Arts and Sciences Archives

May 06, 2025
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

ECU names 2025 Robert H. Wright Alumni Leadership Award recipients

Lauded for their genuine compassion, bold leadership and mission-centered initiative, five East Carolina University students have been honored as the 2025 recipients of the Robert H. Wright Leadership Award by...

A man in a police uniform and a graduation cap with gold tassel stands with arms crossed in a classroom with desks.
May 02, 2025
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU police chief receives Ph.D. at spring commencement

East Carolina University’s Chief of Police Jason Sugg is a second-generation law enforcement officer and a first-generation Pirate. On Friday, he adds another ECU degree to his repertoire when he...

Two people with their back to the camera wear purple graduation caps and gowns.
May 02, 2025
  • University Communications

Meet the ECU Class of 2025

On Friday, May 9 more than 4,600 students will graduate from East Carolina University. The Class of 2025 will carry more than diplomas as they close this chapter of their...

A young man wearing a sport coat stands holding a microphone on the left side of the room making a presentation to a group. To his left are two giant posterboards with two other young men standing to the side.
Apr 28, 2025
  • Steven Grandy

Campus Cribs finds a home at Aman Pirate Challenge

Finding the right place to live can be stressful and time-consuming for East Carolina University students who live off campus. Campus Cribs hopes to connect the two, giving students a...

Two females with brown hair wearing dark-colored campus EMS pullovers pack supplies and tools into their campus ambulance.
Apr 21, 2025
  • Kristen Martin

Student-led EMS team enhances campus emergency response

Less than five-minute response time. That was one of the first inspirations behind Campus Emergency Medical Services (EMS), a new first responder agency at East Carolina University. “I started working...

Apr 17, 2025
  • Crystal Baity

Outstanding faculty honored at 2025 University Teaching Awards

East Carolina University celebrated faculty members who excel in the classroom and beyond at the 2025 University Teaching Awards ceremony Tuesday in the Main Campus Student Center. “Our students, region...

Apr 09, 2025
  • Crystal Baity

ECU graduate programs earn high rankings

East Carolina University’s master’s and doctoral programs in allied health sciences, medicine and nursing earned high rankings once again this year in U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 Best Graduate...

Geoff Anthony is wearing scuba diving equipment including a white shirt, black wetsuit components, and a white cap is working underwater on a sandy ocean floor. He is writing on a clipboard while using a measuring tape. Coral formations are visible in the background, and the water is a clear blue color.
Apr 02, 2025
  • Alondra Martinez

Marine Corps veteran Geoff Anthony pursues history and recovery

‘Semper Fidelis,’ the Marine Corps motto that embodies unwavering loyalty and commitment, perfectly captures the life and career of Geoff Anthony, a graduate student in maritime studies at East Carolina...

Mar 27, 2025
  • Lacey L. Gray

Research cruises assess North Carolina marine resources

An East Carolina University professor is taking part in a series of interdisciplinary research cruises aimed at exploring biological organisms off the coast of North Carolina and gauging how climate...

A man wearing winter outerwear holds an East Carolina University No Quarter Pirate flag in front of the McMurdo Station sign in Antarctica.
Mar 13, 2025
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU researchers record glacial melt in Antarctica

Researchers from East Carolina University are studying glacial melt at the Antarctic to better understand the impact of climate change in the polar region around the Earth’s south pole. Tristan...