Health Sciences Archives

Feb 11, 2021
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU dental school holds Celebration of Research and Scholarship

The ECU School of Dental Medicine showcased its vibrant research enterprise on Wednesday, Feb. 10, during the school’s sixth annual Celebration of Research and Scholarship (CORAS). Close to 200 participants...

Feb 10, 2021
  • Natalie Sayewich

ECU College of Nursing welcomes 142 students into BSN, ABSN programs

The ECU College of Nursing officially welcomed 142 future nurses in the spring semester with a modified ceremony to safely celebrate their admission to the College of Nursing and introduction...

Feb 03, 2021
  • Matt Smith

NURTURING NUTRITION

While East Carolina University is known for preparing educators for the classroom, a team of Pirate researchers is studying how teachers’ personal views on healthy behaviors impact their students. Virginia...

Feb 01, 2021
  • ECU News Services

BREAKING BARRIERS: BLACK HISTORY AT ECU

The following stories were originally published by ECU News Services in 2021. Timeline sources: ECU Joyner Library Desegregation website, ECU Heritage Hall and ECU News Services archives

Feb 01, 2021
  • ECU News Services

HISTORY MAKER: LEDONIA S. WRIGHT

A proponent of the health and wellness of minority and low-income populations, North Carolina native Ledonia Smith Wright was a trailblazer. Born on Jan. 5, 1930, in Rockingham, she went...

Jan 28, 2021
  • Erin Ward

COVID-19 RESPONSE

East Carolina University researchers and medical professionals continue to work diligently on the prevention, detection, treatment and long-term impacts of the coronavirus. Dozens of extraordinary projects are underway on the...

Jan 26, 2021
  • Crystal Baity

TOP ONLINE PROGRAMS

In a year when seemingly everything went virtual, online master’s degree programs in business, criminal justice, education and nursing at East Carolina University have been named among the best in...

Jan 26, 2021
  • Natalie Sayewich

13 Nurses receive 2020 Preceptor of the Year honor

The ECU College of Nursing recently recognized 13 nurses from hospitals and health care agencies throughout the state and beyond with the inaugural Preceptor of the Year honors. Each year,...

Jan 21, 2021
  • ECU News Services

ECU educational researcher secures patents for innovative student assessment technology

An East Carolina University educational researcher has secured two patents that provide practical analytics for student and instructor performance related to competence in addition to traditional grades. U.S. Patent 10,878,711...

Jan 19, 2021
  • Crystal Baity

‘GAME CHANGER’

East Carolina University will test wastewater from residence halls this semester in an effort to detect coronavirus as early as possible to reduce transmission and avoid outbreaks where students live....