News and Announcements

Photo of Country Doctor Museum
Apr 17, 2018
  • ECU Contributor

Country Doctor Museum celebrates 50 years on April 21

A daylong celebration at the oldest museum in the nation dedicated to the history of rural health care will be held Saturday, April 21. From 10 a.m. until 3 p.m., the Country Doctor Museum will host "History Alive! A 50th Anniversary Celebration" – a family-friendly event that aims to offer visitors a glimpse into the past. Free activities will include museum tours, a petting zoo and horse-drawn carriage rides from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m....

Photo of Nichols' Bark and Iron Patent Medicine Trade Card
Apr 13, 2018
  • ECU Contributor

Laupus Library demonstrates how to care for cultural heritage

Join Laupus Library’s History Collections staff on April 16-19 for a series of demonstrations about preserving artifacts and manuscripts. Learn more about book preservation, caring for photographs, digitizing items for the database, performing conservation on artifacts and archival materials, packing and storing family heirlooms, and more. Handouts and supplemental materials will be available each day. ...

Panorama of Health Sciences Campus
Apr 09, 2018
  • ECU Contributor

Laupus Library’s leadership worthy of national celebration

April 8-14 is National Library Week, an annual celebration of the life-changing work of libraries, librarians and library workers. Libraries aren’t just places to borrow books or study — they’re also creative and engaging community centers where people can collaborate using new technologies and develop their skills and passions....

Photo of Country Doctor Museum Medical Implements
Apr 04, 2018
  • Layne Carpenter

Fighting for their Lives: Medical Practices During the American Civil War — An Online Exhibit

Online exhibit featuring highlights from the Civil War Medicine exhibit....

The History of PTSD - MHIG Lecture Banner
Mar 29, 2018
  • Layne Carpenter

Medical History Interest Group Lecture on Monday April 9

Presentation by Dr. Sheena Eagan, "The History of PTSD: How Cultural Narratives Affect the Patient Experience" to be given on Monday April 9 at 4:30PM in Laupus Library. ...

Mar 22, 2018
  • ECU Contributor

“Death and Diversity in Civil War Medicine” explains the disparity of mortality

The Medical History Interest Group will host “Death and Diversity in Civil War Medicine,” presented by Dr. Margaret Humphreys, the Josiah Charles Trent Professor in the History of Medicine at Duke University, on Mar. 26 at 4:30 p.m. in the Evelyn Fike Laupus Gallery. Humphrey’s talk will explore the ways in which social determinants of health, particularly nutritious food and nursing care, explain much of this differential mortality. ...

Mar 21, 2018
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Your feedback is essential to the ECU Libraries. Could we have ten minutes of your time?

Your feedback is essential to the ECU Libraries. Could we have ten minutes of your time? In collaboration with the Faculty Senate Libraries Committee, we are conducting a needs assessment survey of faculty. Your participation will determine plans for future library improvements, services and resources....

Depiction of surgeon with wearing mask
Mar 12, 2018
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“Eye Rain and Heart Cramps” – An Art as Avocation Exhibit

Laupus Library will open the art exhibit “Eye Rain and Heart Cramps,” with a 4:30-6:30 p.m. opening reception on April 10 in the Evelyn Fike Laupus Gallery on the fourth floor of the library. On display through June 1, the exhibit showcases a collection of paintings and mixed media artworks by April Holbrook, administrative support specialist for clinical financial services in the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. “Art is my therapy,” said Holbrook. “I feel as if every soul on this earth is here to leave some mark on the world and I feel my purpose was to create things to make others feel like they are not alone.”...

Historic Photo of Medical Professionals on the Western Front
Feb 22, 2018
  • Michael Tucker

Laupus Offers a Glimpse Into the Role of Medical Workers During War

Exhibit engages visitors with displays of artifacts, photographs and paper materials to demonstrate how the medical field responded to WWI. Exhibit runs from January 17 - March 18....

Feb 14, 2018
  • Layne Carpenter