Dental Archives

Jan 29, 2025
  • Benjamin Abel

Heath care students learn to learn from one another

In the 1980s, health care educators began to rethink how health sciences students, including future doctors, nurses, physical therapists and their allied health peers, should learn their jobs. Interprofessional education,...

Jan 22, 2025
  • Crystal Baity
  • Shelby Hudnall

Treasured Pirates, longtime employees honored at recognition ceremony

East Carolina University’s 2024 Treasured Pirates and employees who have achieved 30 or more years of state service were recognized in a ceremony at Harvey Hall on Jan. 13, the...

Dec 17, 2024
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU Smiles for Veterans tradition continues momentum with Ross Hall event

Samantha Yarboro, a second-year student in East Carolina University’s School of Dental Medicine, joined the U.S. Navy in 2013 and separated in July 2023, a month before beginning dental school....

Dec 11, 2024
  • Bobby Ampezzan

Hands-on experience gives high schoolers a look at their health sciences education

Success stories start as dreams we harbor in our youth. Career days such as the third Future Health Professionals Conference Nov. 23 help fill in the critical details that make...

Nov 26, 2024
  • Ronnie Woodward

Health sciences authors recognized with awards

More than 100 authors and a range of health aspects were highlighted at the 18th East Carolina University Health Sciences Author Recognition Awards. Award winners representing the Brody School of...

Nov 07, 2024
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU dental school hosts symposium highlighting special care dentistry

The East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine hosted its second annual Special Care Symposium on Nov. 2, gathering members of the dental professional community to discuss best practices for...

A woman places a case of water in a semi-trailer with the ECU athletic logo on the side.
Oct 10, 2024
  • ECU News Services

Pirates come together for Hurricane Helene relief

The remnants of Hurricane Helene combined with heavy rainfall in the days prior to the storm caused historic flooding and devastation in the mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee after...

Oct 10, 2024
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU dental school alumnus flies supplies to hurricane-stricken communities

Days after Hurricane Helene delivered devastation to western North Carolina, Dr. Jonathan Austin answered a phone call — and made good on a promise he made years earlier to serve...

Bayli Locklear, wearing a white lab coat, stands in front of a countertop full of scientific equipment.
Oct 08, 2024
  • Lacey L. Gray

First MARC students reaping benefits of mentoring, impactful research

  East Carolina University juniors and seniors are receiving the chance of a lifetime through the Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) training program. The immersive biomedical scholars program is...

Oct 07, 2024
  • Benjamin Abel

Grants to address substance use disorder crisis in eastern NC

A team of researchers and clinicians from the East Carolina University’s health sciences schools and colleges has been awarded a nearly $900,000 grant from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental...