Ledyard E. Ross Hall
Ledyard E. Ross Hall is a building on the East Carolina University campus at MacGregor Downs Road in Greenville, North Carolina in the United States, adjacent to the ECU Health Sciences Building. The facility was named after Ledyard E. Ross, a class of 1951 ECU graduate and notable Greenville orthodontist. The 188,000 square feet (17,500 m2) building officially opened October 12, 2012, and is home to East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine. Until its opening, the School of Dental Medicine’s students shared their learning space at the Brody Medical Sciences Building. In 2016, East Carolina opened the ECU School of Dental Medicine Research Center on the fourth floor of Ross Hall, adding almost 15,000 square feet (1,400 m2) of laboratory and laboratory support space.[1][2]
Research and education[edit]
While Ross Hall primarily serves as an educational institution, it also aims to provide reduced-fee dental care to low-income patients. The school houses specialty suite for orthodontics, pediatric dentistry, a clinical research area, and arrangements for patients with special needs. In June 2012, Ross Hall opened its first of ten planned community service learning centers with the intentions of reaching rural or under served communities.[3][4] As of 2016, Ross Hall has opened eight of these centers focused on research on health disparities, with the future goals of broadening its research into the concentrations of biomaterials, bioengineering, and the oral impacts of chronic diseases like diabetes and obesity.[2]
Technology[edit]
East Carolina University’s School of Dental Medicine at Ross Hall was named an Apple Distinguished Program by Apple Inc. for its implementation of advanced technologies for student education and teledentistry.[5] Ross Hall possesses 133 operatories, or "smart classroom" learning halls, seminar rooms, faculty offices, and a simulation suite, in which attending dental students can gain hands-on practice in dentistry.[6]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Ross Hall Opening". www.ecu.edu. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 West, Holly. “ECU Grows Again: Dental School Opens Research Center.” ECU Grows Again: Dental School Opens Research Center - Daily Reflector, Reflector, 29 Oct. 2016, https://www.reflector.com/News/2016/10/29/ECU-grows-again-Dental-school-opens-research-floor.html.
- ↑ "ECU cuts ribbon on dental school home". www.ada.org. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ↑ “A Dental School with a Mission (Paid Content by East Carolina University from The Chronicle of Higher Education).” The Chronicle of Higher Education, East Carolina University, 20 Nov. 2017, https://www.chronicle.com/paid-article/A-dental-school-with-a-mission/85?cid=at%7C
- ↑ "About Us - School of Dental Medicine". www.ecu.edu.
- ↑ "ECU School of Dental Medicine gets new digs – ECU Health Beat". blog.ecu.edu.
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