Arts and Sciences Archives

Nov 10, 2022
  • Nathan Richards

ECU students search for clues to a forgotten fishery

Over the course of two days, East Carolina University graduate students in the Program in Maritime Studies searched for clues to a forgotten fishery within the dark waters of Albemarle...

Nov 01, 2022
  • Lacey L. Gray

Harriot College celebrates student scholarship recipients, thanks donors

East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences celebrated students and thanked its generous donors at the college’s seventh annual scholarship luncheon Oct. 28 in the Main Campus...

Javier Limon has dedicated himself to serving others and hopes to take his love for service back to Washington, D.C.
Oct 31, 2022
  • Hannah Eccleston

Student: Javier Limon

Javier Limon is ready to move to Washington, D.C., and begin a career in politics. Fresh off his 11-week internship on Capitol Hill this past summer, Limon has gained valuable...

Bradly Boaz, from left, and Krysta Byrd were recognized for their efforts to help Blake Solomonson during a medical emergency. Solomonson and his parents, Becky and Rich Belthoff, attended a recognition ceremony for Boaz and Byrd at ECU’s Main Campus Student Center.
Oct 28, 2022
  • Jules Norwood

PIRATE HEROES

When they found a fellow student in cardiac arrest, East Carolina University students Krysta Byrd and Bradly Boaz stepped in to help, and their actions helped save a life. The...

Oct 18, 2022
  • Ken Buday

ECU recognizes contributions of Golden LEAF Foundation with naming

A new plaque in the Life Sciences and Biotechnology Building celebrates the Golden LEAF Foundation’s long-term commitment and partnership with East Carolina University. Chancellor Philip Rogers welcomed Scott Hamilton, president...

Oct 12, 2022
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU Voyages presenter to discuss ‘Energy and Innovation in a Disruptive World’

East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences will launch the 16th season of its signature Voyages of Discovery Series at 7 p.m. on Oct. 27 in the...

Dr. Jean-Luc Scemama, associate professor of biology; Dr. Heather Vance-Chalcraft, assistant professor of biology; and Dr. Jason Yao, professor of engineering are part of an East Carolina University team receiving $1 million of a multi-university grant to support students from underrepresented backgrounds in science, technology, engineering and math.
Sep 28, 2022
  • Lacey L. Gray

RECRUITING STUDENTS TO STEM

East Carolina University is one of five North Carolina universities collaborating on a $3.4 million, five-year grant from the National Science Foundation to better recruit and support students from underrepresented...

Sep 27, 2022
  • Lacey L. Gray

Harriot College announces Whichard Distinguished Professor in the Humanities

East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences has announced that Dr. Aleia M. Brown is the college’s David Julian and Virginia Suther Whichard Distinguished Professor in the...

Debris is cleaned up on campus following Hurricane Florence in 2018. An ECU professor is part of a team of researchers that received a $16 million National Science Foundation grant to address the equity, economic prosperity and resiliency of communities affected by hurricanes.
Sep 27, 2022
  • Kim Tilghman

BUILDING DISASTER RESILIENCE

An East Carolina University professor is part of a team of researchers that has received a National Science Foundation Coastlines and People grant totaling more than $16 million to study...

Sep 26, 2022
  • Caroline Barnhill

Underdog mentality drives ECU alum, former football walk-on

From his humble beginnings as a child in Chihuahua, Mexico to being recognized as one of the top sales representatives for the cardiac rhythm management division of Boston Scientific in...