Arts and Sciences Archives

Feb 27, 2020
  • Ken Buday

TOPPING OUT

Construction of the East Carolina University Life Sciences and Biotechnology Building reached a milestone with a “topping out” ceremony Wednesday at the site on the corner of 10th and Evans...

Feb 27, 2020
  • Jamie Smith

ECU poll says Biden still leads in South Carolina ahead of primary

During the month of February, the Center for Survey Research at East Carolina University has conducted three polls of voters in South Carolina leading up to the state’s Democratic primary...

Feb 26, 2020
  • Matt Smith

SERVICE THROUGH RESEARCH

East Carolina University researchers will be recognized Monday, March 2, at the university’s fourth annual Research and Scholarship Awards. The awards honor ECU faculty with the Lifetime Research & Creative...

Feb 26, 2020
  • Matt Smith

WRITING HER STORY

On a Tuesday afternoon in a darkened conference room in East Carolina University’s Mamie Jenkins Building, nearly a dozen students gather for author Liza Wieland’s creative writing workshop. One of...

Rick Steves talks with students in the Bate Building. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Feb 21, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

TRANSFORMATIONAL TRAVEL

Hundreds of people braved snowy weather Thursday night to hear expert Rick Steves’ talk about a lifetime of travel — about 120 days every year — with a 9-by-22-by-14-inch carry-on...

Feb 20, 2020
  • Michael Rudd

DREAMS COME TRUE

The final round of the 2019-20 Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge concluded Wednesday night with FishingLicense.us taking first place and a cash prize of $15,000. FishingLicense.us is the team of ECU biology...

Feb 17, 2020

ECU Excels receptions honor high-achieving students

East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences recognized its high-achieving freshmen and first-year transfer students at the college’s annual ECU Excels reception Feb. 10 in the Main...

Feb 17, 2020
  • Grady Dillon

Student: Nakaya Melvin

East Carolina University student Nakaya Melvin is always up for a challenge. Melvin, a senior from Fayetteville, is an Honors College student double majoring in public health studies and chemistry....

Feb 14, 2020
  • Lacey L. Gray

COMING FULL CIRCLE

Married East Carolina University professors never expected a rogue storm to shipwreck their boat along the coast of North Carolina 35 years ago, but that is exactly what happened and...

Feb 06, 2020
  • Jules Norwood

A WAY FORWARD

Interim Chancellor Ron Mitchelson presented his first State of the University address to the East Carolina University community Wednesday in Wright Auditorium, highlighting successes and challenges, and thanking faculty and...