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Ellie Wolfe

Ellie

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.

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Conservatives want to reform higher education. Johns Hopkins is helping.
A new partnership with the American Enterprise Institute aims to bring more political balance to the faculty.
From left: Montgomery College had 1,257 international students; The University of Maryland, College Park, had 6,627; and almost half of the international students studying in Maryland last year — 10,054 of them — were at Johns Hopkins University.
These Maryland colleges would be hardest hit if they lose international students
More than a third of Maryland’s roughly 24,000 international students were from China last school year.
From left, graduates Syed Shah, Maddison Hershey, and Nima Sichani.
Can Maryland’s dual grads give the workforce a boost?
Highly ambitious Maryland high-schoolers are graduating with associates degrees. Can they give the workforce a boost?
Maryland has cut over $150 million in funding to the state’s public university system.
Maryland regents will allow furloughs, salary reductions at universities
Amid state and federal budget cuts, the University System of Maryland Board of Regents voted to allow universities to institute furloughs and temporary salary cuts.
Still image from the body camera footage as police ended a Johns Hopkins University student encampment.
Excessive force or not? Video shows how police ended a Johns Hopkins student encampment
Student groups at the Johns Hopkins University claim that school police used excessive force in dismantling a pro-Palestinian encampment last week.
Plebe Augustus Russo, center, of Summit, New Jersey, successfully places an upperclassman’s hat atop the Herndon Monument on Wednesday.
The Naval Academy’s changing — but this messy tradition isn’t going anywhere
The Herndon Climb remains a rite of passage at the Annapolis military academy.
University President Bruce Jarrell told the University System of Maryland Board of Regents Monday evening that the school will lay off 30 full-time staff and eliminate an additional 30 vacant positions.
University of Maryland, Baltimore, will lay off employees, reduce salaries amid budget crisis
University of Maryland, Baltimore, President Bruce Jarrell warned of a “clear and present danger” in relation to layoffs.
The U.S. Naval Academy is among popular tourist destinations in Annapolis.
Touring the Naval Academy just got tougher for foreign visitors
A foreign passport won’t get you onto the military academy’s campus anymore.
U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen attempted to challenge the U.S. Naval Academy’s removal of nearly 400 books from its library.
Maryland senator’s attempt to end Naval Academy book ban falls short
A heated debate roiled the board of the Academy, which has found itself at forefront of Trump-influenced change in higher education.
From left, Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, Kermit the Frog, and Vice President JD Vance.
Who’s speaking at Maryland college graduations, from a Muppet to the vice president
Notable college graduation speakers also include a Paralympian and titans of industry.
Protesters gather at McKeldin Plaza in Baltimore after marching from around downtown Thursday.
Thousands of protesters hit Baltimore’s streets for May Day marches: ‘This is just amazing’
Several May Day marches filled the streets of Baltimore with about 3,000 protesters converging at the Inner Harbor's McKeldin Square.
Johns Hopkins University campus
Federal cuts have been brutal for Johns Hopkins. Here’s how its endowment can help.
The university tapped its endowment to replace some research grants, a highly unusual move.
Rhonda Phillips, the incoming president of St. Mary's College.
St. Mary’s College of Maryland names new president
Rhonda Phillips will join the public college in Southern Maryland in July.
The University of Maryland is among nine Big Ten colleges whose faculty senates voted to join an alliance called a mutual defense compact.
University of Maryland faculty vote to join Big Ten alliance against Trump
University of Maryland faculty voted to join nine major universities that want to band together in a NATO-like agreement.
Johns Hopkins University, where 37 international graduate students and recent graduates lost their visas.
ICE is reversing termination of legal status for international students in Maryland and around US, lawyer says
The federal government is reversing the termination of legal status for international students after many filed court challenges around the U.S., a government lawyer said Friday.
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 12: Former Special Counsel Robert Hur returns from a short break to resume his testimony before the House Judiciary Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 12, 2024 in Washington, DC. Hur investigated U.S. President Joe Biden’s mishandling of classified documents and published a final report with contentious conclusions about Biden’s memory.
How a former Maryland U.S. attorney became key in Harvard’s legal battle
Robert Hur is one of the two lawyers defending Harvard University against the Trump administration’s federal funding cuts.
Ryan Holiday gives a talk at the U.S. Naval Academy in 2023.
He refused to censor his lecture. Then the Naval Academy canceled it.
Ryan Holiday, an author and podcaster, had planned to mention book bans — including the Naval Academy's own — during an ethics lecture.
University of Maryland, College Park students among a rising number across the country who’ve suddenly lost their ability to legally stay in the U.S.
7 University of Maryland students lose visas amid federal crackdown
They're among a rising number of international students across the country who’ve suddenly lost their ability to legally stay in the U.S.
Johns Hopkins University campus
37 Johns Hopkins students had visas revoked in nationwide crackdown
The Johns Hopkins University revealed on Tuesday that 37 graduate students and recent graduates have been impacted by the federal government’s nationwide barrage of visa revocations.
Some students wait for a shuttle while others walk past the Johns Hopkins University sign welcoming people to the Homewood Campus from Charles Street in Baltimore, Md. on Wednesday, November 20, 2024.
‘Several dozen’ Johns Hopkins student visas revoked
Days earlier, the number at Johns Hopkins University was closer to 12.
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