ECU News Services Archives

Oct 10, 2012
  • Doug Boyd

Health reform can reduce costs, improve quality, expert says

The Affordable Care Act offers the opportunity to increase the number of people who have health insurance while also forcing health care providers to improve their quality and reduce costs,...

Oct 10, 2012
  • ECU News Services

ECU College of Business named a top business school for 2013

For the sixth straight year, the College of Business at East Carolina University has earned top marks, ranking among the best U.S. business schools according to The Princeton Review. The...

Oct 09, 2012
  • ECU News Services

ECU teams sought for Greenville bed race

The Johnny O Alzheimer’s and Dementia Awareness Foundation, founded by East Carolina University marketing graduate Mark O’Ravitz, will hold a bed race Nov. 10 at Five Points in Downtown Greenville....

Oct 09, 2012
  • ECU News Services

Expert to speak about health care reform at ECU

Dr. Don Berwick, an internationally known health care expert and former administrator of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, will talk about the Affordable Care Act Oct. 10 at the Brody...

Oct 08, 2012
  • ECU News Services

BUILDING STRONG COMMUNITIES

East Carolina University will support community development projects in 12 rural underserved communities in the state through a $600,000 grant program provided by the N.C. Department of Commerce. Now in...

Oct 08, 2012
  • ECU News Services

Grant enables research on depression, cardiovascular disease

 East Carolina University psychology professor Dr. Matthew Whited received a 5-year grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to study connections between depression and cardiovascular disease. “People who...

Oct 05, 2012
  • ECU News Services

“Crossing Borders” event set for Oct. 25

East Carolina University’s Division of Health Sciences will host an interdisciplinary program, “Crossing Borders,” from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25 in the Brody School of Medicine Auditorium. The event will bring students and faculty from each of the health sciences disciplines - allied health sciences, dental medicine, Laupus Library, medicine and nursing - together with a focus on collaboration in education. Approximately 300 students have been invited....

Oct 04, 2012
  • ECU News Services

AmeriCorps launch event set for Oct. 5

The N.C. Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service will swear in approximately 400 AmeriCorps members at the annual N.C. AmeriCorps Launch from 9 a.m. until 3:15 p.m Oct. 5 at...

Oct 04, 2012
  • ECU News Services

In Memoriam: Richard Page Hudson Jr.

Richard Page Hudson Jr. of Asheville, former professor and pathologist at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, died Sept. 30. Hudson was the first chief medical examiner...

Oct 04, 2012
  • Kathryn Kennedy

FROM FRYER TO FUEL

The cooking oil used to fry chicken, French fries and other foods East Carolina University students love is now being recycled to fuel school activity buses across Pitt County. Campus...