Brianna Atkinson
Higher Education ReporterBrianna Atkinson covers higher education in partnership with Open Campus and NC Local. She's a graduate of 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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The federal government has only funded 9% of the total damage Helene caused in the state. -
Anti-DEI groups claim they belong to the public. University leaders say they are faculty members' intellectual property. A look at the copyright debate. -
Warren Wilson College shut down for weeks after Helene flooded campus. The schools still has millions of dollars of repairs remaining. -
SCIMaP co-founder and University of Pennsylvania researcher Alyssa Sinclair recently spoke with WUNC higher education reporter Brianna Atkinson about the potential impact of a 40% Trump-proposed cut to the NIH. -
Frank Alexander lost his Morehead scholarship in the 1970s after getting arrested at a civil rights protest. He tells his story 50 years later, after meeting another scholar who lost her award amid pro-Palestinian activism. -
Duke, UNC-Chapel Hill, and other NC universities are increasing how much money they put toward federal lobbying amid targeted attacks to higher education funding. -
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The archive contains the voices of Black women who graduated from NCCU in the past 60 years. -
University leadership can't fill vacant positions, employees might not receive salary increases, and the UNC Board of Governors has to reallocate its finances. -
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.
