Sarah Ekis, the mother of two children conceived through embryo adoption, tells her unconventional story to motherhood. Her story shines a light on the importance of knowing and protecting all possible options to parenthood while navigating your own path.
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Spotting the Sky: A Community Built Around Aviation
What begins as a fascination with aircraft has become something much bigger for plane spotters: a community. Through long hours near runways, shared photos and conversations about aviation, strangers bond over a common passion, forming friendships and connections rooted in the simple joy of watching planes cross the sky.
Growing Roots – Nik Narain: Music, Drag and Comedy
Nik Narain is a science communicator who sings, performs stand-up comedy and does drag. He incorporates science into his art and also uses art to express his identity. Narain creates his own original music that he performs at open mic nights at local establishments in the Triangle. His comedy is a mixture of his personality and his academic background. As Narain develops his art, he grows his own roots in the queer community and in Durham.
Chasing Velocity: Baseball’s Pitching Analytics Revolution
What started as the “eye-test” has evolved into so much more. The analytical revolution is imbedded within America’s pastime, but are the numbers too much? Media Hub’s Grace Nugent talks to experts both past and present on how analytics have changed pitching.
Chasing Velocity: How analytics changed pitching
This video explores how innovations in technology and data analytics have changed the way we approach the art of pitching in baseball.
Eyes on the Sky
The Raleigh-Durham International Airport Plane Spotting Facebook group has reached more than 5,200 members, and some of those members have formed lasting friendships. Members take pictures, set up airside tours, and some even work for the airlines. While the airport sees over 400 flights daily, these plane spotters find something more: the chance to build meaningful relationships with others who share their passion for aviation.
Chasing the Sasquatch: North Carolina’s Bigfoot Believers
By Grace Nugent From UNC students to museum owner, belief in Bigfoot is alive across…
The Scoop: Gymnastics
Photo, audio, and video package by Megan Patton, Hailey Stone, and Zoe Behrendt on UNC Gymnastics.
Venezuelans in North Carolina Watch Closely as Maduro’s Case Unfolds
When the U.S. took Venezuela’s president into custody, the shock rippled far beyond Caracas. In North Carolina, Venezuelans gathered around phones, family, and food. A UNC student seeking asylum and a Cary food-truck owner unsure about returning home, they reveal how communities are processing political shock from thousands of miles away.