Arts and Sciences Archives

Mar 13, 2019
  • ECU News Services

ECU psychology professor receives $200,000 grant to study people affected by Hurricane Florence

An East Carolina University researcher will undertake a study of residents of four rural North Carolina counties affected by Hurricane Florence, thanks to a nearly $200,000 RAPID grant from the...

Mar 08, 2019
  • ECU News Services

Research cluster co-director featured in The Washington Post

A recent article in The Washington Post highlights research by an East Carolina University faculty member on the challenges facing farmland in eastern North Carolina. Alex Manda, associate professor of...

Feb 27, 2019
  • ECU News Services

ECU designated as a 'Voter-Friendly Campus'

ECU was designated today as a “Voter-Friendly Campus.” The initiative, led by national nonpartisan organizations Campus Vote Project and NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, held participating institutions accountable...

Feb 26, 2019
  • ECU News Services

Thirteenth-generation descendent of Thomas Harriot speaks with Harriot College Dean’s Advancement Council

Georgia Dunn Belk, who has traced her lineage to Thomas Harriot – the namesake of the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences at East Carolina University – spoke with...

Photography by Rhett Butler
Feb 25, 2019
  • Bri Deel

Student: Austin Allen

Austin Allen truly is a jack of all trades. Allen is a senior who excels in a multitude of areas at East Carolina University. Allen is a Chancellors Fellow in...

Clinton Van Zandt, retired FBI profiler and hostage negotiator.
Feb 22, 2019
  • Lacey L. Gray

UNDERSTANDING HUMAN BEHAVIOR

Clinton Van Zandt, retired FBI criminal profiler and hostage negotiator, was welcomed to East Carolina University and the Greenville community on Feb. 21 as the third presenter in the 2018-2019...

Feb 21, 2019
  • ECU News Services

NCLR announces new submission period, $1,000 for Creative Nonfiction Prize

The North Carolina Literary Review is now accepting submissions for the 2019 Alex Albright Creative Nonfiction Prize. The first-place winner will receive $1,000, thanks to a generous donation from the...

Feb 18, 2019
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College of Arts and Sciences honors students at ECU Excels reception

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. 15 in the new...

Feb 12, 2019
  • ECU News Services

ECU university studies major wins top award in Campus Movie Fest competition

East Carolina University senior Nathaniel Reid, a university studies major, has won the Campus Movie Fest best video award in the Hurricane Florence category. This category, sponsored by ECU’s Water...

Feb 06, 2019
  • ECU News Services

English associate professor selected for National Humanities Center summer residency

Dr. Erin Frost, associate professor of English at East Carolina University, recently was selected for a summer residency program at the National Humanities Center located in Research Triangle Park, North...