EXPLORING MEDICAL CAREERS
During conversations about the future, Delisa Davis’s mother always reminds her to step into new experiences ready to take advantage of opportunity. That’s why when Davis learned about the Rise...
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Student: Nakaya Melvin
East Carolina University student Nakaya Melvin is always up for a challenge. Melvin, a senior from Fayetteville, is an Honors College student double majoring in public health studies and chemistry....
Celebrating the Journey: College of Nursing Black History Month focuses on overcoming fear
The College of Nursing celebrated Black History Month with a keynote address and a roundtable discussion with black nursing students, alumni and community members on Feb. 6. Keynote speaker Dr....
ECU faculty member awarded national ‘Outstanding Mentor of the Year’ honor
Dr. Danielle Walsh, associate professor of surgery at ECU’s Brody School of Medicine and the director of the surgery residency program at ECU and Vidant Medical Center, was recently awarded...
DIGITAL DATING
Butterflies in your stomach, a knock on the door, an awkward moment meeting your parents or roommate and then one of the most terrifying and exciting moments of dating –...
PITCH PERFECT
As a baseball pitcher, Evan Voliva has simple goals. “I just want to throw hard, throw well and strike out a lot of guys,” he said. As a fan of...
ECU College of Nursing welcomes its most diverse BSN class
The ECU College of Nursing celebrated its most diverse class of future nurses ever as it welcomed 144 Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program and Accelerated Second-Degree BSN (ABSN)...
MATTERS OF THE HEART
East Carolina University’s motto servire – to serve – is at the center of all we do each day. From doctors who literally fix hearts to educators who fill them...
Study to help patients breathe easier
East Carolina University will be working in conjunction with the University of Pittsburgh on a research study called PACT: Prehospital Airway Control Trial. PACT is an $8.8 million, four-year, Department...
Brody scientist’s data-driven approach to explaining gender bias gets national attention
Often discussed, but less frequently understood, gender bias is being assessed in a new way thanks to a microbiologist from ECU’s Brody School of Medicine. Working to help scientists across...