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...
Maritime/Coastal Archives
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,...
BACK TO SAIPAN
More than 24 hours of air travel, the International Date Line and thousands of miles of open ocean separate Greenville from Saipan, but next summer a pair of East Carolina...
RISING TIDE OF RESEARCH
A nearly $300,000 grant will allow a team of researchers from East Carolina University to look at sea level rise and its impact on coastal communities. The $299,454, two-year grant...
FINS TO THE LEFT
When 17-year-old Paige Winter was attacked by a shark in Atlantic Beach in early June, quick action by her father, followed by expert care from Brody School of Medicine surgeons...
PACIFIC TRAVELER
Most oceanographers would rather find themselves studying sardines instead of being packed like one, but East Carolina University assistant professor Rebecca Asch squeezed into the research vessel Kilo Moana last...
Bonner named director of Renewable Ocean Energy Program
East Carolina University’s Integrated Coastal Programs and the Coastal Studies Institute have announced that George Bonner has been named director of the North Carolina Renewable Ocean Energy Program (NCROEP). The...
PIRATE PROJECT
East Carolina University engineering students faced a daunting task. They had to come up with a way to flip a 1,600-pound piece of wood. But this was no ordinary piece...
Coastal Studies Institute to host open house April 13
East Carolina University’s Integrated Coastal Programs (ECU ICP) and the Coastal Studies Institute (CSI) will host an open house from 1-4 p.m. April 13 at the ECU Outer Banks Campus...
Exploring nightscape resources of the Outer Albemarle Peninsula
Stanley R. Riggs is an internationally recognized coastal geologist at East Carolina University, and serves as chairman of the N.C. Land of Water program. Below, he describes a project funded...