FUTURE OF FARMING
A nearly $1.5 million grant awarded to an East Carolina University research team by the National Science Foundation combines science and economic policy to support eastern North Carolina’s environment, farmers...
Maritime/Coastal Archives
FIELDING MARITIME HISTORY
Nine East Carolina University graduate students are investigating a shipwreck close to home this fall as part of an annual field school. The students in ECU’s Program in Maritime Studies,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...