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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copy of the first movie produced in North Carolina sat undisturbed, and possibly forgotten, in storage with other historical documents relating...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...

Mar 15, 2011
  • Doug Boyd

ECU ranks in top 10 of primary care medical schools

GREENVILLE, N.C. — The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University ranks among the top medical schools in the country that emphasize primary care, according to the annual listing...

Mar 14, 2011
  • Doug Boyd

Annual Match Day coming Thursday

GREENVILLE, N.C. — Graduating East Carolina University medical students will learn where they will spend the next few years as doctors-in-training during the annual Match Day at noon Thursday, March...

Feb 28, 2011
  • Crystal Baity

Service to others honored during nursing Hall of Fame induction

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   Significant contributors to nursing education, administration, research and practice were honored Friday as 40 nurses were inducted to the inaugural Hall of Fame in the East Carolina...