Research Archives

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Sep 23, 2025
  • Kim Tilghman

Internship program fuels student growth, community success

The start of the fall semester marked the conclusion of another impactful summer for East Carolina University’s SECU Public Fellows Internship (PFI) program. This year, 20 undergraduates were placed with...

A woman, wearing a black and gold flecked suit jacket, stands smiling at a podium with a pointer and a book. There is a Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences banner in the background.
Sep 18, 2025
  • Lacey L. Gray

Thriving in times of radical change: Reconnecting to humanity

East Carolina University welcomed Sam Rad (Samantha Radocchia), an anthropologist, entrepreneur and futurist focused on human connection in the era of artificial intelligence, to campus on Sept. 11 for the first of two events...

An East Carolina University student sits in a chair with a notepad and pen and is talking to another person whose back is to the camera.
Sep 15, 2025
  • Lacey L. Gray

Grant supports community mental health services, student training

East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences and Brody School of Medicine are joint recipients of a $1.3 million grant to fund critical mental and behavioral health...

Sep 09, 2025
  • Lacey L. Gray

Harriot College thanks donors, honors scholarship recipients at 10th annual celebration

East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences recognized students and thanked its generous donors at the college’s 10th annual scholarship celebration on Sept. 5 in the Main...

Sep 08, 2025
  • Jessica VanderKolk

ECU musicians create new music experience with electronics, percussion

When you click play on a digital song or drop the needle on a turntable, you expect to hear the same version of a song every time. East Carolina University...

Sep 03, 2025
  • Steven Grandy

Study investigates perceptions surrounding corruption

Corruption occurs in the business world, but how do people feel about it? That’s the basis of research conducted by College of Business professor Dr. Max Stallkamp and the subject...

Aug 26, 2025
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU’s Harriot College names Dr. Nathan Richards to distinguished professorship

East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences has named Dr. Nathan Richards, professor in the Department of History and the Program in Maritime Studies, to the prestigious...

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Aug 19, 2025
  • Lacey L. Gray

New Department of Earth, Environment and Planning prioritizes environment, communities

This spring, East Carolina University Chancellor Philip Rogers officially approved a request to merge two departments within the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences. The Department of Geography, Planning...

Aug 18, 2025
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU faculty lead STEM students in immersive environmental science research

East Carolina University geological sciences faculty members led nine undergraduate students — mainly STEM majors from colleges and universities across the United States — through an immersive, educational summer research...

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Aug 14, 2025
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Student success initiatives grow with strategic support in FY 2025

Donors have embraced East Carolina University’s priority fundraising focus to further initiatives like scholarships and research, contributing nearly $74.4 million in philanthropic support, according to a fiscal year-end wrap-up of...