Arts and Sciences Archives

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...

Apr 13, 2018
  • ECU News Services

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,...

Apr 12, 2018
  • ECU News Services

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...

Apr 06, 2018
  • ECU News Services

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...

Photography by Rhett Butler
Mar 29, 2018
  • Bre Lewis

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...

Mar 28, 2018
  • ECU News Services

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...