News Archives

Oct 19, 2011
  • ECU News Services

ECU supports National Guard project with Moldova

North Carolinians are known for their friendly personalities, generous nature and their willingness to help their fellow man if they are needed. In keeping with that tradition, a retired East...

Oct 19, 2011
  • Doug Boyd

National organization recognizes Novick

Dr. Lloyd Novick has been selected to receive the 2011 Excellence in Health Administration Award from the American Public Health Association. Novick is chair of the Department of Public Health...

Oct 17, 2011
  • Doug Boyd

Chitwood receives Russian surgical award

Dr. W. Randolph Chitwood Jr. is one of five recipients this year of a prestigious international surgical award. Chitwood, director of the East Carolina Heart Institute, professor of cardiovascular sciences...

CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta, left, speaks with ECU trauma surgeon Dr. Scott Sagraves on Saturday, Oct. 15, at Pitt County Memorial Hospital about the 2008 death of high school football player Jaquan Waller following a head injury. Photo by Doug Boyd
Oct 17, 2011
  • Doug Boyd

CNN to air documentary featuring ECU physicians

CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta spoke with East Carolina University specialists Saturday, Oct. 15, about the 2008 death of high school football player Jaquan Waller following a head injury. CNN will...

Oct 14, 2011
  • Crystal Baity

A family physician returns home

teven Manning decided to be a family doctor even before he applied to East Carolina University's medical school. As an undergraduate student in exercise physiology at ECU, he worked on...

Oct 13, 2011
  • Crystal Baity

Five from ECU nursing receive state awards

Current and retired faculty members and alumni from the East Carolina University College of Nursing were honored Oct. 12 by the North Carolina Nurses Association. The NCNA is the professional...

Oct 12, 2011
  • Joy Holster

Start-up’s success validates years of effort at ECU

Success at Entegrion Entegrion was co-founded in 2002 by scientist Dr. Arthur P. Bode, then at the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine in the Brody School of Medicine, and...

ECU student Kimberly Chadwick steers a kayak down the Tar River in Greenville. Chadwick had worked through ECU service-learning connections to develop a kayaking educational tour in the community. (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Oct 07, 2011
  • Joy Holster
  • Kathy Muse

Service-Learning: Community connections steer students in right direction

East Carolina University senior Kimberly Chadwick followed a path from campus straight down Fifth Street toward the Tar River, where she guides kayak tours for teenagers through a community service...

Oct 07, 2011
  • Crystal Baity

Physician assistant studies students bring attention to profession

Greenville is joining the nation Oct. 6-12 to recognize physician assistants thanks to the efforts of East Carolina University students. ECU offers the only state-supported physician assistant studies program in...

Oct 07, 2011
  • Doug Boyd

Irons receives UNC Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Public Service

Dr. Thomas G. Irons, associate vice chancellor for health sciences and professor of pediatrics at East Carolina University, received the Award for Excellence in Public Service today from the Board...