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Dr. L. Allen Dobson, keynote speaker and current president and CEO of Community Care of North Carolina, was the keynote speaker at the 11th annual Jean Mills Health Symposium held Feb. 6 at East Carolina University.
Feb 11, 2015
  • ECU News Services

GENERATING SOLUTIONS

Innovative community health care driven by patient needs, and tailoring local resources to cooperatively address those needs was the focus of the 11th annual Jean Mills Health Symposium held Feb....

Feb 10, 2015
  • Crystal Baity

‘BEST OF THE COLLECTION’

For the first time ever, most of East Carolina University’s extensive African art collection is being exhibited simultaneously at six different sites during February. With close to 600 pieces, ECU...

Feb 09, 2015
  • ECU News Services

ECU: Capture your Horizon

Welcome to the online home of ECU: America’s next great national university! ECU is 29,000 students strong. We have over 5,800 faculty and staff who are committed to student success,...

ECU hematology/oncology professor Dr. Myon-Hee Lee, pictured above, will apply private funding to acquire new data for his research on cancerous tumors and how they develop. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Feb 06, 2015
  • Kathryn Kennedy

‘INNOVATIVE IDEAS’

The renewal of a private funding source for research at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine will support work related to diseases that most impact the lives of eastern...

ECU student Jill Collins enjoys interacting with students from Algeria during a global understanding class held in the university's global classroom. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Feb 05, 2015
  • Steve Tuttle

SHATTERING STEREOTYPES

Freshman Payton Miller said she’s often dreamed of traveling overseas and studying abroad but she never really believed that was an attainable goal. Until now. “After just a few weeks...

First-year medical students and third-semester nursing students from ECU's Quality Improvement Olympics hold their protected raw egg that will be dropped from a stepladder. The protection was created during a timed teamwork exercise. Team members, from left, are Skyler Cauley, Isaiah Dunnaville, Jennifer Okpala, Dan-Thanh Nguyen, Staci Allgood, Sam Olsen. (Photos by Gretchen Baugh)
Feb 03, 2015
  • Amy Adams Ellis

REACH-ING FOR QUALITY

When East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine was awarded a $1 million grant by the American Medical Association in 2013 to help shape how future doctors are trained, AMA...

Jan 30, 2015
  • Grace Haskin

PREPARED FOR SEVERE WEATHER

Whether a snowstorm emerges or a hurricane strikes, East Carolina University has a plan. That’s one reason the National Weather Service has again recognized ECU as StormReady, a nationwide program...

Moved inside due to inclement weather, the ribbon cutting ceremony for ECU's seventh dental community service learning center was held in Spruce Pine Jan. 30. The center will improve access to oral health care for the underserved region situated in the Blue Ridge mountains of North Carolina. (Photos by Jay Clark)
Jan 30, 2015
  • Kathryn Kennedy

‘FOCUSED ON WELLNESS’

A light snow fell on East Carolina University’s newest dental service learning center in Spruce Pine on Jan. 30, as stakeholders gathered for a ribbon cutting to celebrate the facility...

East Carolina University student dancers prepare for their performance during a dress rehearsal for Dance 2015, which opens at ECU Jan. 29. More than 100 students and at least a dozen faculty members have pooled their talents in dance, choreography, production and design to present the annual show. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Jan 29, 2015
  • Crystal Baity

VARIETY ON STAGE

East Carolina University sophomore Katherine Corbett may be best known for her ballet and tap skills, but she also can sew. Corbett has been helping make tutus for Dance 2015,...

ECU student Jay Garcia, standing at lower left, speaks to members of the ECU Board of Trustees, who listened to opinions on the proposed renaming of Aycock Residence Hall during the first of two public forums Jan. 26. The second forum is set for Jan. 27 on the Health Sciences campus. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Jan 27, 2015
  • Kelly Setzer

ENCOURAGING A CONVERSATION

More than 100 people gathered at Wright Auditorium on Monday afternoon to express their views on the possible renaming of an East Carolina University residence hall. The forum was the...