Arts and Sciences Archives

Dec 13, 2018

Anthropology students recognized through national competition

This semester, East Carolina University anthropology students participated in a nationwide competition known as the Community Action Project. Administered by the Center for a Public Anthropology, the competition involved more...

Tay Peed will receive her undergraduate degree in English with a minor in creative writing and a certificate in business and technical communication.
Dec 12, 2018
  • Lacey L. Gray

THE NEXT SHONDA RHIMES

From the young age of 10, when she learned how to type, Nataja “Tay” Peed has loved writing fiction. Peed said her mom shared one of her first short stories...

Steve Dellinger started earning his degree from ECU in the 1960s. Thanks to online classes he was able to graduate 50 years after his original senior year.
Dec 12, 2018
  • Rich Klindworth

FINISHING HIS DEGREE

“It’s never too late” is a common phrase that is said to give hope. At 72 years old, the Class of 2018’s Henry Stephen (Steve) Dellinger embodies the true meaning...

An aerial view of ECU underwater archaeologists and graduate students mapping the site along a baseline divided into a 10-meter square grid unit. (Photos courtesy of ECU and Centro de Buceo Embajadores y Embajadoras del Mar.)
Dec 04, 2018
  • ECU News Services

PRESERVING MARITIME HISTORY

East Carolina University underwater archaeologists and graduate students from the Department of History’s Program in Maritime Studies recently returned from a research expedition to the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica....

Three officers in front of Raleigh Police Department
Dec 03, 2018
  • Erin Ward

CRIMINAL JUSTICE

When Major Karen Riggsbee ’88 was promoted to deputy chief of the Raleigh Police Department this summer, she became one of the top three leaders in an agency that employs...

East Carolina University professor Baohong Zhang examines cotton fibers grown in his lab that were modified using gene-editing tools. Zhang’s research into cotton growth and development was recognized this week after he was named a fellow to the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Nov 27, 2018
  • Matt Smith

DISTINGUISHED DISTINCTION

In the 1980s and early ’90s, a commercial jingle described cotton as the “fabric of our lives.” Nearly three decades later, cotton truly has been an important fiber for East...

Nov 19, 2018
  • Spaine Stephens

Student: David Sager

When doctoral student David Sager was commissioned into the Air Force this summer, the gravity of his duty and dedication to military service members, veterans and a life of service...

Anita Hill, law professor and women’s and civil rights advocate, spoke to a nearly full house in ECU’s Wright Auditorium on Nov. 15. (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Nov 16, 2018
  • Lacey L. Gray

MOMENT OF A SOCIAL MOVEMENT

Anita Hill, law professor at Brandeis University and a women’s and civil rights advocate, was welcomed with a standing ovation at East Carolina University’s Wright Auditorium on the evening of...

Nov 02, 2018

ECU Glaxo Women in Science Scholars network with mentors

East Carolina University sophomore Jamie Chamberlin and senior Ashley Lynn are recipients of the 2018 Glaxo Women in Science scholarship. As recipients of the scholarship, they receive more than just...

Angus Konstam, author, historian and pirate expert, spoke to an audience in ECU’s Wright Auditorium on Oct. 25 for the kick-off event in the 2018-19 Voyages of Discovery Series. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Oct 29, 2018
  • Lacey L. Gray

FACT OR FICTION

On Oct. 25, Angus Konstam, historian and pirate expert, led an audience of Greenville community members and East Carolina University faculty, staff and students through a brief history of the...