Perdue pledges support for dental school during visit Feb. 17
GREENVILLE, N.C. — N.C. Gov. Beverly Perdue said funding to open East Carolina University's School of Dental Medicine is an urgent need that should stay on track despite the...
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Health reform’s impact on primary care to be topic of lecture
GREENVILLE, N.C. — Dr. James G. Jones, a nationally known family physician, will speak Thursday, Feb. 17, about the implications on health care reform efforts on primary care during a...
Study: Casual video games demonstrate ability to reduce depression and anxiety
GREENVILLE, N.C. and SEATTLE — A new study conducted at East Carolina University shows casual video games help reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety in people with clinical depression....
Writer Colm Tóibín to visit ECU, Feb. 23 & 24
GREENVILLE — Award-winning writer Colm Tóibín will visit East Carolina University for events next week, including a public reading at the Greenville Museum of Art. Born in County Wexford, Ireland,...
A Valentine’s Day gift of a different sort
GREENVILLE, N.C. — June Long was with her daughter browsing Valentine's Day cards when she received the call. A match to replace Long's failing kidneys had been found and was...
Rare WWII rubber map of Iwo Jima on display Feb. 19
GREENVILLE — On Saturday, Feb. 19, the 66th anniversary of the landing of the US invasion on Iwo Jima, historians and conservators from ECU will hold a public...
Raising Cain, Alan Abel-style
GREENVILLE, N.C. — Before Stephen Colbert and Sacha Baron Cohen were even born, Alan Abel was straightfacedly urging TV newscasters that Americans needed to clothe their animals for morality’s...
Small group can make a big difference in fostering better health
GREENVILLE, N.C. — A small group can make a big difference in fostering better health in a community and often have the most success in creating change, said Dr. William...
Text of Chancellor Ballard’s State of the University speech
GREENVILLE — State of the University East Carolina University Former ECU Board of Trustees Chairman Bob Greczyn greeted those attending the second State of the University address by Chancellor...
Bioengineered veins could help patients needing bypass surgery, dialysis
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — Thanks to research involving experts from East Carolina University, other universities and a Morrisville-based biotechnology firm, the day when a surgeon can pull a...