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ECU’s summer field school in historical archaeology, hosted by Harriot College’s Department of Anthropology, included 15 undergraduate students and three graduate students who researched the 18th century Palmer-Marsh house in Bath.
Jul 20, 2022
  • Lacey L. Gray

GAINING CAREER EXPERIENCE

East Carolina University students in the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences recently completed a month-long archaeology dig of one of the oldest structures in Bath, the oldest town...

Jul 19, 2022
  • Hannah Eccleston

Student: Liz Harris

Liz Harris is combining her love for educating and neuroscience to research and teach others. She chose to attend East Carolina University after a friend from her hometown of Greensboro,...

Jul 18, 2022
  • Ken Buday

TAKING FLIGHT

If East Carolina University engineering students in a new program need a reminder of the importance of their work, they simply need to look up and listen. The roar of...

Orientation assistants and alumni lead campus tours for incoming students and their family members.
Jul 14, 2022
  • Hannah Eccleston

PARENT PERSPECTIVE

Orientation is an exciting step for incoming students as they get ready to begin their college careers. Students learn about campus traditions, their majors and what life will be like...

Guest instructor John Porter conducts the ensemble at ECU’s Summer Guitar Festival.
Jul 12, 2022
  • Crystal Baity

SUMMER GUITAR FESTIVAL

Music filled A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall last week as the East Carolina University Summer Guitar Festival returned after a two-year pandemic hiatus. More than 30 students of all ages who...

High school students participating in the PIRATE Institute interact with ECU College of Education faculty to learn more about pursuing an education degree.
Jul 07, 2022
  • Kristen Martin

REACHING FUTURE EDUCATORS

High school students interested in pursuing careers in education had the opportunity to attend a free, two-day event at East Carolina University. The Pirate Institute for Rural Aspiring Teacher Educators...

A pair of Task Force Dagger Foundation veterans excavate a unit. East Carolina University researchers and Task Force Dagger continue to search for and recover missing aircraft and WWII personnel off the coast of Saipan.
Jul 06, 2022
  • Lacey L. Gray

DIVE THERAPY AND RECOVERY

East Carolina University researchers continue to search for and recover missing aircraft and WWII personnel off the coast of Saipan through a project led by Thomas Harriot College of Arts...

Jul 01, 2022
  • Jules Norwood

Fayetteville State students visit ECU biology lab

Undergraduate students from Fayetteville State University visited East Carolina University’s Life Sciences and Biotechnology Building last month to participate in a summer research experience as part of a continuing effort...

Austin Vick, left, and Emily Wiggins were two of 17 ECU alumni who returned to campus on June 13 to help lead new student orientation sessions.
Jul 01, 2022
  • Crystal Baity

WELCOME HOME

With in-person new student orientation back in full force at East Carolina University, chants of “purple and gold” and “no quarter” have been roaring through the Main Campus Student Center....

East Carolina Piano Festival Young Artists Program participant Kelia Ng Yao works with Jerome Lowenthal, longtime Julliard School faculty member, in a master class in Fletcher Recital Hall.
Jun 29, 2022
  • Crystal Baity

MUSIC MAKING

Young musicians from around the country have converged on East Carolina University’s campus for an intense week of master classes with some of the world’s best pianists at the East...