Maritime/Coastal Archives

Nov 06, 2024
  • Jules Norwood

Graduate students pitch research projects in Three-Minute Thesis competition

Sixteen East Carolina University graduate students took the stage Monday afternoon to pitch their research projects in the Three-Minute Thesis competition in the Main Campus Student Center ballrooms. Xanthia Saganis,...

Oct 08, 2024
  • ECU News Services

CSI faculty receive NSF grant for renewable ocean energy research

A $3.6 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant awarded to researchers from the University of Michigan, East Carolina University, UNC-Chapel Hill and Virginia Tech is aimed at increasing energy resilience...

Oct 02, 2024
  • Lacey L. Gray

Marshall Island serves as resting place for WWII battle vehicles

The island of Roi-Namur is located in the northern part of Kwajalein Atoll, one of the many volcanic islands and coral atolls comprising the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Situated...

Paige Day conducted research on summer rainfall at the Coastal Studies Institute on the ECU Outer Banks Campus. (Contributed photo)
Sep 04, 2024
  • Steven Grandy

Pirates make most of summer experiences

Many East Carolina University students spent their summers as interns, gaining real-world experience in their respective fields. These four Pirates played music, studied rainfall, wrote press releases and kept North...

Aug 26, 2024
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU’s Harriot College names Dr. Joseph Luczkovich to distinguished professorship

East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences has named Dr. Joseph Luczkovich, professor in the Department of Biology, to the prestigious rank of distinguished professor. Luczkovich is...

Aug 02, 2024
  • Steven Grandy

Board of Trustees elects officers for 2024-25

The East Carolina University Board of Trustees held its summer meeting at the Coastal Studies Institute on the ECU Outer Banks Campus in Wanchese Aug. 1. In the one-day meeting,...

May 16, 2024
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU maritime studies graduate student attends unique Egyptian underwater field school

Katelyn Rollins, one of East Carolina University’s newest master’s degree graduates of the Maritime Studies program in the Department of History, recently attended a unique field school in Egypt. She...

Johnnie Sabin, who is earning a doctoral degree in integrated coastal sciences, visits Greenville’s Wildwood Park. (Photos by Steven Mantilla)
Apr 26, 2024
  • Crystal Baity

John Sabin, Ph.D., Integrated Coastal Sciences

STATISTICS Name: Johnnie Sabin College: Integrated Coastal Programs Major: Integrated Coastal Sciences Age: 29 Classification/Year: Doctoral candidate (5th year) Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia Hobbies/interests: Hiking, scuba diving, boardsports (wake/snow/mountain), photogrammetry, DIY electronics...

Apr 08, 2024
  • Ronnie Woodward

Host ECU enhancing Coast Guard Auxiliary collection

The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary records manuscript collection spans nearly 350 cubic feet and includes more than 900 boxes in the basement level of the East Carolina University main campus...

Feb 27, 2024
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU planners and geographers research property buyouts and public perceptions

Compound coastal water events (CCWEs) are defined as events that are not themselves extreme but when combined lead to an extreme event or impact in a region. CCWEs are an...