News Archives

ECU surgeons conduct POEM procedure at Vidant Medical Center. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Jul 28, 2017
  • ECU News Services

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Three of four new members of the East Carolina University Board of Trustees were sworn in during the board's meeting on July 28 at the East Carolina Heart Institute.  Jason...

Jul 28, 2017
  • ECU News Services

Environmentally Conscious

Jul 27, 2017
  • Jamie Smith

NATIONAL SEARCH

After a national search, East Carolina University has selected Jon Barnwell as chief of the ECU Police Department. He will begin his new position September 1. Barnwell is originally from...

Jul 26, 2017
  • ECU News Services

COMBINED EXPERTISE

East Carolina University (ECU) and Vidant Health today announced the signing of a formal agreement to integrate ECU Physicians, the clinical practice of The Brody School of Medicine at ECU, with Vidant...

Jul 26, 2017
  • Michael Rudd

SENIOR SUPPORT

A faster and non-invasive way to identify dementia in senior citizens just might come out of Goldsboro, North Carolina through a collaboration between ECU researchers.  ECU's College of Engineering and...

Jul 21, 2017
  • Bre Lewis

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

The upcoming 2017 school year is filled with ideas thanks to the newly elected Student Government Association officers at East Carolina University.  This spring, La'Quon Rogers and Ryan Smith were...

Tzion Caffee gives Chip Stewart a trim.
Jul 21, 2017
  • Angela Todd
  • ECU News Services

PAIN RELIEVERS

Scientists at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University are researching a novel approach to treating the debilitating pain that commonly occurs after a spinal cord injury. Their...

Jul 19, 2017
  • ECU News Services
  • Morgan Tilton

Pirates study abroad around the world

Quality of Life
Jul 18, 2017
  • Michael Rudd

Quality of Life

A life-size, 3D printout of a patient’s ribcage helped ECU doctors perform a less-invasive, life-changing surgery for one Goldsboro man. Franklin Arnold was left with chronic pain after a surgery...

Jul 14, 2017
  • Rich Klindworth

BREAKING BARRIERS

At first glance, it looks like a singles speed-dating event in a reception room in the new ECU Health Sciences Student Center.  You hear "Where are you from?" and "Why...