ECU News Archives for 2006
January 2006
ECU to mark MLK day with Tutu lecture, volunteerism
UNC Semester in Washington welcomed four ECU students
Four projects receive $275,500 in Brody Brothers research grants
Finnish University Leaders visit ECU
Eastern AHEC receives $326,713 from Duke Endowment for school mental health project
Event focuses on causes, cure of obesity in African-Americans
NSF grants enable ECU to study Katrina's economic impact
Programs receive $555,000 from Golden LEAF
February 2006
Statewide project aims to improve care for heart-attack patients
Ewen edits book, pens chapter on the archaeology of piracy
Anthropologist studies views of law, justice in China
ECU community celebrates the life of Coretta Scott King
National expert on obesity to speak Friday at ECU
ECU surgeon to discuss experiences as Army physician in Iraq
ECU's Alligood receives Leadership in Nursing Research Award
ECU summer camp offers youth hands-on science lessons
ECU surgeon elected to leadership post in Society of Thoracic Surgery
March 2006
ECU relaunches yearbook
ECU holds Youth Arts Festival
Medical student, Schweitzer fellow to speak at Carter Center in Atlanta
Match Day this Thursday for ECU medical students
Medical education will be the topic of ECU lecture
Sen. Richard Burr, ECU Chancellor Steve Ballard to announce diabetes grant
Students succeed at annual Match Day
ECU receives grant to study effect of surgery on diabetes
Hamstring Hustle 5K race set for Sunday, April 2
Service honors ECU military and veterans
Clement Hall residents return to rooms
ECU breaks ground on new athletic complex
Joyner Library Special Collections opens centennial exhibit series
ECU Army ROTC cadets get lesson in historical weapons
East Carolina Heart Institute moves one step closer
ECU medical school climbs in annual U.S. News magazine rankings
April 2006
ECU taps new chairman of emergency medicine
ECU researchers study interactive video games
Poison frogs subject of ECU biologist's NSF grant
ECU's School of Music announces new director
ECU professors show magazine ads send different health messages
Andrews assumes new role in the School of Nursing
Students meet with international nuclear experts
Professor donates literature of the fantastic collection to Joyner library
Golf tournament to raise funds to benefit ECU transplant surgery program
Professor selected for academic fellowship in Israel
ECU geographer to study latino migration with NSF grant
Chernobyl tragedy, lessons remembered in Ukraine
DOWDY TO JOIN ECU AS ADVANCEMENT LEADER
Silent, stunning Chernobyl stirs emotions for ECU group
Garrie Moore to step down as head of student life
May 2006
Jarvis medal awarded to Dr. Andrew Best
ECU graduates 3,000
ECU economist aims to clarify food stamps, obesity link
ECU summer study abroad program begins
University wide awards recognize faculty for outstanding teaching
Student arrested on arson charge
ECU nursing instructor receives university-wide teaching award
Congressman Butterfield to hold Health Awareness Day on June 1 at ECU
Congressman Butterfield holds Health Awareness Day at ECU
Study examines hurricanes and coastal ecosystems
ECU goes greener with ethanol, gasoline mixture
June 2006
Partnership brings college biology to high school
Grant enables biologist to study spiders, millipedes
ECU camps allow sick children to just be kids
Pirate ISP Radio Network Adds FM Flagship For Football
Scholarship honors ECU alumnus
ECU students rediscovers rare millpede
TEDI BEAR Center receives grant topping $700,000
Student midwives integrate technology with care through award given to ECU nurse faculty
ECU researchers study effects of "Daily Show"
Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust funds ECU health sciences projects
July 2006
PCMH named a top endocrinology hospital by U.S. News & World Report
Nurse-midwifery program receives 10-year accreditation
Rigsby receives Fulbright Scholar Award
Keith LeClair, Former ECU Baseball Coach, Dies After Extended Illness
ECU awards $610,000 for faculty research
Two ECU nurses earn 'Great 100' designation
ECU physicians named to annual Best Doctors listing
Plans announced for ECU Physicians
ECU physicist measures acoustics of famous violins
August 2006
ECU Physicians opens Pediatric Specialty Care
Doctoral student receives award for audiology research
Local 'Champions of Change in Medicine' recognized
Grant bolsters scholarship for ECU librarian program
Annual white coat ceremony scheduled for Aug. 11
Boyer names director of ECU library services
NCLR 2006 features children's literature
ECU welcomes students to campus
ECU professor pens book about black health, food choice
ECU Chemist receives Harriot College honor
Krupa appointed honorary U.S. Navy nurse
Plan sets goals to reduce obesity in county, state
September 2006
Soldier's autobiography provides historical insights
ECU Reduces petroleum consumption on campus
ECU host Third Eastern North Carolina Literary Homecoming
Grant of $800,000 to help fund community health center
Opening celebration set for Sept. 22 at ECU's new Health Sciences Building
ECU historian revisits GOP effort to give blacks vote
Professors receive $158,000 grant to expand Asian Studies at East Carolina University
October 2006
ECU among top universities in getting innovations to public
UNC Board chair addresses ECU Trustees
ECU seniors selected as nursing leadership interns
ECU to develop tech-math lessons for NC high schools
A passion for service leads five students to be awarded Schweitzer Fellowships
Art show and sale benefits nursing scholarships, research
ECU to strengthen military families through $3.1 M grant
ECU economist examines flight cancellations
Longtime supporters, Scottish Rite Masons, visit ECU Speech Language and Hearing Clinic
Bowles, Lancaster visit ECU to promote partnerships
ECU to bring tech ed to schools with NSF grant
November 2006
Seven projects receive $172,500 in Brody Brothers Foundation Endowment research grants
ECU announces changes to enhance effectiveness
Frances Joyner Monk gift to fund new geriatric center
ECU Reinstates Office of the Dean of Students
ECU Police to undergo national accreditation
Nurse anesthetist program accredited at ECU
December 2006
ECU political scientist examines jihad in new book
Bowles to address ECU commencement Dec. 16
Medical center adds third surgical robot
ECU Trustees approve tuition, fee increase
ECU professor investigates biblical outlaws in new book
ECU houses, publishes undergrad research journal
ECU writers contribute to Encyclopedia of NC
ECU seed award deadline Feb. 15
School of Allied Health Sciences announces student scholarship winners
