Kathryn Kennedy Archives

Dec 02, 2014
  • Kathryn Kennedy

RURAL HEALTH RESOURCES

A community service learning center providing expert dental care to patients in and around Robeson County will soon open its doors – the fifth of its kind to open statewide...

ECU biology student Lenny Yong presents his research about sexual dimorphism in fish during the Three Minute Thesis event at ECU Oct. 22. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Oct 30, 2014
  • Kathryn Kennedy

THREE MINUTE THESIS

Imagine taking a project you’ve devoted your life to over the last several months, semesters, or even years. You’ve read innumerable pages of academic text and written almost as many...

Dr. Dave Brown, left, and Dr. Raz Shaikh collaborated on an NIH grant that will enable them to study methods for protecting the heart during a heart attack. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Oct 06, 2014
  • Kathryn Kennedy

HEART HEALTH

Drs. David Brown and S. Raza Shaikh have very different scientific skill sets. They might never have met if not for a multi-disciplinary research group based at East Carolina University....

Sep 17, 2014
  • Kathryn Kennedy

HOME HEALTH

Al Schreier rocked back in his recliner, surveying the three future Pirate nurses who filled his small apartment. They were there, they explained kindly, to follow up on an injury...

Sep 16, 2014
  • Kathryn Kennedy

TEDMED at ECU

How much can be said about the state of health care in 18 minutes or less? You might be surprised. The nonprofit TED organization has devoted itself to spreading ideas...

Sep 08, 2014
  • Kathryn Kennedy

MORE THAN DRILLING & FILLING

Most people dread root canals and tooth extractions, crowns and dental fillings. But fourth-year students in East Carolina University’s School of Dental Medicine have been looking forward to those procedures...

Aug 15, 2014
  • Kathryn Kennedy

‘TO CARE AND TO CURE’

Eighty new students were officially welcomed to the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University in an Aug. 15 ceremony that reflected the responsibilities and opportunities associated with a...

Jul 18, 2014
  • Kathryn Kennedy

Trustees review fiscal sustainability measures, strategic planning

Continuing fiscal challenges were front and center during the regular meeting of the East Carolina University Board of Trustees held July 17-18 at the East Carolina Heart Institute at ECU....

Jun 27, 2014
  • Kathryn Kennedy

ECU celebrates opening of fourth dental service learning center

With the opening of each dental community service learning center, East Carolina University is “changing the trajectory of oral health care in North Carolina.” That was the message delivered by...

Jun 27, 2014
  • Kathryn Kennedy

SYLVA SMILES

With the opening of each dental community service learning center, East Carolina University is “changing the trajectory of oral health care in North Carolina.” That was the message delivered by...