Maritime/Coastal Archives

Aug 17, 2020
  • ECU News Services

Hurricanes and Migration: Case studies guide future disaster response

Residents of North Carolina’s Outer Banks usually observe a mass exodus of visitors from the beach prior to a hurricane. Once the storm has passed, residents immediately clean up and...

Jul 31, 2020
  • Ken Buday

FIRST-TIME AWARD

The University of North Carolina System announced that a team from East Carolina University has been awarded a grant through UNC’s Research Opportunities Initiative (UNC ROI). The $1.4 million grant...

Jul 16, 2020
  • Lacey L. Gray

INTENTIONAL SHIPWRECK?

It has long been speculated by historians that the notorious pirate Blackbeard may have intentionally run his ship, the Queen Anne’s Revenge (QAR), aground off the coast of North Carolina...

Feb 14, 2020
  • Lacey L. Gray

COMING FULL CIRCLE

Married East Carolina University professors never expected a rogue storm to shipwreck their boat along the coast of North Carolina 35 years ago, but that is exactly what happened and...

Dec 12, 2019
  • ECU News Services

Resiliency the theme of third annual Coastal Conversations Conference

Researchers from across the state came together Friday to share their work on the health and resiliency of North Carolina’s coast at the third annual Coastal Conversations Conference at East...

Dec 12, 2019
  • ECU News Services

Resiliency the theme of third annual Coastal Conversations Conference

Researchers from across the state came together Friday to share their work on the health and resiliency of North Carolina’s coast at the third annual Coastal Conversations Conference at East...

Nov 25, 2019
  • Crystal Baity

MARICULTURE TOURISM

In stuffing, soup or simply steamed, oysters are a part of many holiday food traditions. And making it easier for consumers to find oysters in other months – not just...

Oct 31, 2019
  • ECU News Services

Pirates can now spend a semester at the Outer Banks

The beach isn’t just for spring break anymore. Up to 20 students will have the opportunity to spend the spring 2020 semester at East Carolina University’s Outer Banks Campus in...

Sep 30, 2019
  • Ken Buday

MYSTERIES OF THE DEEP

Maybe more than most, students and faculty in the East Carolina University Program for Maritime Studies live a Pirate’s life, diving deep into the robust maritime history of coastal North...

ECU Assistant Professor David Lagomasino, center, travels on a boat with students and research colleagues in West Africa. Lagomasino visited the region in August to study the coastal ecosystem which resembles North Carolina’s coast.
Sep 24, 2019
  • Matt Smith

EYE IN THE SKY

What does West Africa’s coastline have in common with eastern North Carolina’s Outer Banks? A lot more than you might think, says East Carolina University assistant professor David Lagomasino. Lagomasino,...