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25713
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Dr. Paul Cunningham, chair of the East Carolina University and Medical Center Institutional Review Board explains the ethics and responsibilities required in working with human subjects in research, and how ECU works to prevent unwanted consequences.
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25714
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Students and professors at East Carolina University are chronicling the 25 year journey through slavery and beyond of one Allen Parker.
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25715
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East Carolina history professor Dr. Roger Biles has previously studied the New Deal, the Depression era, and other issues that have affected major urban areas. Now, Biles is turning his attention to the towns that tobacco built.
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25716
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Centered at East Carolina, The North Carolina Agromedicine Institute has received a $3 million grant to establish the Southeast Coastal Center for Agromedicine, to promote health and safety for workers and communities in agricultural, forestry and fisheries industries.
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25717
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The new Center for Geographic Information Science at East Carolina University utilizes the latest GIS hardware and software, uses and produces the most contemporary databases, and trains students for entry into this cutting edge field.
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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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25771
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The North Carolina Council of State has approved bonds to finance the East Carolina Cardiovascular Institute. The new research institute, branching off of existing strengths of the Brody School of Medicine, will focus on six key research areas and advanced cardiovascular disease risk of eastern North Carolina.
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