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May 10, 2011
  • Doug Boyd

Free oral cancer screening to be May 17

Dentists with East Carolina University will conduct free screenings for oral cancer Tuesday, May 17, before the ECU-Old Dominion baseball game at Clark-LeClair Stadium. Dental chairs will be set up...

May 10, 2011
  • Doug Boyd

ECU recognized for sending graduates into family medicine

The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University is one of top medical schools in the country for sending graduates into family medicine, according to the American Academy of...

May 10, 2011
  • Mary Schulken

ECU NOW? Get to know it, and other ECU news changes

Question: Where do you go at ECU for up-to-the-minute information about accomplishments, awards, publications, research grants, etc. for faculty and staff? Answer: ECU Now, found at http://blog.ecu.edu/sites/poeight/. It’s a new...

Friends and family cheered as ECU graduates received their degrees at East Carolina University's annual spring commencement, May 6. Commencement speaker Ray Mabus, U.S. Secretary of the Navy, urged graduates to do something bigger than themselves by undertaking service to their schools, their communities, their nation or their world. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
May 09, 2011
  • Doug Boyd
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

COMMENCEMENT 2011: ‘Do something bigger than yourself’

Since she was in second grade, Jammie Lynn McCurry has wanted to be a teacher. “I love helping others. I love teaching. I love seeing a child have their ‘ah-ha’...

May 09, 2011
  • Crystal Baity

Laupus Library increases study space for users

Drills and dust will give way to more study, counseling and event space in Laupus Library come fall. The $300,000 renovation, the first since the library moved into the Health...

May 06, 2011
  • Doug Boyd

Graduates mark end of medical school

The Class of 2011 formally completed medical school today during the annual convocation of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. Seventy students received their degrees at the...

May 05, 2011
  • Mary Schulken

FIRST GRADUATE: ‘Long journey’ ends for Smith, his family

When Tremayne Smith arrived at East Carolina University in 2006, he brought with him a challenge. No one on either side of his immediate family had a college degree. None...

May 05, 2011
  • Doug Boyd

MIRACLE MILESTONE

When East Carolina University senior Brittney Massey marches in commencement exercises Friday with her classmates, it will be the second time she's worn her purple cap and gown. The first...

May 05, 2011
  • Crystal Baity

Medical images transformed to art in Laupus exhibit

Images from routine medical tests, X-rays and diseased cells have been transformed into art for an exhibit opening May 10 at Laupus Library at East Carolina University. The exhibit, “Wearing...

May 05, 2011
  • Crystal Baity

Nursing class gift provides well for village in Guatemala

A village in Guatemala will have safe drinking water thanks to a class gift from graduating seniors in the East Carolina University College of Nursing. Students raised $5,000 to pay...