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Dr. Robert Lee Maril, chair of the East Carolina Department of Sociology, has spent countless hours exploring the lives and work of U.S. Border Patrol agent at McAllen Station in southern Texas. Maril’s work has led to questions about drug trafficking, immigration reform, and organization changes.
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25777
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Cardiovascular disease, obesity, Crone’s disease, allergies, lupus, and many more inflammatory diseases are being exposed by Dr. William Joel Meggs, professor of emergency medicine and medical toxicology at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine. Meggs argues that environmental factors, diet, chemical exposure, and air pollution are just a few things that can trigger inflammation, something he wishes to examine further as the president of the newly created Environmental Health Research Foundation.
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25778
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Professors in the Department of Geography at East Carolina are examining the connection between rural North Carolina and a growing Latino population. In efforts to understand what draws this population to North Carolina, researchers are also offering programs that bridge the language and cultural gaps for new Latino residents in the state.
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25762
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While biologists are trying to understand the demise of worldwide coral reefs, East Carolina geologist Dr. Dave Mallinson is examining the oldest coral reef formation in Florida Keys and what accounts for its thriving nature.
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25763
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Dr. Scott Curtis, an atmospheric scientist at East Carolina, has been awarded a substantial grant to examine ways to predict the El Nino phenomenon.
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25764
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To address the pandemic of childhood obesity, East Carolina University and University Health Systems have established a Pediatric Healthy Weight Research and Treatment Center that combines the expertise of doctors and researchers across ECU campus and medical school.
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25765
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Biology researchers at East Carolina University are continuing the study of Darwin’s philosophies, examining reptiles, spiders, birds, and plants through evolution of environmental adjustment and DNA changes.
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25766
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As part of the efforts of Dr. Linner Griffin, East Carolina professor of social work and member of the Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community, Eastern North Carolina has been selection as one of nine communities in which to study African American family violence.
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25767
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Although Dr. Todd Savitt decided being a physician was not for him, he is employed at the Brody School of Medicine as a professor of medical humanities. In additional to teaching aspiring physicians medical ethics, Dr. Savitt is a groundbreaking researcher and specialist in the field of African American medical history.
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25768
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To mark the 100th anniversary of the first flight of Orville and Wilbur Wright on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, the Joyner Library will host a Wright Brothers Digital Exhibit featuring diary entries, weather data, and numerous photographs.
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25769
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Dr. Everett C. Pesci, an assistant professor of microbiology at East Carolina University, has discovered how bacteria communicate, and he is using this information to prevent potentially deadly bacteria from harming patients with compromised immune systems.
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25770
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An unlikely team of geologists and chemists at East Carolina University are examining the attraction of she-crabs to male pheromones. The group hopes to the chemicals that they have isolated to develop lures to be used by the crabbing industry.
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5838
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In 1989, Carroll Dashiell joined the East Carolina University faculty as director of the jazz studies program and the ECU Jazz Ensemble. Dashiell is profiled in this Edge article.
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5839
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New research conducted by Albert A. Delia, director of the East Carolina University Regional Development Institute, sheds new light on what sector really drives the economy in eastern North Carolina.
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At one time eastern North Carolina had a good supply of freshwater. Now aquifers that supply drinking water are dropping, some as much as fifteen feet per year. New state regulations require user restrictions on aquifer withdrawals by up to 75 percent over the next sixteen years. The article discusses this water crisis and the work of ECU geologist Dr. Richard Spruill in dealing with this problem.
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