News Archives

Mar 05, 2012
  • Crystal Baity
  • Doug Boyd
  • Kathryn Kennedy

Faculty: Reorganization offers opportunities, hazards

Many faculty and staff members at East Carolina University say they are struggling to see the benefits of a possible academic reorganization. At the Brody School of Medicine, however, some...

Mar 02, 2012
  • ECU News Services

FILLING EMPTY BOWLS: ECU event raises funds to combat hunger

East Carolina University's Campus Living and Dining Services and the ECU Ceramic's Guild collaborated to combat hunger through the Empty Bowls fundraiser on campus March 2, raising approximately $3,000. In...

Mar 02, 2012
  • ECU News Services

BEST FOOT FORWARD

An East Carolina University graduate student is working to enhance the quality of life for Zeus, a 6-year-old Siberian Husky who wears a prosthetic paw. Zeus had part of his...

Mar 01, 2012
  • Doug Boyd

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

Reclined in a portable dental chair, Jerry Joyner readied himself to have a tooth looked at Wednesday by an East Carolina University dental faculty member. He was pretty sure he...

Feb 29, 2012
  • Doug Boyd

Students, faculty help homeless smile at local event

Reclined in a portable dental chair, Jerry Joyner readied himself to have a tooth looked at Wednesday by an East Carolina University dental faculty member.  He was pretty sure he...

Feb 28, 2012
  • Doug Boyd

HPV shot recommended for boys

he vaccine that protects girls from the virus that causes cervical cancer and other cancers is now being recommended for boys starting at age 11.  That's the message from the...

Feb 27, 2012
  • Doug Boyd

Chitwood receives pair of recognitions

Dr. W. Randolph Chitwood Jr., a cardiovascular surgeon at East Carolina University, has been inducted as an honorary member in the German Society for Thoracic, Heart and Vascular Surgery and...

Feb 24, 2012
  • ECU News Services

TRADEMARK RIGHTS

A federal judge has ordered a Greenville man to stop using HealthyPirates.com in connection with his publication and related website because it infringes upon East Carolina University’s trademarks.   James...

Feb 24, 2012
  • Doug Boyd

PROFIT MARGIN

A little more than halfway through the fiscal year, the medical group practice at East Carolina University is ahead of budget projections and expected to make money, officials said Thursday. ...

Feb 24, 2012
  • Doug Boyd

CULTURALLY SENSITIVE

A group of 10 East Carolina University medical students spoke Monday to fellow students and faculty members about their faiths and how medical professionals might deliver more culturally sensitive care...