ECU News Services Archives

Aug 02, 2011
  • Doug Boyd

Bakersville resident receives first Phillips Foundation dental scholarship

A resident of Bakersville in Mitchell County is the recipient of a scholarship at the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine. Kyle Duncan, a May graduate of Appalachian State...

Aug 02, 2011
  • Doug Boyd

ECU to build dental center in Spruce Pine

The mountain town of Spruce Pine has been selected as the site of an educational and patient-care facility of the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine. ECU announced Tuesday,...

Aug 02, 2011
  • Crystal Baity

Shooter drill tests emergency preparedness on Health Sciences Campus

It was only a drill, but police officers and preparedness officials at East Carolina University got a taste Aug. 2 of what it might be like if a worst-case public...

Aug 01, 2011
  • ECU News Services

Health Services, Information Management faculty published in current journal

Bonita Sasnett Faculty in the Department of Health Services and Information Management in the College of Allied Health Sciences have reported recent publications in the Journal of Health Administration Education...

Four ECU experts on coastal dynamics have written a new book, “The Battle for North Carolina’s Coast.” They are, left to right, Stanley Riggs, Dorothea Ames, Stephen Culver, and David Mallinson, all of the Department of Geological Sciences. (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Aug 01, 2011
  • ECU News Services

ECU experts pen book on North Carolina’s coast

North Carolina’s barrier islands, a 325-mile-long string of narrow sand islands that forms the coast of North Carolina, are one of the most beloved areas to live and visit in...

Jul 29, 2011
  • ECU News Services

Mitral valve repair learning curve analysis published

An article by Patrick J. Charland, Evilio Rodriguez, Wiley L. Nifong and Randolph W. Chitwood Jr. (East Carolina Heart Institute) and Tom Robbins (Marketing and Supply Chain Management), "Learning curve...

Jul 29, 2011
  • ECU News Services

In Memoriam: Joshua Brehm

Joshua Brehm, husband of Dr. Laura Gantt (Nursing) died July 28. Gantt is executive director of ECU College of Nursing Support Services. ###

Jul 27, 2011
  • ECU News Services

SHOOTER DRILL: ECU tests readiness Aug. 2

East Carolina University officials plan a full-scale emergency drill Tuesday, Aug. 2, at the Health Sciences Building on the Health Sciences campus. This drill, a normal part of ECU emergency...

Jul 26, 2011
  • ECU News Services

ECU graduates first students in sustainable tourism master’s program

Four East Carolina University students graduated this summer with a degree unlike any other; they were the first to earn the university’s new master of science degree in sustainable tourism,...

Jul 26, 2011
  • Doug Boyd

Little girl survives shark attack with help of ECU surgeons

Smiling, making faces and snuggling with a stuffed dolphin, 6-year-old Lucy Mangum looked to be having fun early Tuesday morning. That must have been a great relief for her parents,...