Arts and Sciences Archives

Oct 11, 2012
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Mark Smith-Soto Receives 2012 James Applewhite Poetry Prize

During the recent Eastern North Carolina Literary Homecoming, University of North Carolina at Greensboro Professor Mark Smith-Soto was announced as the winner of the 2012 James Applewhite Poetry competition for...

Oct 08, 2012
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Grant enables research on depression, cardiovascular disease

 East Carolina University psychology professor Dr. Matthew Whited received a 5-year grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to study connections between depression and cardiovascular disease. “People who...

Oct 03, 2012
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ECU biology professor elected to lead international organization

East Carolina University biology professor John W. Stiller was elected to the role of incoming vice president and president elect of the Phycological Society of America. The election results were...

Sep 24, 2012
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Kruse named distinguished professor

East Carolina University professor Dr. Jamie Kruse was inducted as the 2012 Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor during the college’s annual faculty convocation Aug. 20. The...

Sep 20, 2012
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Expert on evolutionary genomics to speak at ECU

Dr. Rasmus Nielsen, one of the world’s leading experts on evolutionary genomics and professor of integrative biology at the University of California, Berkeley, will lead a free, public seminar at...

Sep 20, 2012
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Leakey visits ECU for Voyages of Discovery lecture

Renowned paleoanthropologist Dr. Louise Leakey will present “Secrets in the Sands: Revelations into How We Became Human,” at 7 p.m. Oct. 2 in Wright Auditorium at East Carolina University. Leakey,...

Sep 05, 2012
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Environmental, disaster studies expert to speak at ECU

Southern Sociological Society 2012 Distinguished Lecturer Shirley Laska will present “Invigorating Research” at 2 p.m. Sept. 12 in Mendenhall Student Center Room 221 at East Carolina University. Laska is professor...

Aug 28, 2012
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ECU psychology professor honored with Best Paper award

Dr. Heather Littleton, associate professor in the Department of Psychology at East Carolina University, received the 2013 Georgia Babladelis Best Paper award by the Psychology of Women Quarterly for her...

Aug 27, 2012
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ECU alumnus published in LA Times

An editorial by East Carolina University alumnus Nathan Lean, "Anders Behring Breivik: Norway's sane killer" appeared in the Los Angeles Times Aug. 26. Lean earned a double major from ECU...

Aug 16, 2012
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ECU professor receives Fulbright award

East Carolina University professor Mulatu Wubneh in the Department of Geography will spend fall 2012 at Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia through a 2012-13 Fulbright Scholar award for lecturing and...