ECU Now Blog Archives

Apr 12, 2023
  • Lacey L. Gray

University Writing Center celebrates 10 years of student support, community success

Sharing in East Carolina University’s mission, the University Writing Center (UWC) strives to serve the public and assist in student success, a goal that the faculty, staff and students are...

Apr 11, 2023
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

Medical Education Day showcases health professions education research, innovation

Students in the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University — as well as students from other health sciences disciplines — shared their research and networked with other students...

Apr 10, 2023
  • ECU Health News

Annual Legacy Teachers Celebration honors student-patient relationship

Patient-centered care is a term often used in health care to describe a collaborative relationship between care teams, patients and families. It's the goal of many health care providers —...

Apr 04, 2023
  • ECU News Services

ECU recognized for sustainability achievements

East Carolina University has earned a STARS Silver rating in recognition of its sustainability achievements from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). STARS, the sustainability...

Mar 30, 2023
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU graduate student delves into the history, composition of historical remedies

An exploration of the ingredients in herbal remedies by East Carolina University students gave participants in a recent lecture series a glimpse at health care and medications from days gone...

Mar 29, 2023
  • Lacey L. Gray

Mentoring fellow aims to support ECU faculty

Jennifer Sisk, East Carolina University senior teaching instructor of English for the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences, is making a positive difference for faculty, now and in the...

Mar 29, 2023
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Alumni provide program experience in Brody Scholar selection

When the 2024 East Carolina University Brody Scholars and Fellows are announced in August, they will join the ranks of more than 150 medical school scholars who have shown high...

Mar 28, 2023
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU medical school faculty physicians honored for excellence in education, mentorship

Three physicians — David Collier, James deVente and Ricky Watson — were recently named master educators by the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. All three are Brody...

Mar 22, 2023
  • Benjamin Abel

ECU medical students establish ‘doula-like’ volunteer program

Getting through medical school can be tough — long hours, books and tests, and more books. However, between classes and all-nighters, two students from the East Carolina University Brody School...

Mar 21, 2023
  • Ken Buday

Engineering professor looking for traffic jams in the brain’s highways

The human brain is like a complex group of highways, and despite a good road map, traffic jams may develop. Sunghan Kim, an associate professor in East Carolina University’s Department...