FIRST-EVER SURVEY OF MARINE BIOINVASIONS FROM THE MID-ATLANTIC
Dr. April Blakeslee, associate professor of biology, and her graduate student are part of a group of scientists investigating non-native marine species in mid-Atlantic marinas.
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DISAPPEARING ISLAND
ECU faculty and students in the Department of Geography, Planning and Environment are studying the impact of erosion on Sugarloaf Island.
ECU TO ASSIST INTERNATIONAL TEAM ON $1.5M FUNDED RURAL, COMMUNITY RESEARCH PROJECT
Two Harriot College faculty will spend the next five years researching and implementing community-based interventions to reduce heat-related illnesses in rural Mexico.
AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES
Faculty and students are researching the effects of climate on marine species and changing fish populations.
RESEARCHING HIDDEN SHIPWRECKS
For more than 200 years, boats have unknowingly passed over a presumed historic shipwreck off the southern coast of Antigua. Now, ECU maritime historians and students are researching the vessel.
RECRUITING STUDENTS TO STEM
ECU is one of five NC universities collaborating on a $3.4 million, five-year grant from the National Science Foundation to better recruit and support students from underrepresented backgrounds in STEM.
FELLOWSHIP SUPPORT FOR ECU RESEARCHER’S PROJECT WITH THE DPAA
Dr. Jen McKinnon, professor of history, has been awarded an additional $75,000 to support another year of the Defense POW MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) research project she has led since...
BRINGING PROBLEM GAMBLING TO LIGHT
Research by Dr. Michelle Malkin, assistant professor of criminal justice, shows that North Carolina has a high rate of problem gambling despite the lack of legalized gambling available in the state.
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 World War...
GAINING CAREER EXPERIENCE
East Carolina University students in the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences recently completed a month-long archaeology dig of one of the oldest structures in Bath, the oldest town in North Carolina....