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Oct 07, 2015
  • Alyssa Gutierrez
  • Amy Adams Ellis

SPRINT SUCCESS

East Carolina University has played a leading role in a clinical trial that may change the way health care providers treat high blood pressure. Landmark research involving Brody School of...

Sep 23, 2015
  • Jackie Drake

ECU bioprocess engineering program growing to meet demand

Students who major in engineering with a concentration in bioprocess engineering at East Carolina University could eventually earn an $80,000 salary in a fast-growing industry that improves people’s lives –...

Sep 16, 2015
  • Jamitress Bowden

HEED AWARD

For the fourth consecutive year, East Carolina University has been recognized by INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine with its Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award. National institutions are recognized with the...

Sep 15, 2015
  • Elizabeth Willy

HEALTHY AGING

North Carolina’s geriatric population is the fastest growing segment of the state’s population. If projections hold, the number of adults over the age of 65 living here will double by...

First year nursing students, left to right, Cara Benedue, Kevin Beasley and Lauren Baker prepare for pinning each other at the Lamp of Learning ceremony held on campus on Thursday (Photos by Gretchen Baugh)
Aug 28, 2015
  • Kathryn Kennedy

LAMP OF LEARNING

A new class of East Carolina University nursing students was encouraged to pursue knowledge, emphasize service, and be honest and ethical in all matters during an Aug. 27 ceremony welcoming...

Dr. Wiley Nifong makes opening remarks before Honors College students Zachary Elliott and Aenia Amin present case studies as part of their summer internship at the East Carolina Heart Institute. (Photos by Jessica Nottingham)
Aug 27, 2015
  • Jessica Nottingham

SUMMER STUDIES

Every day had something new in store for two Honors College students who spent their summer working with East Carolina University’s leaders in robotic heart surgery. Aenia Amin and Zachary...

Recipients of the Class of 2019 Brody Scholar award are, left to right, Tony Botros, Catherine Thriveni and John Hurley. (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Aug 21, 2015
  • Amy Adams Ellis

PURSUING PASSIONS

Three medical students at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine have been awarded the most prestigious scholarship available at the university. Anthony “Tony” Botros, John Hurley and Catherine Thriveni...

ECU alumnus Dan Kane, seated, prepares material for demonstration at the Mitochondrial Physiology School held on campus Aug. 10 - 13. Kane is assistant professor of human kinetics at St. Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia, Canada. (Photos by Gretchen Baugh)
Aug 19, 2015
  • Kathryn Kennedy

‘SUMMER CAMP’ FOR SCIENTISTS

Scientists from around the world converged on East Carolina University’s health sciences campus Aug. 10-13 to get a crash course in an organelle that powers all human cells. Mitochondrial Physiology...

Daniel Feterovskiy waves a flag as his mother Oksana Feterovkaya and father Aleksy Feterovskiy (last names vary because of gender) listen to a video message from President Barack Obama. The couple immigrated to the U.S. from Uzbekistan and were at ECU to participate in a naturalization ceremony. (Photos by Jay Clark)
Aug 17, 2015
  • Jay Clark

CELEBRATING CITIZENSHIP

Forty-eight applicants from 28 countries became United States citizens during a naturalization ceremony held at the East Carolina Heart Institute Aug. 14. This was the first time a naturalization ceremony...

Incoming Brody School of Medicine student Pooja Sarin is helped into her white coat by Dr. Susan Schmidt, associate dean for Student Affairs. All 80 new students received a white coat as a gift from the BSOM Alumni Society to recognize their induction into the Brody medical alumni family. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Aug 14, 2015
  • Amy Adams Ellis

‘NEVER THE SAME’

Brody School of Medicine Class of 2019 All 80 students are North Carolina residents. They were selected from 982 applicants and represent 25 counties of residence, from Buncombe in the...