Arts and Sciences Archives

Author Colson Whitehead reads from and fields questions about his novel “The Underground Railroad”.
Oct 05, 2017
  • Spaine Stephens

UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Colson Whitehead read from his acclaimed novel “The Underground Railroad” to a packed Wright Auditorium Wednesday evening, Oct. 4, the second guest in the Thomas Harriot College...

Sep 29, 2017
  • ECU News Services

Harriot College honors scholarship recipients, donors

East Carolina University continues to thank its generous donors for providing financial gifts to students. This academic year, 175 Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences students will receive nearly...

Sep 29, 2017
  • ECU News Services

Harriot College honors scholarship recipients, donors

East Carolina University continues to thank its generous donors for providing financial gifts to students. This academic year, 175 Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences students will receive nearly...

Photography by: Cliff Hollis
Sep 21, 2017
  • Bre Lewis

Student: Katie Chandler

Katie Chandler will graduate in May as a quadruple major in History, Philosophy, Great Books, and Religious Studies. As a freshman, Chandler was a history major. She took advantage of...

Oceanographer Dr. Robert Ballard speaks to students at ECU.
Sep 15, 2017
  • Lacey L. Gray

OCEAN EXPLORATION

Oceanographer Dr. Robert Ballard kicked off the 2017-18 season of ECU’s Voyages of Discovery Series on Sept. 14 with a discussion on “Human History Under Water.” During the event, Ballard...

Sep 08, 2017
  • Lacey L. Gray

UNDERSEA MISSION

Researchers in East Carolina University’s Program in Maritime Studies are working with the Department of Defense on a project they hope will give some peace of mind to U.S. military...

Pirate Profile Kestra James
Sep 05, 2017
  • Bre Lewis

Student: Kestra James

Kestra James, a junior, feels that she has had numerous opportunities thanks to East Carolina University. Double majoring in English and German, she wishes to go to graduate school in...

Aug 25, 2017
  • ECU News Services

Joyner Library celebrates excellence in student research and writing

Joyner Library announced the winners of its annual W. Keats Sparrow Writing Award for student research during an Aug. 23 ceremony held in the Janice L. Faulkner Gallery, located on...

Chancellor Cecil Staton
Aug 10, 2017
  • Rich Klindworth

ECU raises $48 million in FY17

An increase in individual donors helped East Carolina University raise more than $48 million in fiscal year 2017.  “ECU’s supporters continue to rally behind our university,” said Chris Dyba, vice...

Jul 24, 2017
  • ECU News Services

ECU alumna named NC Presidential Scholar

East Carolina University alumna Katie Stanley is one of four recent graduates from across the state named a Presidential Scholar for the 2017-18 school year by the University of North...