ECU Contributor Archives

Mar 05, 2020
  • ECU News Services

ECU study finds naloxone available at more than half of retail pharmacies surveyed

Researchers at East Carolina University found 3 out of 5 North Carolina retail pharmacies have naloxone in stock for opioid overdoses as part of a statewide standing order. But some...

Mar 05, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

CORE VALUES

Building Capacity for Underserved Areas Twenty-one students who completed the Public Fellows Internship program, funded by the State Employees’ Credit Union Foundation, were honored for their service in rural communities...

Mar 04, 2020
  • ECU News Services

SPRING BREAK AND COVID-19 – MARCH 4

As students depart campus for Spring Break next week, East Carolina University encourages everyone to remain informed, take proper health precautions and be aware of existing travel restrictions. For those...

Mar 04, 2020
  • Doug Boyd

BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATION

Sports Illustrated has called Greenville a “Sportstown USA,” and while opportunities abound for youth and adults to play and learn, those doors aren’t equally open to everyone. That’s what East...

Mar 03, 2020
  • Rob Spahr

CORONAVIRUS EXPLAINED

ECU Experts ECU’s Division of Health Sciences has experts available to answer questions related to Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and other infectious diseases. Infectious diseases: Paul Cook, MD, chief of Brody’s...

Mar 03, 2020
  • ECU News Services

COVID-19 UPDATE – MARCH 3

East Carolina University continues to monitor the developing outbreak of the respiratory illness caused by coronavirus (COVID-19). University-sponsored travel, including previously approved, to countries with Centers for Disease Control and...

Mar 03, 2020
  • Grady Dillon

JUST DANCE

East Carolina University’s Mary Ellen Hunter founded Piratethon, a student-led dance marathon fundraiser, to help children just like her. Hunter, a senior from Raleigh, had a heart defect and was...

Mar 02, 2020
  • ECU News Services

ECU continues to monitor coronavirus, suspends ECU Tuscany program for semester

In response to an elevation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s travel warning for Italy, East Carolina University has decided to cancel its ECU Tuscany program for the...

Mar 02, 2020
  • ECU News Services

ECU continues to monitor coronavirus, suspends ECU Tuscany program for semester

In response to an elevation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s travel warning for Italy, East Carolina University has decided to cancel its ECU Tuscany program for the...

Feb 27, 2020
  • ECU News Services

ECU poll says Biden still leads in South Carolina ahead of primary

During the month of February, the Center for Survey Research at East Carolina University has conducted three polls of voters in South Carolina leading up to the state’s Democratic primary...