Dental Archives

Feb 14, 2022
  • Kim Tilghman

ECU assistant dean elected to National Academy of Inventors Senior Members class

East Carolina University Assistant Dean for Dental Education and Informatics Robert Todd Watkins, Jr. was elected to the National Academy of Inventors Senior Members Class of 2022. The organization announced the...

Feb 04, 2022
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

ECU’s Laupus Library to host Love Data Week

A tradition of information-sharing and conversations about data gathering and use will continue this year during Love Data Week, hosted by Laupus Health Sciences Library. Love Data Week, an international...

Feb 01, 2022
  • Spaine Stephens

CARING FOR SMILES

Although Darian Askew has worn out the beaten paths between Greenville and Ahoskie, the roads in both directions lead home. Askew, a fourth-year dental student in the East Carolina University...

Dec 26, 2021
  • Matt Smith

2021: YEAR IN REVIEW

Pirate Nation made great strides in 2021. After a rocky 2020, this year brought great promise as Pirates hoped to leave the pandemic behind and start fresh. The pandemic didn’t...

Dec 02, 2021
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

ECU health sciences authors honored for publications

Faculty and staff from across East Carolina University’s Division of Health Sciences gathered Nov. 9 at the Trade Club in TowneBank Tower at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium for the William E. Laupus...

Nov 12, 2021
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU medical, dental schools partner to improve telehealth access

Faculty in East Carolina University’s Division of Health Sciences are collaborating on grant-funded efforts to enhance connectivity for home-based telehealth primary care access for patients in rural eastern North Carolina...

Nov 11, 2021
  • Rob Spahr

VETERAN SMILES

It is not uncommon to see civilians thank military veterans for their service, but it is not every day when the veteran replies by thanking the civilian for their service...

Fourth-year ECU School of Dental Medicine student Victoria Hardy prepares to perform a root canal on her mother, Barbara Hardy. The School of Dental Medicine is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. (Photos by Rhett Butler)
Nov 04, 2021
  • Spaine Stephens

DECADE OF DENTISTRY

Several years ago, Victoria Hardy stared out the window of an East Carolina University Transit bus at Ledyard E. Ross Hall, the new home of the School of Dental Medicine...

Oct 08, 2021
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU dental school dean named president-elect of international group

Dr. Greg Chadwick, dean of the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine, has been elected president-elect of FDI World Dental Federation, the premier representative body for more than one...

Sep 02, 2021
  • Rob Spahr

Purple Pantry opens location on ECU’s Health Sciences Campus

A valuable resource in decreasing food insecurity among East Carolina University students officially opened at the Health Sciences Campus (HSC) Students Center on Aug. 31. ECU’s Purple Pantry has provided...