News Archives

Mar 24, 2011
  • Mary Schulken

Live … From Iraq … It’s Monday Night!

Director of Public Affairs ECU News Services The technology balked, yet the learning went on in East Carolina University’s global classroom. Some 70 ECU students who stayed up late for...

Mar 18, 2011
  • Doug Boyd

Brody tops nation in family doctors

GREENVILLE, N.C. — East Carolina University sent more medical graduates into training as family medicine physicians during a recent 10-year period than any other school in the country. ECU is...

Mar 18, 2011
  • ECU News Services

Forums air preferred plans for main, health sciences campus

GREENVILLE, N.C.   —   Four upcoming open forums will give faculty, staff and students a look at the latest version of a plan for how the East Carolina University campus...

Mar 17, 2011
  • Doug Boyd

Match success: ECU sending 65 percent into primary care residencies

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   Nearly two-thirds of the medical students graduating from East Carolina University this spring will go into primary care residencies. Those are the results of the annual...

Mar 17, 2011
  • Crystal Baity

Eastern North Carolina Scouts ‘Scout Out Nursing’ at ECU

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   About 130 eastern North Carolina Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts are expected to attend "Scout Out Nursing" on Saturday, March 26, in the East Carolina University...

Mar 17, 2011
  • ECU News Services

ECU alcohol/drug abuse prevention named among top programs in the USA

GREENVILLE, NC  —   East Carolina University’s efforts to prevent alcohol and drug abuse by fraternity and sorority members have been recognized as among the top in the nation. ECU’s...

Mar 17, 2011
  • ECU News Services

ECU engineering program receives $600,000 NSF grant

GREENVILLE, NC  —   A $600,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will fund scholarships for East Carolina University engineering students and underwrite critical student research and collaboration with national...

Mar 17, 2011
  • Doug Boyd

Advice from a patient helps doctor, family stay close

WINTERVILLE, N.C. —   Dr. Tommy Ellis sees a lot of patients in his family medicine practice at East Carolina University. Almost always, he is able to help them. One...

Mar 16, 2011
  • ECU News Services

ECU history professor helps authenticate 1921 “Lost Colony” film

GREENVILLE — For decades on Roanoke Island, a pristine copy of the first movie produced in North Carolina sat undisturbed, and possibly forgotten, in storage with other historical documents relating...

Mar 15, 2011
  • Crystal Baity

Occupational therapy department holds CarFit safety program March 26

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   East Carolina University’s occupational therapy department will host CarFit, a free, interactive program that gives a quick comprehensive check on how well an older driver and...