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Ellie Wolfe

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Ellie Wolfe reports on higher education at the Baltimore Banner. Raised in western Massachusetts and a proud graduate of Bates College, Ellie spent a year reporting on higher education at the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson before moving to Baltimore. At the Star, she covered the University of Arizona’s financial crisis, presidential search and pro-Palestinian encampments. When she isn’t reporting, she loves to read novels, binge reality television and spoil her rescue cat, Chimichanga.

Latest content by Ellie Wolfe

Frostburg State University in July of 2019.
Frostburg State is facing a multimillion-dollar deficit. Other colleges may follow.
With more budget cuts looming, what’s happening on the Western Maryland campus could serve as a warning to other universities.
Twelve Salisbury University students who were initially charged with hate crimes are facing trial on misdemeanor charges in the next week.
Salisbury University students face trial in attack on man from Grindr
Three men face trial in Wicomico District Court for misdemeanors.
Jan 23, 2025
Johns Hopkins joins other elite universities in settling a class action lawsuit claiming they overcharged students by colluding on financial aid formulas.
Johns Hopkins agrees to pay $18.5M to plaintiffs in financial aid price-fixing lawsuit
Johns Hopkins University has agreed to pay $18.5 million to settle a financial aid price-fixing lawsuit
Jan 18, 2025
As some students turned their backs on speaker Mitt Romney, pro-Palestine demonstrators in the audience called for Johns Hopkins to divest from Israel at the university’s commencement ceremony last spring.
Johns Hopkins won’t cut financial ties to Israel
The board of trustees will not consider cutting financial ties to Israel after a committee rejected calls from some student groups to divest.
Jan 17, 2025
The University of Maryland, Baltimore County is among the 12 campuses in the University System of Maryland.
University System of Maryland faces $111 million cut in Gov. Moore’s budget
The budget also predicted tuition increases at system campuses, though the Board of Regents has control of that.
Jan 16, 2025
Frostburg State University Ron Nowaczyk, shown here at Frostburg City Hall in 2022, will leave after nearly a decade at the Western Maryland institution.
Frostburg State University president steps down amid deficit, citing health issues
Ronald Nowaczyk, who has been at the helm the university since 2016, announced the decision in an email to community members on Wednesday morning.
Jan 15, 2025
“The Real Housewives of Potomac” star Karen Huger has entered a “private recovery program” weeks after being found guilty in a DUI incident that happened last March.
‘Real Housewives of Potomac’ star Karen Huger enters rehab after DUI conviction
Karen Huger, who calls herself the “Grand Dame of Potomac,” has entered a recovery program after her DUI conviction last month
Jan 10, 2025
Johns Hopkins University has entered a resolution agreement with the U.S. Department of Education after the Office of Civil Rights issued "compliance concerns" over the university's handling of antisemitism and Islamophobia complaints.
Johns Hopkins resolves ‘concerns’ over antisemitic, Islamophobic incidents on campus
Johns Hopkins University has entered a resolution agreement with the U.S. Department of Education after the Office of Civil Rights issued "compliance concerns" over the university's handling of antisemitism and Islamophobia complaints
Jan 8, 2025
The Maryland State House in Annapolis is the oldest state capital building in the nation still in continuous legislative use.
Here’s the Maryland education legislation we’re keeping an eye on
So far, lawmakers seem focused on the Blueprint, cellphone bans and students charged with crimes.
Jan 8, 2025
Workers shovel snow off the sidewalks near the dorms at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore on Monday.
List: Baltimore-area schools closed Tuesday from winter storm
Public and private school closures for Tuesday, Jan. 7.
Updated Jan 7, 2025
Dozens of Marylanders have been charged with involvement in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol in 2021.
A look at Marylanders involved in the Jan. 6 insurrection as Trump returns to office
President-elect Donald Trump vowed he would act quickly — on his first day in office — to look at individual cases and pardon people who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Jan 6, 2025
Programmable thermostat
5 tips to conserve heat and save money
Here are five things to keep in mind when conserving heat to save money.
Jan 4, 2025
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - DECEMBER 24: Lupe Fiasco performs at halftime in the game between the Buffalo Bills and the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field on December 24, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois.
Rapper Lupe Fiasco named visiting professor at Baltimore’s Peabody Institute
The Grammy-nominated emcee will teach students in one-on-one studio sessions next fall.
Jan 3, 2025
Experts recommend students fill out the FAFSA as soon as possible because some financial aid is distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.
Last year’s FAFSA was a disaster. Here’s what to expect this time.
After last year’s tumultuous rollout, experts say this year’s FAFSA is working smoothly so far.
Updated Dec 27, 2024
Dr. Kofi Nyarko, director of Morgan State’s AI center, inside his office at Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD, on Dec. 19, 2024.
Inside the race for AI: How Maryland colleges are adapting to artificial intelligence
Colleges are a bit late to the artificial intelligence party, but want to take the lead in studying its ethical uses.
Dec 26, 2024

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