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Mar 21, 2014
  • Doug Boyd

PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER

Match Day is another milestone for East Carolina University medical student Alan Burke, who’s had a few of them. The cancer survivor will graduate from the Brody School of Medicine...

Mar 21, 2014
  • Crystal Baity

BREAKING FOR SERVICE

Boots, gloves and toboggans replaced shorts and T-shirts for a group of East Carolina University students over spring break. Through a brisk wind and light rain on March 12, students...

Mar 21, 2014
  • Doug Boyd

Primary care leads at ECU Match Day

Match Day is another milestone for East Carolina University medical student Alan Burke, who's had a few of them. The cancer survivor will graduate from the Brody School of Medicine...

Mar 19, 2014
  • Doug Boyd

SAFER SURGERY

Studies conducted at East Carolina University have shown a way to predict which heart surgery patients may have a common postoperative complication as well as a way to treat those...

Mar 19, 2014
  • Doug Boyd

Studies show ways to predict, prevent fibrillation following surgery

Studies conducted at East Carolina University have shown a way to predict which heart surgery patients may have a common postoperative complication as well as a way to treat those...

Mar 17, 2014
  • Crystal Baity

Pirate Nurse 5K benefits scholarships, senior class gift

The second annual Pirate Nurse 5K will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 29 beginning at the East Carolina University Health Sciences Building at 2100 W. Fifth St. in...

Mar 17, 2014
  • Doug Boyd

‘MAKING IT ACCESSIBLE’

Last fall when the American Heart Association issued new guidelines to help doctors teach their patients about their risks of developing cardiovascular disease – accompanied by a bulky computer spreadsheet...

Mar 17, 2014
  • Doug Boyd

IMPROVING COMMUNICATION

People with Parkinson's disease now have a tool to help them communicate more fluently. Janus Development Group Inc. is marketing and distributing the SpeechEasy anti-stuttering device, developed at East Carolina...

Mar 14, 2014
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

‘A GREAT TRIBUTE’

Humorous anecdotes, stories of her love of learning and teaching, and praise from a former governor showered Janice Hardison Faulkner as a gallery space in Joyner Library was dedicated in...

Mar 13, 2014
  • ECU News Services

ASSESSMENT TECHNOLOGY

An East Carolina University researcher has developed and licensed an innovative competency-based assessment technology that generates cumulative, real-time evaluations of students, faculty, curricula and programs. ECU has granted AAL Informatics...