Service Archives

May 29, 2020
  • Spaine Stephens

DENTAL ALUMNI RESPOND

Since East Carolina University’s School of Dental Medicine (SoDM) opened its doors, many of its leaders, faculty, students and alumni have acted on the saying that “chance favors the prepared...

May 27, 2020
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU dental, medical students named NC Schweitzer Fellows

Seven students from East Carolina University’s Division of Health Sciences have been named to the 2020-21 class of North Carolina Albert Schweitzer Fellows, including four students from the School of...

May 26, 2020
  • ECU News Services

Dental school receives $500K technology grant from USDA

The ECU School of Dental Medicine received a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to upgrade and expand its teledentistry capacity in rural North Carolina communities. The school...

May 14, 2020
  • Spaine Stephens

Medical student creates coronavirus coloring book

Emily Kragel has a way of weaving art into her approach to the world—from everyday life to her medical education. The fourth-year Brody School of Medicine student has teamed up...

May 13, 2020
  • Spaine Stephens

Brody student helps translate COVID-19 information for patients nationwide

In a nod to the spirit of the “Brody family”—a concept of closeness and commitment to service that bonds those in East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine—one student is...

Apr 30, 2020
  • Spaine Stephens

VIRTUAL COOKING CLASS

A popular class on weight management and diabetes prevention shifted from in-person to online because of the COVID-19 pandemic—but thanks to community partnerships, participants still reaped the fruits of the...

Apr 29, 2020
  • Natalie Sayewich

HELPING THE HELPERS

Update 5/21/20:  Communities throughout North Carolina continue to support health care providers in Greenville through generous donations of personal protective equipment. The Chinese-American community in Greenville recently donated 10,000 additional...

Apr 27, 2020
  • Erin Ward

FACE MASK WARRIORS

The first face mask Kay Faldet made took her 45 minutes. Now, the senior university studies student can churn one out on her sewing machine in 15 minutes. As the...

Apr 21, 2020
  • Erin Ward

‘WE ARE FIGHTING’

East Carolina University doctors, nurses and health care workers near and far are risking their lives to serve others during the coronavirus pandemic. From a nursing student working long shifts...

Apr 13, 2020
  • Ken Buday

PRESERVING PPE

Failure was not an option. A team from East Carolina University and Vidant Health developed and implemented processes for decontaminating and reusing personal protective equipment (PPE), especially N95 masks. “Failure...