Student: Maggie Baile
Maggie Baile was “100% certain” that she would attend law school after earning undergraduate degrees at East Carolina University. But getting a job in the ECU Honors College her freshman year...
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FRESH EYES
East Carolina University graduate students in the Department of Criminal Justice are providing fresh eyes on cold cases in partnership with the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation In a...
Grad student bitten by T. rex research
An opportunity to participate in fascinating research as an undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh helped lead graduate student Shannon Brink to pursue a master’s degree at East Carolina...
ECU students gain real-world experience interpreting data on seafloor earthquakes
Dr. Meg Blome, teaching assistant professor of geological sciences at East Carolina University, regularly teaches more than 50 students in an introductory oceanography course, but only half of those students...
MAPPING COVID-19
When limited resources prevent everyone from having immediate access to COVID-19 vaccines, how do you determine who needs them most urgently? Where are they located? How can you get the...
ECU receives a National Endowment for the Arts Big Read grant
East Carolina University is one of 61 organizations nationwide selected to receive a 2021-22 National Endowment for the Arts Big Read grant. The grant project, directed by Dr. Marianne Montgomery,...
Two new millipede species named for ECU employees
What’s long and flat, has many pairs of jointed legs, and is named for an East Carolina University employee? Two newly described species of millipedes, Nannaria breweri and Nannaria spruilli,...
RECLAIMING HISTORY
East Carolina University students in the Department of Anthropology are back in the field this summer helping recover and catalog abandoned cemeteries across eastern North Carolina. Under the direction of...
Mitchell named winner of NCLR’s creative nonfiction prize
Steve Mitchell of Greensboro is the winner of the 2021 Alex Albright Creative Nonfiction Prize for “Ultimate Trip.” Mitchell will receive $400, and his essay will be published in the...
ENCOURAGING ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
Preserving history and heritage is a prominent goal in the field of archaeology, and East Carolina University’s Maritime Studies Program helps students gain the knowledge to meet that goal through...