Brody graduate dies in bicycle crash
A graduate of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University died Friday, July 8, after a collision with a car during the running of "The Grizzly," a bicycling...
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Good preparation helps Sharpe face crises head on
Sharon Sharpe is ready when disaster strikes. She understands the importance of having a survival kit and a plan in place for whatever may come, thanks to her training as...
Kids work out and shape up at ECU
Local school children who play sports recently had the opportunity to get a leg up on their competition. Athletes in grades 6-12 spent a portion of their summer on the...
BUDGET CUTS: Academic core will feel pain
East Carolina University’s top leadership told the campus community to expect a reshaped university as decisions about jobs and programs are made to absorb a 16 percent cut in state...
Robotic thyroid surgery means no neck scarring for patients
Lauren Castelloe recently had thyroid surgery, but you would never know by looking at her neck. That's because robot-assisted surgery is giving patients in eastern North Carolina the option of...
Conference encourages people to take control of their diabetes
John Fluegel said he'd probably be dead if not for the health care he has received from East Carolina University's diabetes experts. The 75-year-old lives in rural Wilson County and...
Cancer center receives Livestrong award
The Leo W. Jenkins Cancer Center has received a national award that will help cancer patients improve their lives following treatment for their disease. The center received a Livestrong Community...
Future medical student getting head start on research
One member of the South Central High School class of 2011 already has the next several years of her life mapped out. Shayna Mooney will attend East Carolina University through...
Grant to help fight diabetes among African-American women
East Carolina University has received $300,000 to help African-American women fight type 2 diabetes. The two-year grant from the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation will help fund efforts by ECU faculty members...
‘Up by the bootstraps’: developing creative young minds at ECU’s Innovators Academy
Building a shiny new factory in a small, quiet community: that’s how most people envision economic development, said Wayne Godwin, director of East Carolina University’s Innovation Design Lab. But that’s...