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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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The University of Baltimore was founded in 1925 when a business school and a law school merged.
Century-old University of Baltimore faces new cuts amid declining enrollment
Over the last 10 years, the University of Baltimore’s enrollment has dropped, its faculty has halved, leaving its deficit swollen amid state cuts.
A student passes in front of the Johns Hopkins University sign welcoming people to the Homewood Campus from Charles Street in Baltimore on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024.
Johns Hopkins, University of Maryland sue U.S. Department of Defense over research funding
Two Maryland universities are joining a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Defense, arguing they could lose tens of millions of dollars if the department caps its indirect cost rates.
Johns Hopkins University graduating senior Akosa Obianwu says the university’s priorities don’t include DEI.
Hopkins’ dimming DEI efforts worry students who feel left behind
Johns Hopkins University is at a complicated crossroads as President Donald Trump’s administration threatens to pull federal funding from institutions with programs that support marginalized groups.
The Gilman Hall cupola is seen above the Johns Hopkins University Homewood campus on Thursday, April 17, 2025.
Johns Hopkins, University of Maryland seek to join Harvard lawsuit against Trump over funding
Johns Hopkins and the University of Maryland look to join 16 other colleges in filing a brief in support of Harvard University
Kilmar Abrego Garcia and one of his children in an undated photo provided by CASA, an immigrant advocacy organization, in April 2025.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia returned to US to face charges after improper deportation
Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been charged in the United States with transporting undocumented immigrants into the country, nearly three months after the Trump administration mistakenly deported him to his native El Salvador.
The Maryland Institute College of Art won’t be allowed to offer a new interior design program.
MICA faces ‘financial harm’ from rejected interior design program
The decision was a blow to the art college, whose leaders argued in the hearing that the new program was a “fundamental element” of the school’s financial plan.
Tuitions are set to rise for colleges and universities across Maryland.
Maryland college tuition is set to rise this year. Here’s how much.
Though it isn’t official quite yet, the University System of Maryland is expected to authorize tuition increases of up to 5%.
Nora Demleitner participates in the Mellon Hall ribbon cutting ceremony at St. John's College on September 29, 2023.
This Annapolis college suddenly got a new president
J. Walter Sterling, president of the college’s second campus in Santa Fe, New Mexico, has assumed the role of college-wide president.
Johns Hopkins University will freeze staff hiring and pay increases as it deals with federal funding losses.
Johns Hopkins University pauses pay increases, freezes hiring amid federal cuts
Johns Hopkins University will freeze staff hiring and pay increases as it deals with federal funding losses.
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.
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