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Sep 04, 2013
  • Crystal Baity

PAINTING IT PURPLE AND GOLD

  Joey Perry goes through several pairs of tennis shoes each year. It’s easy to do when you’re responsible for every painted inch at Bagwell Field in Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. His...

Aug 29, 2013
  • Doug Boyd

Grants aid breast cancer care for Pitt County women

GREENVILLE, N.C.   (Aug. 29, 2013)   —   Two East Carolina University projects to promote women's health have received grants from the Susan G. Komen North Carolina Triangle to the...

Aug 29, 2013
  • Doug Boyd

Golden Living Center donates to Brody School of Medicine

GREENVILLE, N.C.   (Aug. 29, 2013)   —   Golden Living Center has donated $122,527 to the Department of Family Medicine at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University...

Aug 27, 2013
  • Doug Boyd

ECU to extend diabetes care to rural areas via video conferencing

GREENVILLE, N.C.   (Aug. 27, 2013)   —   At a small medical practice in the Duplin County town of Wallace, one diagnosis tends to stand out.  "Diabetes is rampant in...

Aug 27, 2013
  • Doug Boyd

DEALING WITH DIABETES

At a small medical practice in the Duplin County town of Wallace, one diagnosis tends to stand out. “Diabetes is rampant in eastern North Carolina,” said Dr. Mott Blair of...

Aug 26, 2013
  • Kathryn Kennedy

A SEMESTER OF SERVICE

The freshmen in East Carolina University’s Honors College were on campus for fewer than 24 hours this fall before they were loaded on buses and dispatched to various nonprofit organizations...

Aug 23, 2013
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

‘WORLD-CLASS’

Julie Torbett isn’t the tallest person on the volleyball court during a practice in Williams Arena, but there’s no doubt that the first year-coach, who stands 5’4,” is in charge....

Aug 23, 2013
  • Doug Boyd

‘LONG-STANDING COMMITMENT’

Donna Lou Edwards is still getting used to the title “nurse of the year.” The nurse manager in the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences at the Brody School of Medicine at...

Aug 23, 2013
  • Doug Boyd

‘QUICK TO SAY YES’

East Carolina University physicians have begun seeing patients in the emergency department at Vidant Beaufort Hospital under a new agreement that brings university expertise to the community facility. Officials with...

Aug 22, 2013
  • Doug Boyd

ECU doctors now staffing E.R. at Vidant Beaufort Hospital

GREENVILLE, N.C.   (Aug. 22, 2013)   —   East Carolina University physicians have begun seeing patients in the emergency department at Vidant Beaufort Hospital under a new agreement that brings...