Arts and Sciences Archives

Jun 06, 2018
  • ECU News Services

ECU’s Country Doctor Museum partners with high school students to make history

East Carolina University’s Country Doctor Museum in Bailey teamed up recently with students from Southern Nash High School to help preserve local history. A student-led oral history event was held...

Jun 05, 2018
  • ECU News Services

Graduate students' work in Saipan could help with recovery of servicemen MIA after WWII

ECU maritime studies program professor Dr. Jennifer McKinnon and several graduate students are in Saipan this summer to conduct archaeological surveys of surrounding waters to locate and document sites related...

May 24, 2018
  • ECU News Services

ECU’s Harriot College recognizes exceptional staff

The Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences Staff Council hosted its second annual Staff Awards and Recognition Ceremony May 11 in Harvey Hall. The event honors all dedicated THCAS...

May 18, 2018
  • ECU News Services

Remains of a possible 1619 Dutch privateer identified in Bermuda

East Carolina University archaeologists working in partnership with the National Museum of Bermuda (NMB) have announced that they may be one step closer to linking an unidentified shipwreck site to...

May 15, 2018
  • ECU News Services

ECU anthropology professor named director of international initiatives for Harriot College

East Carolina University anthropology professor Dr. Megan Perry has been appointed director of international initiatives for the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences, effective July 1. “I’m thrilled to...

May 11, 2018
  • ECU News Services

Harriot College announces 2018 Dean’s Early Career Award recipients

East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences has announced that Dr. Elizabeth Ables, assistant professor of biology, and Dr. Jacob Hochard, assistant professor of economics, are recipients...

May 08, 2018
  • ECU News Services

ECU offers new master’s degree in Hispanic studies

Spanish is the official language of 20 nations and is the second most spoken language in the world, with more than 400 million native speakers. Students at East Carolina University...

Apr 19, 2018
  • ECU News Services

300 million-year-old boulders donated to ECU

On April 18, East Carolina University’s Department of Geological Sciences received a donation of three boulders, estimated at more than 300 million years old. The boulders were installed for display...

Apr 18, 2018
  • ECU News Services

Country Doctor Museum celebrates 50 years on April 21

A daylong celebration at the oldest museum in the nation dedicated to the history of rural health care will be held Saturday, April 21. From 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.,...

Apr 17, 2018
  • ECU News Services

Dean, student switch roles in Harriot College

One East Carolina University student recently had the opportunity to serve as “Dean for a Day” in the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences. Dana Shefet, an EC Scholar...