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UNC Pembroke Chancellor Kyle Carter and East Carolina University Chancellor Steve Ballard sign a memorandum of understanding that will establish a satellite program for ECU's doctorate in physical therapy at UNCP. The agreement aims to prepare more physical therapists for eastern North Carolina. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Jun 24, 2015
  • Kathryn Kennedy

SOUTHEAST SATELLITE

A new partnership between East Carolina University and the University of North Carolina at Pembroke aims to increase the number of physical therapists working in eastern North Carolina. ECU Chancellor...

ECU Physicians’ online patient portal, MyChart, allows individuals like ECU student Summer Tillman, pictured above using the MyChart web site, to access their health care team electronically. (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Jun 17, 2015
  • Amy Adams Ellis

PAPERLESS PRACTICE

The clinical practice of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University has been recognized for significantly improving patient care through the use of their electronic medical record system....

With five-story twin towers connected by an enclosed aerial bridge on the second floor level, the new Gateway East and West Residence Hall, shown across 14th Street from Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, offers striking views of the west side of main campus. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Jun 09, 2015
  • Steve Tuttle

CHANGING THE FACE OF CAMPUS

Construction projects on three sides of main campus are underway that will change the appearance and the flow of people around East Carolina University. Officials said the campus that emerges...

ECU professor Dr. Vivek Anand has completed research that demonstrates a large number of teens in eastern North Carolina are using e-cigarettes, with minimal knowledge of associated health hazards. Anand is pictured above with a sample of e-cigarette advertising, at right, compared with tobacco advertising from years past. (Photo by Jay Clark)
Jun 02, 2015
  • Amy Adams Ellis

GATEWAY TO ADDICTION

An East Carolina University psychiatrist has published research that shows what adolescents in eastern North Carolina think of electronic cigarettes and how they’re using them. Dr. Vivek Anand, clinical assistant...

ECU pediatric surgeon Dr. Danielle Walsh accepts the SAGES Education and Research Foundation’s Excellence in Medical Leadership Award during the organization’s Surgical Spring Week conference in Nashville, Tennessee. (Contributed photo)
May 21, 2015
  • Amy Adams Ellis

‘GOLDEN TICKET’

An East Carolina University pediatric surgeon has been named an outstanding medical leader by the international Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons. Dr. Danielle Walsh, associate professor of surgery...

At left, Dr. Meghan Scott, a Brody School of Medicine graduate and second-year family medicine resident at ECU, stands with Dr. Jonathon Firnhaber, ECU's family medicine residency program director. ECU has again been ranked as among the top ten in the nation in producing family care physicians. (Photo by Gretchen Baugh)
May 15, 2015
  • Kathryn Kennedy

FAMILY MATTERS

The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University was recognized again this year for the high percentage of its graduates pursuing residency training in family medicine. The American Academy...

May 12, 2015
  • Amy Adams Ellis

QUALITY OF CARE

A nurse specialist in vascular surgery has been selected by her peers as this year’s top nurse at ECU Physicians, the group medical practice of the Brody School of Medicine...

May 08, 2015
  • Amy Adams Ellis
  • Doug Boyd

GRADUATION DAY

Sunshine lighted the smiles of graduates as they marched into Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium for the 106th spring commencement at East Carolina University today. And even as clouds from Subtropical Storm Ana...

A grant from the SECU Foundation will enable a collaboration with the university that will take ECU students off campus to earn valuable job experience as interns in small-town community organizations. The program will support up to 20 summer internships for sophomore and junior students. Pictured above, students meet with potential employers during the 2014 Career Fair. (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
May 06, 2015
  • Steve Tuttle

COLLABORATIVE APPROACH

East Carolina University will use a $100,000 grant from the State Employees’ Credit Union (SECU) Foundation to fund up to 20 summer internships for undergraduates interested in careers in leadership...

ECU Chancellor Steve Ballard speaks during the university's awards day ceremonies, while Provost Ron Mitchelson studies the order of events. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Apr 30, 2015
  • Kelly Setzer

CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE

Achievements of East Carolina University’s faculty and staff took center stage at the sixth annual Founders Day and University Awards Celebration on April 29 in Hendrix Theatre. Serving as master...