News Archives

Nov 12, 2010
  • Karen Shugart

ECU student killed in Afghanistan honored, remembered

GREENVILLE — Vice President Joe Biden cried as the father of U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. David J. Smith explained how his son, an East Carolina University student, was killed from...

Nov 11, 2010
  • Doug Boyd

CT scans lead to early diagnosis of lung cancer

GREENVILLE, N.C.   —   Advanced imaging techniques offer a way to catch lung cancer – as well as other diseases – at their earliest stages when the chance for...

Nov 10, 2010
  • Doug Boyd

Kolasa receives national dietetic award

GREENVILLE, N.C.  — Dr. Kathryn Kolasa, a professor and registered dietitian at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, is one of eight recipients nationwide of a prestigious...

Nov 09, 2010
  • ECU News Services

ECU Police arrest rapper, band mates on drug charges

GREENVILLE   —   Rapper Wiz Khalifa, his manager and seven of his band mates were arrested on drug charges late Monday, Nov. 8, after the rapper had performed on East...

Nov 08, 2010
  • Doug Boyd

Cancer center receives Livestrong Community Impact Project Award

GREENVILLE, N.C.   —   The Leo W. Jenkins Cancer Center at East Carolina University, in partnership with Pitt County Memorial Hospital, has received a national award that will bring...

Nov 05, 2010
  • ECU News Services

First interactive, remote hearing test will expand access to care

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   An East Carolina University professor is among the creators of the first real-time, remote diagnostic hearing assessment that allows interaction between clinician and patient — a...

Nov 05, 2010
  • Doug Boyd

ECU physicians named to ‘Best Doctors’ list

GREENVILLE, N.C.    —   Forty-three physicians from the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University have been chosen by their peers for inclusion in the annual "Best Doctors"...

Nov 01, 2010
  • Doug Boyd

Horns honored by alma mater

GREENVILLE, N.C.   —   Dr. Phyllis N. Horns, vice chancellor for health sciences at East Carolina University, was one of 60 alumni the University of Alabama-Birmingham School of Nursing recently...

Oct 29, 2010
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

Women’s Roundtable raises funds for scholarships, names six incredible women at October event

GREENVILLE  —   The Women’s Roundtable at East Carolina University held its third event in the ECU Incredible Women Series on Oct. 14, raising more than $35,000 to support the...

Oct 29, 2010
  • ECU News Services

Annual Patriot Run to benefit Fort Bragg Survivor Outreach Services

GREENVILLE  — The East Carolina University’s Army ROTC Pirate Battalion will hold its third annual Patriot Run Nov. 20, benefiting Fort Bragg’s Survivor Outreach Services for the first time. N.C.-based...