Jules Norwood Archives

Four people on a boat are engaged in fishing activities on a large body of water under a partly cloudy sky. One person in the foreground holds a large catfish with gloved hands, while two others in the background handle another fish near a net. A fourth person sits on the edge of the boat observing. Buckets and fishing gear are visible on the deck.
Jan 30, 2026
  • Jules Norwood

Driving student success and regional impact

At the Coastal Studies Institute in Wanchese, students, faculty and community partners work side by side studying water quality, fisheries and the dynamic processes that shape the North Carolina coast....

Jul 31, 2024
  • Jules Norwood

Academics and Altitude

Starrett Vesper Year: Senior Major: Exercise physiology Hometown: North Wales, Pennsylvania When Starrett Vesper hits the track, everything else melts away. The pole vaulter said track and field allows him...

Jan 10, 2024
  • Jules Norwood

ECU joins partnership to boost innovation in NC

Thanks in part to university research, North Carolina has great potential for research and development but trails other states in commercializing that research, according to NCInnovation, a nonprofit formed to...

Jan 10, 2024
  • Jules Norwood

QAR lab partners with Waccamaw Siouan Tribe to conserve 930-year-old canoe

Watch a video on the Lake Waccamaw canoe It’s not uncommon for children to step on a submerged log or stump while playing in a North Carolina lake or river....

Jul 10, 2023
  • Jules Norwood

The Stories in Soot

In Siddhartha Mitra’s lab, soot and other byproducts of combustion have their own stories to tell. STORY BY JULES NORWOOD The Stories in Soot ECU lab traces fire’s fingerprints through...

Dec 16, 2022
  • Jules Norwood

Students recognized for lifesaving actions

When ECU students Krysta Byrd and Bradly Boaz found a fellow student slumped over in cardiac arrest, they leapt into action and helped save a life. It was Sept. 22,...

Dec 16, 2022
  • Jules Norwood

New provost sees people, teamwork as key

Robin Coger, ECU’s new provost who began in July, said she appreciates the enthusiasm and commitment she has seen from Pirate Nation. “I learned a long time ago that a...

Dec 16, 2022
  • Jules Norwood

Threads of Connection

STORY BY JULES NORWOOD Threads of Connection Virtual exchange program reaches across the globe Each year almost 500 students at East Carolina University connect, engage and collaborate with students at...

E.M. Clark WWII wreck
Jun 27, 2022
  • Jules Norwood

Decadelong project documents WWII wrecks off N.C. coast

A project involving the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has identified, surveyed and documented the location and condition of more than 50 wrecks...

Jun 27, 2022
  • Jules Norwood

Pirate Nation Gives

East Carolina University alumni and friends pledged more than $8.4 million during the sixth annual Pirate Nation Gives on March 23. That surpassed last year’s record total of $6.5 million,...