Arts and Sciences Archives

Aug 19, 2011
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ECU scientists awarded $314,000 NSF grant

A new research project at East Carolina University should lead to improved climate forecasting for North Carolina. ECU geography professors Dr. Tom Rickenbach and Dr. Rosana Nieto-Ferreira will examine how...

Aug 19, 2011
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Conradt book examines politics in Europe

A new book co-authored by David P. Conradt (Political Science), "Politics in Europe, Fifth Edition" was published by Congressional Quarterly Press in Washington, D.C. According to Dietmar Herz, chair for...

Aug 16, 2011
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ECU researchers explore history near Columbia

  East Carolina University researchers are collaborating this fall with the UNC Coastal Studies Institute and the citizens of Columbia, N.C. to explore the region’s history and close connection with...

Jun 27, 2011
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Making sense of the Civil War: Prokopowicz selected as local project scholar

East Carolina University history department chair Dr. Gerald Prokopowicz will serve as project scholar for the “Let’s Talk About it: Making Sense of the American Civil War” series at the...

Jun 14, 2011
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ECU English professor retires after 42 years of teaching

East Carolina University English professor Roger C. Schlobin has retired after a combined 42 years of teaching at ECU, The Ohio State University and Purdue University. Schlobin is one of...

Jun 03, 2011
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ECU English professor edits, contributes to collection

The collection Culture, Communication, and Cyberspace: Rethinking Technical Communication for International Online Environments – edited by Kirk St. Amant (English) and Filipp Sapienza (White Mouse Solutions) – was recently published...

May 13, 2011
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EXPERTS CONVERGE: ECU hosts second annual hurricane conference

  East Carolina University and North Carolina Emergency Management will host the second annual hurricane conference for emergency managers May 18 in the Murphy Center on campus. Along with representatives...

May 04, 2011
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ECU students selected for Moldin scholarship

Two rising juniors at East Carolina University were named recipients of the 2011-12 Moldin scholarship, which provides $2,000 annually for selected students in chemistry or biology. Recipients are Sarah Howell...

Mar 16, 2011
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ECU professor helps authenticate 1921 "Lost Colony" film

ECU history professor Larry Tise confirmed that a film found recently at Roanoke Island is a true copy of a 46-minute silent movie, made in 1921, about the Lost Colony....

Mar 16, 2011
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Public Forum on Nuclear Crisis Set for Thursday

Faculty in the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences Department of Physics will discuss the science surrounding a nuclear crisis in a free, open forum "The Physics of a...