ECU Thomas Harriot College of Arts & Sciences

08/27/2026

East Carolina University students and faculty in Harriot College, Nursing, and Health and Human Sciences are studying ways to prevent dehydration, heat stroke and other heat-related illnesses in outdoor workers. 🧑‍🌾

Read more about this important, collaborative research ➡️

Researchers advance heat-safety tools through collaborations, new data and student innovation to help protect workers from extreme heat.

08/19/2026

North Carolina beach nourishment projects in Avon and Buxton may provide coastal communities with valuable information to help guide future decisions about shoreline protection. researcher Dr. David Lagomasino, associate professor in the Department of Earth, Environment and Planning, has received more than $170,000 in funding from a Coastal Science and Engineering grant to monitor the project through 2028.

08/18/2026

professor Dr. Calvin Mercer is imparting bold, impactful knowledge about the religious and social considerations of a future of human existence that goes beyond our current understanding. His research delves into AI and scientific advances that may theoretically extend human life.

Due to his impressive career of teaching, research, creative activity and professional service, Mercer has been named the 27th Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor.

Read more ➡️ http://spr.ly/6188B1j05g

08/12/2026

Move-in is such an exciting time at ECU❗

Welcome back to all Harriot College majors, including Hailey Balena, a neuroscience major from Wilmington, who is settling into one of the campus's residence halls. 😃

08/10/2026

Dr. Andrea Kitta, an East Carolina University professor in the ECU Department of English, is providing leadership support in a field she loves. Recently, she was appointed President-elect of the International Society for Contemporary Legend Research. She will serve a three-year term as incoming president, a three-year term as president and a three-year term as outgoing president❗

Learn more about the society ➡️ http://spr.ly/6182B1KG4E

08/06/2026

Harriot College students get to conduct meaningful research! Keep up the good work, Holly!

What if physics could help improve future medical treatments? 🔬

graduate student Holly Maschenik is researching ways to make harmful cells easier to target, an approach that could improve future treatments for bacterial infections, cancer and more.

🔗: http://spr.ly/6184BEAg3K

08/04/2026

Psychology Department at East Carolina University graduate student Kelsey Deitrich is working with faculty on ECU Research that supports women college students through a trauma-sensitive yoga program! Read more below.

Third-year doctoral candidate Kelsey Dietrich facilitated a trauma-sensitive yoga practice session and presented "Implementing Trauma-Sensitive Yoga Programs on Campus: Research and Reflections" at the Contemplative Practices for Higher Education Conference in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Kelsey's presentation highlighted the collaborative work she and Dr. Christyn Dolbier have been doing to develop a trauma-sensitive yoga program designed to support women college students who are trauma survivors. The program is expected to launch in fall 2026 and reflects the Department of Psychology's commitment to advancing research-informed approaches that promote student well-being.

We are proud to see our faculty and students sharing innovative research and developing programs that make a meaningful impact on campus and beyond.



ECU Thomas Harriot College of Arts & Sciences

07/27/2026

A $25,000 America 250! Scholarship from the Daughters of the American Revolution will cover the cost of tuition for incoming East Carolina University graduate student Owen Nance, of Eden, NC.

Nance begins his studies for the Master of Arts degree in the ECU Department of History in August. He believes that studying history reminds us to be hopeful about the future. After completing his degree, Nance would like to teach history courses at a local community college.

07/24/2026

Harriot College undergraduates are tenacious and set the course! Working with ECU faculty experts, they perform hands-on research and achieve career readiness skills!

Find out more about the summer undergraduate research symposium, sponsored by ECU Research, where students showcased their work on July 24. https://rede.ecu.edu/undergraduate/events/