Research and Graduate Studies

Research and Graduate Studies

Welcome to the Division of Research and Graduate Studies. We are proud of East Carolina University’s growing research community and seek to promote research and creative activity around campus through faculty development, partnerships with local communities, and improved access to information about Eastern North Carolina.

National Science Foundation Steps Up Its Push for Interdisciplinary Research

For universities worried about securing federal research money at a time of tightening budgets, the National Science Foundation has a simple message:Collaborate.

Learning on the river: ECU partners with Pocosin Arts on planned educational lodge

Pocosin Arts Folk School is partnering with East Carolina University in the development and use of a planned educational lodge on the Scuppernong River in Columbia.

A North Carolina Lifeline Built on Shifting Sands

RODANTHE, N.C. — Last August, when Hurricane Irene sliced across the Outer Banks, it cut Highway 12, Hatteras Island's lifeline, in two places. Engineers rushed to repair the damage, filling and repaving a washed-out stretch of roadway here and building a bridge over a newly formed inlet a few miles to the north.

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ECU Research and Creative Achievement Week provides students with an excellent opportunity to practice their presentation skills and meet other creative scholars at ECU with similar interests.

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