Arts and Sciences Archives

Oct 15, 2020
  • Lacey L. Gray

English professor wins second international book award for “The Kiss of Death”

East Carolina University associate professor of English Dr. Andrea Kitta is racking up awards for her most recent book, “The Kiss of Death: Contagion, Contamination and Folklore,” which sheds light...

Oct 13, 2020
  • Matt Smith

FUTURE OF FARMING

A nearly $1.5 million grant awarded to an East Carolina University research team by the National Science Foundation combines science and economic policy to support eastern North Carolina’s environment, farmers...

Oct 13, 2020
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU alumna is a leader in educating and mentoring students, teachers

East Carolina University alumna Cynthia D. Crane is a leader in the eastern North Carolina community and transforms the lives of numerous children and students of all ages every year....

Oct 08, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

REMARKABLE LEADERS

Six outstanding women were honored for their selfless leadership as Women of Distinction at East Carolina University during a virtual ceremony on Sept. 29. Eboni Baugh, Betsy Tuttle, Cheryl Dudasik-Wiggs,...

Sep 28, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

Student: Yakira Muhammad

Yakira Muhammad planned a career in medicine when she enrolled at East Carolina University, but a longtime interest in writing steered her in a new direction. A double major in...

Sep 28, 2020
  • Erin Ward

ECU POLL

East Carolina University started a polling center three years ago with the goal of conducting accurate election polling that could garner national attention. With the 2020 election season underway, those...

Sep 21, 2020
  • Lacey L. Gray

Voyages speaker: Climate change affects all, need to talk more about it

East Carolina University’s Voyages of Discovery Series recently hosted its first live-streamed event, reducing the carbon footprint of the university, the event speaker and hundreds of attendees. This was appropriate,...

Sep 17, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

E-CIGARETTE EXPOSURE

East Carolina University researchers have been awarded a National Institutes of Health grant to measure secondhand and thirdhand exposure to electronic cigarette use inside vehicles as well as conduct an...

Sep 16, 2020
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU’s Center for Health Disparities names director

Dr. Keith Keene has been named director of the East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine Center for Health Disparities (CHD), effective Aug. 1, 2020. He has served as the...

Sep 16, 2020
  • Erin Ward

SUFFRAGE AT 100

One hundred years ago, the ratification of the 19th Amendment extended the right to vote to women in the United States. The story of the women who fought for the...