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 passionate about local news and reporting that's inclusive of various voices within the community.
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Universities across the country are bracing for the impacts of billions of dollars in federal funding cuts. Young scholars worry about how university preparations for the budget hit – from lowering graduate student admissions to freezing hiring – will impact their job outlook. -
Federal cuts aren’t the only threat to the economic influence of North Carolina’s dozens of colleges and universities. -
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.
