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.,...
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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...
Endowment to bring more renowned speakers to ECU
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Colson Whitehead, underwater explorer Jean-Michael Cousteau, primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson have all come to East Carolina University to share their unique perspectives,...
Riverbank erosion in Bangladesh
In North Carolina, coastal communities are faced with environmental change as water interacts with the land. Sea level rise and storm surges are the primary threats, but an understudied issue...
Student researchers awarded Joyner Library’s Rhem/Schwarzmann Prize
Three East Carolina University students from the Department of History in the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences have been awarded Joyner Library’s ninth annual Rhem/Schwarzmann Prize for student...
Student: Dan Hemme
Dan Hemme is a first-year graduate student in public administration with an emphasis in management at East Carolina University. He is also working toward his graduate certificate in development and...
Symposium builds connections
Nearly 80 East Carolina University faculty members filled Harvey Hall at the Murphy Center on Tuesday for the inaugural Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Engagement Symposium. The symposium, hosted by ECU’s Economic...
'Death and Diversity in Civil War Medicine' explains the disparity of mortality
The American Civil War occurred during a time when medicine was just beginning to make great strides. Contemporary doctors did not fully understand the origin of disease, the importance of hygiene,...
New USDA report provides trend data analysis about U.S. biobased economy
The United States Department of Agriculture today released its first-of-its-kind report that documents indicators of the United States’ biobased economy. The biobased economy refers to all economic activity derived from...
National Humanities Medal winner to visit ECU
National Humanities Medal winner Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, author of “Plato at the Googleplex” and “The Mind-Body Problem,” will discuss “The Curious Relationship between the Sciences and the Humanities” during an April...