Fall enrollment at record high
Fall semester enrollment at East Carolina University has reached 21,797, an all-time record and up 6.2 percent from the previous mark of 20,577 set a year ago. The number includes...
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ECU initiates saferide program
East Carolina University students needing late-night transportation can call upon ECU's new escort service, SafeRide. University officials introduced the program last week to help ECU students get home safely, whether...
Medical grads turning away from primary care, study shows
Fewer graduating medical students are choosing primary care residencies, according to a study co-written by a professor at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University and published in...
Students, professors benefit from new classroom tools
Out with the dingy orange-and-gold seats, in with high-tech seating complete with receptacles for charging laptop computers. Out with overheads, in with computerized presentation tools that put PowerPoint to shame....
Sports clinic addresses health problems before they spiral out of control
The pain she felt simply walking finally convinced Barbara Perkins to see a doctor. For years, tennis had been her work and her passion, but she was finding it impossible...
ECU pediatrician earns clinical scientist award from NIH
A pediatrician at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University has won the highly competitive National Institutes of Health Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award supported through the National...
ECU plans military speaker series
Retired U.S. Air Force Col. Tom Lyon will kick off East Carolina University's Military Speakers Bureau Series at 3 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 5, in room C207 of the new...
ECU receives NCAA Certification
East Carolina University's intercollegiate athletics program has received certification from the NCAA, signifying that the university's program conforms with NCAA principles. Certification, which is valid for 10 years, is meant...
New dean named for Brody School of Medicine
Dr. Cynda Johnson, a family physician with a passion for rural health care and research, has been named dean of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. Johnson,...
Eastern AHEC receives $145,926 for Health Sciences Academy of Pitt County
A broad-based initiative to boost math and science skills of students in Pitt County Schools as they prepare for careers in health care will receive $145,926 in first-year funding from...