


Pirate Nation Gives, ECU Day of Giving, Happening March 17
Support ECU Integrated Coastal Programs and the Coastal Studies Institute on March 17, 2021, during our annual “Pirate Nation Gives” fundraising event. ECU’s Day of Giving, known as Pirate Nation Gives, is a 24-hour online fundraising event that brings the...
Dr. Andy Keeler: A Fond Farewell to Our Quick-Witted Friend
Dr. Jake Hochard said it best, “Working with Andy is like caffeinating through osmosis.” All who know Dr. Andy Keeler would have to agree with that vivid characterization. “He’s always energetic, lighthearted, and ready to set the gold standard of quick and witty...
Goodbye for Now: The Conclusion of OBXFS 2020
Written by Lauren Colonair. As I reflect on the last four months spent at the Coastal Studies Institute with UNC-Chapel Hill’s Outer Banks Field Site, I have realized that this experience feels as if it should encompass a lifetime. Even as I look over the first story...
Converging Currents and Everything Else: The Magic of the Gulf Stream
Written by Lauren Colonair. Physics…but in the Ocean Dr. Mike Muglia has worked at CSI since it was established in 2003. The journey leading him to the institute has been full of many twists and turns since he began studying marine sciences as an undergraduate...