ECU News Services Archives

Jul 07, 2017
  • ECU News Services

ECU Professor inducted into Sigma Delta Pi's Order of Don Quijote

On July 6, 2017 during the 99th Annual Conference of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, Dr. Benjamin Fraser, professor and chair of East Carolina University’s Department...

Jul 07, 2017
  • Elizabeth Willy

GENETIC REMEDY

An East Carolina University researcher is making great strides toward helping patients with vascular disease avoid limb loss. Some patients with peripheral artery disease report pain in the legs that...

Jul 07, 2017
  • ECU News Services

HEART HOPE

Patients being treated for advanced heart failure in eastern North Carolina now have access to a new life-saving treatment option, an implantable mechanical pump that restores blood flow throughout the...

Jul 05, 2017
  • Amy Adams Ellis
  • ECU News Services

HEALING HEARTBURN

Surgeons at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University are offering a new outpatient procedure to treat acid reflux disease. In individuals with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, or GERD,...

Jul 05, 2017
  • Crystal Baity

'THINKING THROUGH MAKING'

Twelve East Carolina University students have learned the art of making paddleboards during an intense summer class.  Following a successful canoe building course last summer, the School of Art and...

Jun 30, 2017
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Brody School of Medicine names associate dean for research and graduate studies

The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University has named one of its first PhD graduates as its new associate dean for research and graduate studies at the Brody School...

Jun 30, 2017
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ECU’s Laupus Library to host “Potion Power: Medicinal Herb Discoveries for Kids”

The William E. Laupus Health Sciences Library at East Carolina University will host “Potion Power: Medicinal Herb Discoveries for Kids” on July 19 from 2-4 p.m. in the library’s 4th-floor...

Jun 29, 2017
  • Crystal Baity

FOSTERING SUCCESS

An East Carolina University researcher is compiling and analyzing data as part of a national project to improve outcomes for children in foster care. Dr. Kevin White, assistant professor in...

Jun 29, 2017
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ECU Club Baseball’s Tanner Duncan signs contract with MLB’s Houston Astros

Tanner Duncan has been on a whirlwind ride during the month of June. The ECU Pirate has experienced the highest of highs and lowest of lows. On June 1, Tanner...

Jun 29, 2017
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Free speech gets the 'green light' at ECU

East Carolina University has earned the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education’s (FIRE’s) highest, “green light” rating after changing four campus policies to meet First Amendment standards. The state of North...