News Archives

Oct 19, 2012
  • Doug Boyd

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice available on iPad

The Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, edited by an East Carolina University faculty member, has come to the iPad. The November/December issue, focused on public health services and...

Oct 18, 2012
  • Doug Boyd

ECU spin-off firm develops app for heart patients

People with implanted cardiac defibrillators can have some peace-of-mind thanks to a new smartphone application developed by experts at East Carolina University. An ECU spin-off company, Quality of Life Applications,...

Oct 17, 2012
  • ECU News Services

PROMOTING HEALTHY LIFESTYLES

The ECU Staff Senate sponsored its annual Health Fitness Walk Oct. 17 at Lake Laupus on west campus, with a focus on promoting healthy lifestyles and making smart food choices....

Oct 17, 2012
  • Doug Boyd

Bench dedicated in memory of slain medical student

A mother's message about domestic violence marked the dedication of a bench in memory of a murdered would-be medical student Monday at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina...

Oct 16, 2012
  • Doug Boyd

REMEMBERING ‘A WINNER’

A mother's message about domestic violence marked the dedication of a bench in memory of a murdered would-be medical student Monday at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina...

Oct 16, 2012
  • Crystal Baity

Country Doctor Museum brings “History Alive!” on Oct. 27

A daylong celebration at the oldest museum in the United States dedicated to the history of rural health care will be held Saturday, Oct. 27. The Country Doctor Museum will...

Oct 16, 2012
  • Crystal Baity

BRINGING ‘HISTORY ALIVE’

A daylong celebration at the oldest museum in the United States dedicated to the history of rural health care will be held Saturday, Oct. 27. The Country Doctor Museum will...

Oct 12, 2012
  • Doug Boyd

Road race to benefit breast cancer services

Runners and walkers of all ages can lace up their sneakers Sunday, Oct. 21, for the fourth annual Pink Ribbon Road Race to benefit breast cancer services at the Leo...

Oct 12, 2012
  • Doug Boyd

‘COMPLETION OF OUR PROMISE’

Local, state and university leaders cut the ribbon Oct. 12 on one of East Carolina University’s most significant buildings in recent years: Ledyard E. Ross Hall, the home of the...

Oct 12, 2012
  • Doug Boyd

INFECTION CONTROL

Researchers from East Carolina University used a new technique of genotyping to identify the source of a hematology clinic outbreak of Mycobacterium mucogenicum, a gram-positive, acid-fast bacteria found in tap...