News/Stories Archives

Feb 01, 2024
  • Kim Kassner

Water Scholar Awardee Fall 2023: Katie Wagner

Katie Wagner is a senior majoring in both international studies and political science majors with German studies as her minor at East Carolina University. Wagner said she chose to double...

Jan 25, 2024
  • Kevin Syers

Water Scholar Awardee Fall 2023: Neda Safari

Neda Safari grew up in Iran before coming to the United States to pursue a Master of Science in Geography at East Carolina University. Safari specializes in the area of...

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Jan 20, 2024
  • ecuwater

Water Scholars Spring 2024

ECU Students get your applications in now! The deadline for Water Scholars applications for Spring 2024 has been moved to February 10! Water Scholars provides funding to ECU students to...

Jan 11, 2024
  • Kim Kassner

Water Scholar Awardee Fall 2023: Garrett Maggio

Garrett Maggio grew up in North Brookfield, Massachusetts, surrounded by a variety of exotic pets, and spent a lot of time outside with his family. His childhood experiences ultimately gravitated...

Jan 08, 2024
  • Kim Kassner

Join us at the Outer Banks this summer!

Resilience and adaptation to coastal change across communities Communities and coastlines are under threat from diverse hazards, such as extreme weather, sea level rise, and population growth. Join an interdisciplinary...

Oct 26, 2023
  • Kim Kassner

Congratulations to the 2023 Fall CCEDS NRT Cohort!

The CCEDS program, part of the National Research Traineeship (NRT) initiative, trains graduate students to use data science in solving real-world environmental and community problems. We are happy to announce...

Oct 21, 2023
  • Kevin Syers

Sea Grant and APNCP Fellowship

The Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Partnership (APNEP) and North Carolina Sea Grant are accepting applications for the 2023 Graduate Fellowship in Estuarine Research. The fellowship will fund a graduate student based...

Oct 18, 2023
  • Kevin Syers

Tar River Community Science Festival makes return

The Tar River Community Science Festival, a celebration and involvement event for the community, made its return on Oct. 7 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Town Common...

Jun 06, 2023
  • Kim Kassner

Water Scholar Awardee Spring 2023: Megan Linke

Megan Linke is a first-year Biology master’s student with a focus on Environmental and Organismic Biology at East Carolina University. Her project “King rail habitat use in restored and managed...

May 16, 2023
  • Kim Kassner

Water Scholar Awardee Spring 2023: Grace Loonam

Grace Loonam grew up in South Florida and got to learn more about oyster restoration while living on the coast. Her interests lay in the coastal environment, as well as...