News Archives

Aug 04, 2017
  • Angela Todd

COATED FOR CARING

The auditorium of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University was packed with family members and excitement as members of its 41st, 4-year class were donned with white...

Aug 04, 2017
  • Jackie Drake

POWER OF PREVENTION

When Dr. C. Steven Powell tells patients and fellow doctors about the importance of a healthy lifestyle in preventing diseases such as diabetes and heart disease, he is speaking from...

Aug 03, 2017
  • Michael Rudd

RIGOROUS ENGINEERING

ECU has been awarded a $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to research new ways to teach computer science and to improve graduation and retention rates within...

Aug 01, 2017
  • Crystal Baity

PRESERVING STRENGTH

An East Carolina University researcher has received a five-year, $1.61 million grant from the National Institutes of Health with a goal of identifying new therapies to preserve muscle mass in...

Jul 31, 2017
  • Crystal Baity

BETTER WATER

An East Carolina University faculty member and graduate students are completing work on a three-year, grant-funded project to improve water quality in a Triangle-area watershed.  The project aims to boost...

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...