Maritime/Coastal Archives

Nov 10, 2022
  • Nathan Richards

ECU students search for clues to a forgotten fishery

Over the course of two days, East Carolina University graduate students in the Program in Maritime Studies searched for clues to a forgotten fishery within the dark waters of Albemarle...

East Carolina University researchers are at the forefront of efforts to better understand the interactions between coastal ecosystems, communities and storm impacts.
Nov 03, 2022
  • Jules Norwood

COASTAL TEAMWORK

Along the coast of North Carolina and around the world, there is a delicate and dynamic balance between coastal ecosystems and communities. East Carolina University researchers are at the forefront...

Oct 20, 2022
  • Jules Norwood

Doctoral project models fisheries, food insecurity

Samantha Farquhar, a doctoral student in East Carolina University’s Integrated Coastal Sciences program, will travel to northern Quebec next year to study and model how fisheries relate to food systems...

The U.S. Coast Guard assisted Dr. Dan Dickerson’s Summer Ventures class in deploying buoys that would monitor and map ocean currents.
Oct 05, 2022
  • Kristen Martin

SUMMER VENTURES

Students who participated in this year’s Summer Ventures program were able to contribute to climate change research on ocean currents. East Carolina University College of Education Associate Dean Dr. Dan...

Debris is cleaned up on campus following Hurricane Florence in 2018. An ECU professor is part of a team of researchers that received a $16 million National Science Foundation grant to address the equity, economic prosperity and resiliency of communities affected by hurricanes.
Sep 27, 2022
  • Kim Tilghman

BUILDING DISASTER RESILIENCE

An East Carolina University professor is part of a team of researchers that has received a National Science Foundation Coastlines and People grant totaling more than $16 million to study...

Aug 02, 2022
  • Lacey L. Gray

FORGOTTEN WWII BATTLE

Researchers in East Carolina University’s Program in Maritime Studies have received a $707,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Office of Ocean Exploration and Research to explore...

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...

Christine Chan posing in front of a building.
Jun 06, 2022
  • Hannah Eccleston

Student: Christine Chan

Christine Chan wants to explore North Carolina’s biodiversity to turn her passion for the environment and animals into a career and continue to advocate for climate change awareness. As an...

Ravian Jordan, left, and Kayin Fails turn their tassels at commencement.
May 06, 2022
  • ECU News Services

ALWAYS PIRATES

East Carolina University celebrated the Class of 2022 in Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium in its first full-scale spring commencement ceremony since 2019. The ceremony recognized the accomplishments of more than 4,600 spring...

May 02, 2022
  • ECU News Services

PIRATE SUCCESS

Pirate success comes in many forms. For some, inspiration arises when they first set foot on campus, or experience one of East Carolina University’s unique programs like Semester at the...