" June 27. Among the topics discussed were the effects of Latino migration on communities, educational opportunities, and current social policy in North Carolina.Photos by Marc J. Kawanishi

Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue, left, visits the Brody School of Medicine to learn about the university’s request for funds to build a new Family Medicine Center. The university plans to build the new facility, which would replace the outmoded and crowded center, at the intersection of Arlington and Heart boulevards near the new East Carolina Heart Institute. With Perdue are, left to right, David Brody, vice chair of the ECU Board of Trustees; Kimberley Hill, a Perdue aide; Dr. Robert Newman, director of clinical services at the Family Medicine Center; and Dr. Nick Benson, vice dean of the medical school. Photo by Cliff Hollis

The city of Greenville issued a water boil advisory June 25. ECU's dining services responded to the advisory by providing bottled water and pre-packaged meals for students. Top, Belinda Dunn closes down the campus Subway; Bottom, Norman Pugh, right, and Edwin Clemmons, from the Brody School of Medicine, transport 96 bottles from the Central Stores and Receiving. Photos by Marc Kawanishi

ECU's first summer school session ended June 25. Session II starts June 26. Photo by Marc Kawanishi.

ECU begins its orientation for first-year students throughout the summer. Photos by Marc Kawanishi.

Smoke from the wildfire at Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge blanketed Greenville and the campus of East Carolina University during the afternoon of Wednesday, June 11th, and continued the next day. In addition to the smoky haze, a distinctive acrid odor was encountered by those outdoors. The wildfire began June 1 by a lightning strike and has burned almost 40,000 acres so far. Photos by Marc Kawanishi.

A few brave participants sweated their way through the "Ripped Workout" class at the Student Recreation Center on June 11th. The class includes 30 minutes of "fat shredding" athletic, strength and conditioning drills. Photos by Marc Kawanishi.

The sun rises to begin another day on ECU's campus with first-session summer school classes continuing through June 25th. Photos by Marc Kawanishi.

More than 60 people came to the mall at East Carolina University for a candlelight vigil to remember the victims of the May 12 earthquake in China. Efforts are under way to collect donations to restore one of the schools that had perished in the quake. Photos by Marc Kawanishi