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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...

Oct 28, 2010
  • ECU News Services

ECU researchers survey coastal business perception of drilled oil risks

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   East Carolina University researchers want to know what tourism businesses and organizations perceive as the potential effects of an oil spill or leak off the coast....

Oct 27, 2010
  • Crystal Baity

Allied health sciences development director back from service in war-torn country

GREENVILLE, N.C.  — One of the highlights of Pat Frede’s 10 months in Afghanistan was being embedded with U.S. Marine Corps Female Engagement Teams who try to develop relationships of...