Arts and Sciences Archives

Feb 05, 2020

Travel writer, TV personality, activist to visit ECU through Voyages Series

Rick Steves, American travel writer, TV personality and activist, will present “Travel as a Political Act,” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20 in the Main Campus Student Center ballrooms at...

Feb 04, 2020

East Carolina University opens Water Resources Center

East Carolina University’s Water Resources Center, housed in the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Geological Sciences, had its official grand opening Jan. 30 in...

Jan 14, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

NATIONALLY RANKED

Online graduate programs at East Carolina University have been recognized among the nation’s best in a new ranking by U.S. News & World Report. ECU’s master’s programs in business, criminal...

Amber Arnold, assistant director of student success in the Pirate Academic Success Center, works with ECU student Nolan McDonald on an assignment. Photo by Rhett Butler.
Jan 13, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

MINDSET TO SUCCESS

Nolan McDonald speaks from experience: You can turn around a bad first semester. Now a junior, McDonald moved to East Carolina University from his hometown of Medford, New Jersey. Not...

Dec 17, 2019
  • Jules Norwood

X MARKS THE LAB

From the elevator, turn left down the hall and take 20 paces. Turn left again, and X marks the spot where Pirates are learning science in East Carolina University’s new,...

Dec 12, 2019

Resiliency the theme of third annual Coastal Conversations Conference

Researchers from across the state came together Friday to share their work on the health and resiliency of North Carolina’s coast at the third annual Coastal Conversations Conference at East...

Dec 12, 2019

Resiliency the theme of third annual Coastal Conversations Conference

Researchers from across the state came together Friday to share their work on the health and resiliency of North Carolina’s coast at the third annual Coastal Conversations Conference at East...

Dec 05, 2019
  • ECU News Services

SHIPSHAPE FOR THE FUTURE

East Carolina University’s graduating class of fall 2019 includes nearly 2,300 students who will receive their degrees during the Friday, Dec. 13 commencement ceremony. The students are unique and ambitious....

Dec 05, 2019
  • Jules Norwood

GOALS IN BUSINESS

Charlotte’s Mesyiah Fleming credits East Carolina University with providing not only the skills, but also the lifelong friends and connections to succeed in his chosen career. Fleming, who will graduate...

Dec 04, 2019
  • Jules Norwood

PROUD PIRATE

Interim Chancellor Ron Mitchelson has spent the past 20 years as a professor and administrator at East Carolina University, and today he occupies the big desk in Spilman, responsible for...