News Archives

Jul 05, 2017
  • Amy Adams Ellis
  • ECU News Services

HEALING HEARTBURN

Surgeons at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University are offering a new outpatient procedure to treat acid reflux disease. In individuals with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, or GERD,...

Jul 05, 2017
  • Crystal Baity

'THINKING THROUGH MAKING'

Twelve East Carolina University students have learned the art of making paddleboards during an intense summer class.  Following a successful canoe building course last summer, the School of Art and...

Jun 29, 2017
  • Crystal Baity

FOSTERING SUCCESS

An East Carolina University researcher is compiling and analyzing data as part of a national project to improve outcomes for children in foster care. Dr. Kevin White, assistant professor in...

Jun 28, 2017
  • Jules Norwood

REPRODUCTIVE RESEARCH

Students in Dr. Christopher Geyer’s lab at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine are working to understand and explain the earliest stages of reproduction thanks to a five-year, $1.45...

Jun 27, 2017
  • ECU News Services

SUCCESS AND EXPERTISE

East Carolina University (ECU) has named a new dean for the Brody School of Medicine and senior associate vice chancellor for medical affairs for the Division of Health Sciences. The...

Jun 23, 2017
  • Crystal Baity

HEALTHY STUDENT-ATHLETES

An East Carolina University faculty member will team up with researchers at Memphis and Temple to improve the well-being of student-athletes in the American Athletic Conference.  Dr. Stacy Warner, associate...

Jun 22, 2017
  • Amy Adams Ellis

BETTER BREATHING

A  new collaboration between the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Vidant Health and Legal Aid of North Carolina aims to address the long-term health impacts of devastating...

Jun 22, 2017
  • Rich Klindworth

TANNED SKIN IS DAMAGED SKIN

East Carolina University dermatology resident Dr. Randall Proctor likes to take his family to the beach, but he's careful to make sure they're protected from the sun's rays. "Don't get...

Jun 21, 2017
  • Jules Norwood

TRACTOR BEAM

East Carolina University physics professor Dr. Yong-Qing Li and students in his lab have successfully pulled — not pushed — a particle for 10 meters, a distance 10 times greater...

Jun 19, 2017
  • Crystal Baity

CLOCK TOWER CREATIONS

The hours of dawn, noon, dusk and midnight are revealing new art installations in East Carolina University's Sonic Plaza. Four pieces were created by Hanna Jubran's ECU sculpture students to...