News Archives

Oct 29, 2021
  • Natalie Sayewich

HEALTH CARE, EN ESPAÑOL

As students in the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University learn to earn their patients’ trust and look for ways to better serve the underserved, many are honing...

Oct 28, 2021
  • Jules Norwood

INTERN ENERGY

“It was like a mini study abroad,” said East Carolina University sophomore Cora McQuaid, who spent the spring semester at ECU’s Outer Banks Campus as part of the Semester Experience...

Dr. Tom Irons, East Carolina University's associate vice chancellor for health sciences, was awarded the 2021 Jim Bernstein Community Health Career Achievement Award on Oct. 22 by the Foundation for Health Leadership & Innovation (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Oct 26, 2021
  • Spaine Stephens

CAREER KUDOS

Wherever Dr. Thomas G. “Tom” Irons goes, his reputation as a tireless advocate for health care access for all North Carolinians precedes him. Irons is an East Carolina University fixture,...

Oct 25, 2021
  • Crystal Baity

Student: Blake Rose

Blake Rose can literally fill notebooks with lyrics, poems and stories. His love for words goes back to high school, when he started writing lyrics for songs he played on...

Oct 22, 2021
  • Erin Ward

HEALTHIER MOMS, HEALTHIER BABIES

To get to a prenatal appointment, Stephanie Massey must leave the small town of Newport in the eastern edge of North Carolina and drive 70 miles inland on rural roads...

Oct 22, 2021
  • Ken Buday

Staff: Margaret Turner

On the tennis court, Margaret Turner is as competitive as anyone. Off the court, she competes for top students as the director of admissions and recruiting in the Honors College...

Oct 21, 2021
  • Crystal Baity
  • Stephanie Slusser

DANCE @ WRIGHT

A range of styles from jazz and tap to ballet and contemporary will be showcased in the annual Dance @ Wright performance at East Carolina University on Saturday and Sunday....

Oct 20, 2021
  • Crystal Baity

PROTECTING PIRATES

More than 500 people rolled up their sleeves for a flu shot — and almost 200 got a COVID-19 vaccine or booster — on a picture-perfect Tuesday at East Carolina...

Oct 18, 2021
  • Jules Norwood

TOURING THE SHIP

Hundreds of prospective East Carolina University students, along with parents and friends, visited campus Saturday for Fall Open House 2021, which marked a return to in-person visitation following last year’s...

Oct 14, 2021
  • Rob Spahr

RURAL FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY

East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine and Vidant Health have launched a new Rural Family Medicine Residency Program that will equip physicians with specialized training in caring for patients...