Doug Boyd Archives

Nov 23, 2011
  • Doug Boyd

Grants to aid search for MS vaccine

Nearly $2 million in federal grants are helping an East Carolina University scientist look for a vaccine that could help fight or prevent multiple sclerosis. Dr. Mark Mannie, a professor...

Nov 23, 2011
  • Doug Boyd

ECU vascular center reaccredited

The Vascular Imaging Center at the East Carolina Heart Institute at East Carolina University has received national reaccreditation. The Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories has granted a...

Nov 17, 2011
  • Doug Boyd

Vascular imaging center receives reaccreditation

The Vascular Imaging Center at the East Carolina Heart Institute at East Carolina University has received national reaccreditation. The Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories has granted a...

Nov 17, 2011
  • Doug Boyd

Grant to fund study of Lyme disease

An East Carolina University scientist is looking at ways to treat or prevent Lyme disease with funding from a federal grant. Dr. Md Motaleb, an assistant professor of microbiology and...

Police officers direct people to move out of the area around the West End Dining Hall after reports of an armed suspect in the vicinity of Fifth St. and Reade Circle. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Nov 17, 2011
  • Doug Boyd

ALL CLEAR

Greenville and East Carolina University breathed a little easier Wednesday afternoon when a suspected gunman near campus turned out to be a pedestrian with an umbrella. Greenville Police surveillance cameras...

Nov 16, 2011
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Police: Reported ‘gunman’ carrying umbrella

Greenville and East Carolina University breathed a little easier Wednesday afternoon when a suspected gunman near campus turned out to be a pedestrian with an umbrella. Greenville Police surveillance cameras...

Four-star general Gary L. North spoke at ECU Nov. 10 as part of the College of Business Cunanan Leadership Speaker Series. North remained on campus to participate in Greenville's and the university's commemorations of Veterans Day. (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Nov 11, 2011
  • Doug Boyd

Discover, develop and deploy

An East Carolina University alumnus and high-ranking military commander encouraged students and others to discover, develop and deploy their leadership skills during a lecture Thursday at Wright Auditorium on the...

ECU researchers have been searching the Atlantic ocean to measure effects from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. (Photo by Ben McGlaughon)
Nov 08, 2011
  • Doug Boyd

Oil and water don’t mix

Off Onslow Bay, a group of East Carolina University researchers have been looking for oil. But unlike most in this world of $90-a-barrel crude, they aren’t hoping to find a...

Nov 04, 2011
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Grant to help ECU place medical residents in communities

A federal grant will help East Carolina University place family medicine residents in underserved communities in eastern North Carolina. The five-year, $480,739 grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration...

Dr. Bobby Jones, left, plays mandolin as his brother, Dr. Stephen Jones listens at Bobby Jones' home in Shelby. (Photo by Doug Boyd)
Oct 28, 2011
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Doctoring is a family tradition for the Joneses

A career spent working as a family doctor, teaching medical students and supporting the medical school at East Carolina University was recognized Friday at ECU’s new Family Medicine Center. Dr....