Brianna Atkinson
Higher Education Reporter and 2024 Fletcher FellowBrianna Atkinson is WUNC’s 2024 Fletcher Fellow and covers higher education in partnership with Open Campus. She recently graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with a B.A. in journalism and psychology. Her background includes print and audio journalism from several publications in North Carolina. And as a North Carolina native, she's ionate about local news and reporting that's inclusive of various voices within the community.
The trustees had been delaying the tenure vote since March, but only for some faculty.
Duke University could lose anywhere from $350 to $600 million under proposed federal budget changes.
Martin General Hospital shut down in 2023 after its operator filed for bankruptcy. Residents have to travel to neighboring counties to access care. A new state initiative seeks to end that healthcare desert.
The Senate's proposal would cut millions of dollars of funding for need-based students.
The Genentech biotechnology plant will create more than 400 jobs.
WUNC Higher Ed reporter Brianna Atkinson profiled the students.
In a two-part series, student activists reflect on their lives one year since UNC-Chapel Hill Polk Place protest. UNC student Brendan Rosenblum was one of the fraternity brothers who held up the American flag when protesters attempted to replace it with a Palestinian one.
In a two-part series, student activists reflect on their lives one year since UNC-Chapel Hill Polk Place protest. UNC student Laura Saavedra Forero shares her personal journey in activism leading up to the April 30 pro-Palestinian protest and losing the Morehead-Cain scholarship.
While the UNC BOG has kept tuition flat year after year, inflation has soared.-
While the UNC BOG has kept tuition flat year after year, inflation has soared.