FIELDING MARITIME HISTORY
Nine East Carolina University graduate students are investigating a shipwreck close to home this fall as part of an annual field school. The students in ECU’s Program in Maritime Studies,...
Faculty/Staff Archives
Study finds source of COVID-19 messaging impacts effectiveness
New research from a multi-institution team including an East Carolina University faculty member finds that messaging during the pandemic is more effective when attributed to a trusted health organization rather...
VIRTUAL BUS TOUR
Dr. Tom Irons, professor of pediatrics and associate vice chancellor for regional health services at ECU’s Brody School of Medicine, has provided medical students and residents a priceless oral history...
Sociology student publishes cross-collaborative research with pediatric faculty
Sarah Watson, an East Carolina University graduate student in the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences (THCAS) Department of Sociology, is applying her studies to important cross-collaborative, clinical research....
BRIGHT FUTURE
East Carolina University has enrolled its third-highest number of students this fall following a record-breaking year in freshman applications, according to figures from the 10th day of class or census...
English faculty’s virtual reality design of Irish castle receives NEH humanities grant
The National Endowment for the Humanities recently announced $30 million for 238 humanities projects nationwide. Dr. Tom Herron, professor of English at East Carolina University, will receive a portion of...
SURVEY SAYS
Text. East Carolina University is included in the 2021 edition of The Best 386 Colleges, an annual guidebook published by the Princeton Review, an educational services company known for its...
ECU postdoc Hale receives NIH fellowship
East Carolina University postdoctoral scholar Benjamin Hale received a prestigious Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award from the National Institutes of Health, the organization announced this month....
UNSUNG HEROES
As the Return of Pirate Nation began, some staff at East Carolina University never left and paved the way for students and faculty to get back to campus. ECU Facilities...
Hurricanes and Migration: Case studies guide future disaster response
Residents of North Carolina’s Outer Banks usually observe a mass exodus of visitors from the beach prior to a hurricane. Once the storm has passed, residents immediately clean up and...