Brianna Atkinson

Carolina College Advising Corps hires recent graduates to guide high schoolers

February 24, 2023 Brianna Atkinson

Recent grads who join the Carolina College Advising Corps are helping to increase enrollment among underrepresented groups at UNC.

Black women have triple the risk of pregnancy-related deaths. Doulas may be one part of the solution.

January 15, 2023 Brianna Atkinson

Some Black women are working with doulas to support and advocate for them through their pregnancies … and help them give birth the way the way they want to. But doulas are just part of the solution to health care inequities.

The Audubon Society’s annual Christmas Bird Count is part recreation, part science

January 14, 2023 Brianna Atkinson

The decades-old tradition – sponsored by the National Audubon Society – goes beyond just a bird watching as a hobby.

CarolinaCast: The cost of living is going up, but UNC graduate stipends are falling behind

November 2, 2022 Brianna Atkinson

Graduate students at UNC-Chapel Hill say their cost of living exceeds the stipends they receive for teaching and research assistance. UNC professors and administrators say they support higher stipends, but the final decision is in the hands of the N.C. Legislature and the UNC System Board of Governors. On this edition of the Carolina Connection podcast, reporter Jailyn Neville talks with Brianna Atkinson about what graduate students are doing to fight for a stipend increase.

Longtime football fan helps his blind friend ‘see’ the game via live commentary

October 28, 2022 Brianna Atkinson

Two friends from Creedmoor have been going to football games together for the past 20 years, despite one being blind. They discuss the unique way they see the game.

CarolinaCast: NC cities are experimenting with social drinking districts

October 2, 2022 Brianna Atkinson

For the past year, social drinking districts have been popping up in downtowns across North Carolina. Customers can buy their drinks to-go from participating businesses and enjoy them while walking down the street.

A $25 million donation will fund research on suicide prevention

September 16, 2022 Brianna Atkinson

UNC’s new Suicide Prevention Institute will support research on the neurobiology of suicide and how it can be prevented.

ALE officers face pushback for the arrest of a UNC student on Franklin St.

September 2, 2022 Brianna Atkinson

The arrest of a UNC student by ALE officers on Franklin Street last week has led to concerns about racial profiling and excessive use of force.

School of Data Science and Society will be UNC’s newest professional school

April 22, 2022 Brianna Atkinson

UNC is plans to launch ‘School of Data Science and Society,’ its first professional school since 2001.

“Wellness Day” one part of UNC’s response to mental health crises

April 8, 2022 Brianna Atkinson

UNC will have its first spring wellness day this Thursday. It’s one of the mental health initiatives that UNC has set in motion since last year.