Maritime/Coastal Archives

The members of the ECU Board of Trustees toured the Coastal Studies Institute facility Thursday morning and watched a demonstration of a drone used for mapping shoreline erosion over time. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Feb 16, 2018
  • Jules Norwood

TRUSTEES VISIT COAST

The East Carolina University Board of Trustees ventured outside Greenville for its regular meeting on Feb. 15-16, visiting and touring the Coastal Studies Institute in Wanchese. ECU is the administrative...

Students worked in shallow water to document and map the Pappy’s Lane shipwreck.
Jan 31, 2018
  • Jules Norwood

GROUNDED IN HISTORY

With little to go on but fragments of oral history and the scant clues they could glean from a decaying steel hull, a team of East Carolina University maritime studies...

Jan 30, 2018
  • Brian Heath

ECU graduate student awarded fellowship for work with marine parasites

East Carolina graduate student Christopher Moore was selected as a 2018 North Carolina Sea Grant and N.C. Coastal Reserve Coastal Research Fellow, allowing the Winston-Salem native to fund his marine-life...

Jan 11, 2018
  • Brian Heath

Coastal Studies Institute to host open house

The Coastal Studies Institute (CSI) will host an open house from 1-4 p.m. on Jan. 20 at its campus in Wanchese. The public is welcomed and encouraged to attend this...

ECU students completed a service-learning project involving a mystery shipwreck on the Outer Banks.
Oct 19, 2017
  • Crystal Baity

OUTER BANKS MYSTERY

A mystery shipwreck exhibited outside Nags Head Town Hall has a new sign thanks to East Carolina University art students. The students, now alumni, worked on the project in fall...

Sep 26, 2017
  • Brian Heath

Researchers awarded $1.5 million grant to investigate the future of coastal communities

Andy Keeler, professor of economics at East Carolina University and program head for public policy and coastal sustainability at the UNC Coastal Studies Institute, is part of an interdisciplinary team...

Sep 26, 2017
  • Brian Heath

Researchers awarded $1.5 million grant to investigate the future of coastal communities

Andy Keeler, professor of economics at East Carolina University and program head for public policy and coastal sustainability at the UNC Coastal Studies Institute, is part of an interdisciplinary team...

Oceanographer Dr. Robert Ballard speaks to students at ECU.
Sep 15, 2017
  • Lacey L. Gray

OCEAN EXPLORATION

Oceanographer Dr. Robert Ballard kicked off the 2017-18 season of ECU’s Voyages of Discovery Series on Sept. 14 with a discussion on “Human History Under Water.” During the event, Ballard...

Sep 08, 2017
  • Lacey L. Gray

UNDERSEA MISSION

Researchers in East Carolina University’s Program in Maritime Studies are working with the Department of Defense on a project they hope will give some peace of mind to U.S. military...

Jul 17, 2017
  • Brian Heath

Dr. Michael Piehler named interim executive director of UNC Coastal Studies Institute

Effective July 1, Dr. Michael Piehler assumed the role of interim executive director of the UNC Coastal Studies Institute (UNC CSI). Piehler has been an integral part of the growth...