News Archives

May 26, 2011
  • Crystal Baity

Alumna, former dean recognized in the College of Nursing

Dr. Phyllis Horns has been a student, faculty member, department chair and dean of the East Carolina University College of Nursing. Recently, she added something else to her ECU affiliation....

May 25, 2011
  • Doug Boyd

New clinic offers better care for pulmonary hypertension

People in eastern North Carolina with the deadly disease pulmonary hypertension now have a one-stop clinic where physicians are providing coordinated, convenient care. East Carolina University has reorganized its pulmonary...

May 23, 2011
  • Doug Boyd

Sebelius discusses patient safety with ECU physicians

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius agreed on the importance of not only improving patient safety but also measuring the effectiveness of safety projects during talks today...

Former head football coach Skip Holtz, left, and former player C.J. Wilson, now in the NFL, talk at the tournament. Photo by Cliff Hollis, ECU News Services.
May 20, 2011
  • Crystal Baity

Golf tournament raises funds for cancer research

Former East Carolina University head football coach Skip Holtz and former ECU defensive end C.J. Wilson returned to Greenville on Friday to participate in the first Coach Rock Golf Tournament...

ECU Provost Marilyn Sheerer addresses members of media during a press conference held May 19 to announce ECU's acceptance of NCAA penalties for self-reported academic fraud violations. She said ECU responded quickly and took decisive action as soon as the violations became apparent. (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
May 19, 2011
  • Mary Schulken

ECU accepts NCAA penalties for self-reported violations

East Carolina University announced today it has accepted athletic program penalties imposed by the NCAA for self-reported academic fraud violations in 2010, including a reprimand and one year of probation....

May 17, 2011
  • Doug Boyd

$10.5 million gift to help build pediatric wing, fund professorship

A $10.5 million gift announced today will help expand the Children's Hospital at University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina and fund a professorship in pediatrics at the Brody School of...

May 16, 2011
  • Crystal Baity

Alumna named one of Houston’s top 10 nurses

A Texas neonatal intensive care nurse and East Carolina University alumna has been named one of Houston’s Top 10 nurses. Ann Gray Kubanda (BSN ’81) is a nurse and physician...

May 16, 2011
  • ECU News Services

EPPC Proposal and Response on Academic Reorganization

Following requests from Chancellor Steve Ballard, the Education Policies and Planning Committee of the ECU Faculty Senate identified guidelines for possible reorganization of the university's academic programs in response to...

May 13, 2011
  • ECU News Services

ECU Hosts Second-Annual Hurricane Conference

East Carolina University and North Carolina Emergency Management will host the second annual hurricane conference for emergency managers May 18 in the Murphy Center on campus. Along with representatives of...

May 13, 2011
  • Doug Boyd

Reilly named top nurse at medical school

A cardiovascular nurse has been named the best in her field for 2011 at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University and its medical group practice, ECU Physicians....