Guest lecturer to discuss African American freedom fighters
Dr. Frank Smith Jr., founding director of the African American Civil War Memorial Freedom Foundation in Washington, D.C., will give a free, public lecture at 7 p.m. April 9, in...
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ECU students host immigration forum
East Carolina University graduate students in the sociology of immigration 6010 course will host a free, open forum on immigration policy. “Perspectives on Policy” will be held from 7 –...
ECU grad wins in robotics competition
East Carolina University alumna Elizabeth Pate, a 2011 graduate with a B.A. in physics and a B.S. in science, was a member of the group that took home second place...
ECU hosts annual meeting of the North Carolina Folklore Society
East Carolina University will host the 99th annual meeting of the North Carolina Folklore Society from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. March 31 in Room 1031, Bate Building. The meeting...
NEH chairman to present discussion on humanities
Dr. James A. Leach, chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities, will present “Humanities, Citizenship and the American Spirit,” at 4 p.m. April 12 in the Willis Building. Leach...
Young Writers Summer Camps Offered at ECU
This summer the Tar River Writing Project at East Carolina University will sponsor several camps for young writers in Pitt County and the surrounding area. Young writers at all ability...
Sociology professor selected for book award
A book by ECU sociology professor Lee Maril, "The Fence: National Security, Public Safety, and Illegal Immigration along the US - Mexico Border," was selected for the 2012 Ray and...
ECU research reveals impact from 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Research by East Carolina University faculty and students has confirmed that oil from the April 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico made it into...
ECU students spend Spring Break conserving shipwreck artifacts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mdT8SKWWNA&feature=youtu.be PRESERVING ARTIFACTS: Eleven graduate students from ECU's program in maritime history and four student interns from UNC-W spent their Spring Break working to conserve and catalogue artifacts from a...
ECU Institute for Coastal Science and Policy hosts regional academic bowl
East Carolina University’s Institute for Coastal Science and Policy and the Division of Continuing Studies hosted the 2012 Blue Heron Bowl on March 3. The Blue Heron Bowl is the...