ECU Now Blog Archives

May 24, 2023
  • Ken Buday

ECU conference highlights pharmaceutical industry

East Carolina University’s annual Spring Pharma Conference proved personal for Jack Pender. “This is a meeting of my pharma friends,” said Pender, director of pharmaceutical training and laboratory services in...

May 23, 2023
  • Meaghan Skelly

Brody’s Continuing Medical Education Program receives Accreditation with Commendation

The quality of health care and continuing medical education in eastern North Carolina continues to improve as the Brody School of Medicine's Continuing Medical Education (CME) program has been awarded...

May 22, 2023
  • Doug Boyd

Public urged to keep an eye out for spotted lanternflies as they eat their way south

Babak Bakhtiar had an emphatic response when asked if any spotted lanternflies had been found at his family’s Crosskeys Vineyards in Mt. Crawford, Virginia. “That’s like a curse word to...

May 19, 2023
  • Kristen Martin

Virtual, augmented reality engages students in science education, climate change

Research by two East Carolina University College of Education faculty members aims to bring the natural world to life for future teachers and K-12 students through augmented and virtual reality....

May 19, 2023
  • Crystal Baity

Longtime ECU employees recognized with service awards

Employees who have worked at East Carolina University for 30 years or more were honored with service awards during a ceremony Tuesday afternoon at Harvey Hall. The event bookended several...

May 18, 2023
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU family medicine founder, educator leaves legacy

James G. “Jim” Jones, founding chair of the Department of Family Medicine in the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, has died. He was 88. Jones had a...

May 18, 2023
  • Ken Buday

ECU students receive SMART scholarships from Department of Defense

Two East Carolina University students have received the Department of Defense Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship. James Miller, a rising sophomore engineering student from Snow Hill, and...

May 16, 2023
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Brody Brothers Endowment provides bridge to future funding

Researchers at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine aim to discover prevention and treatment protocols for many prevalent diseases which represent significant health challenges among the population of eastern North...

May 12, 2023
  • Crystal Baity

ECU’s Brody School of Medicine leads the state in several U.S. News rankings

In a new ranking, East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine leads the state in graduates practicing in federally designated health service shortage areas, and the percentage of graduates practicing...

May 10, 2023
  • ECU News Services
  • Meaghan Skelly

Interdisciplinary research team tackles challenge of addiction recovery

An interdisciplinary team of health professionals from East Carolina University received a grant to study the impacts of the nationwide opioid epidemic — responsible for most of the state’s 11 daily...