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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.

The latest from Ellie Wolfe

Loyola University Maryland gets 3 record-high gifts in a row
Together, the donations bring in $32 million for Loyola University Maryland, the private college in North Baltimore.
Loyola University Maryland, in Baltimore, Thursday, March 13, 2025.
University of Maryland restores heat after encouraging students to leave campus
The state’s flagship university lost heat and hot water twice in two days amid freezing temperatures.
The University of Maryland, College Park has restored heat and hot water to more than 100 buildings after frigid temperatures caused outages twice in two days.
University of Baltimore loses all 3 academic deans in one month
Deans at the Merrick School of Business, College of Public Affairs and Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences have announced their departures at the University of Baltimore.
The University of Baltimore is seen along the Jones Falls Expressway.
Johns Hopkins taps former COVID Center leader as interim provost
Lainie Rutkow, the university’s executive vice provost, will lead academics at Hopkins.
Johns Hopkins University new provost Lainie Rutkow.
New century, new MICA? Baltimore’s struggling art school courts a new kind of student.
After years of bleeding cash and students, the Bolton Hill-based college, MICA, announces a new strategy.
Attendees walk past a balloon display commemorating 200 years of operation during MICA’s bicentennial celebration on Wednesday.
University of Maryland, BCCC violated law in union negotiations, labor board finds
The University of Maryland in College Park and Baltimore City Community College violated state labor laws while bargaining with their unions, according to the Maryland Public Employee Relations Board.
The McKeldin Library and The Mall at The University of Maryland, College Park, on March 16, 2025 in College Park, MD.
Is this Morgan State policy a threat to free press?
For years, current and former editors said, reporters at The Spokesman, the HBCU’s student newspaper, have hit a wall getting the information they need to cover the news.
Aleisha Robinson, a senior at Morgan State University, is editor in chief of The Spokesman, the university’s student paper.
She was shot at a Towson University party. Maryland’s Supreme Court will decide if she can sue.
Catherine Torney filed a lawsuit in 2023 against Towson University in Baltimore County Circuit Court that alleged negligence.
Catherine Torney filed a lawsuit against Towson University in Baltimore County Circuit Court that alleged negligence after she was shot in 2021 at a party on campus.
The $600,000 plagiarism report the University of Maryland won’t release
The University of Maryland, College Park, will not release a report that vindicated its president, Darryll Pines, of plagiarizing parts of a 2002 paper he co-authored.
UMD President Darryll Pines was cleared of allegations he plagiarized portions of a paper he co-authored in 2002.
Johns Hopkins University loses top academic officer to Caltech
Ray Jayawardhana, provost of the Johns Hopkins University, is leaving after three years to lead the California Institute of Technology.
Provost Ray Jayawardhana speaks during the Johns Hopkins University Class of 2024's Commencement Ceremony.
How Maryland colleges are fighting rising hunger
Campus pantries at schools like Coppin State University and UMBC give students free food and clothing, no questions asked.
UMBC’s Retriever Essentials pantry allows students to pick up free food and other items.
Expect sleet, freezing rain on Friday after a warm Christmas
The day will bring clouds in addition to the sleet and freezing rain, so if you’re looking to burn calories on a post-Christmas walk, stick to a treadmill.
Expect a wintry mix and colder weather on Friday after an unusually warm Christmas week.
‘Real Housewives of Potomac’ stars have ‘very little money,’ prosecutor alleges
Wendy and Eddie Osefo of “The Real Housewives of Potomac” actually “have very little money,” a Maryland state prosecutor told a Carroll County judge Friday.
THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF POTOMAC -- Episode 1001 -- Pictured: Wendy Osefo -- (Photo by: Salvatore DeMaio Jr./Bravo)
McDaniel College to offer free graduate tuition to McDonogh School teachers
Graduate tuition at the Carroll County college averages around $11,500 per year.
McDaniel College in Westminster, September 13, 2024.
University of Maryland Eastern Shore president sues ex-professor who accused her of plagiarism
Donna Satterlee, a former faculty member at the HCBU, accused its president, Heidi Anderson, of plagiarizing several paragraphs of her 1986 dissertation.
Dr. Heidi Anderson speaks as she is presented with the Distinguished Citizen Award at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in 2021.
UMD President Darryll Pines cleared of plagiarism allegations
The University System of Maryland announced Friday it has cleared its College Park president of allegations that he plagiarized a paper published during his time as a professor at the university.
Darryll Pines has been the president of the University System of Maryland’s College Park campus since 2020.
The disappearing diversity programs at Johns Hopkins University
Under Donald Trump, Johns Hopkins University has changed policies and scaled back its diversity office.
A student walks through Johns Hopkins University’s Homewood campus on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023.
UMBC and former athletic director settle defamation lawsuit
Brian Barrio, former athletic director at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, was not fired for cause, according to an out-of-court settlement announced Wednesday
The University of Maryland, Baltimore County settled out of court on a federal defamation lawsuit filed by the school’s former athletic director.
University System of Maryland warns lawmakers of ‘irrevocable damage’ from budget cuts
University System of Maryland leaders warned lawmakers in Annapolis on Tuesday that layoffs are imminent if the state cuts their budget for a third year in a row.
The University of Maryland, College Park and the University of Maryland, Baltimore are predicting losing up to 500 jobs.
Naval Academy superintendent on fired commandant: ‘We have standards here’
Naval Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Michael Borgschulte told the Board of Visitors on Monday that Capt. Gilbert Clark did not meet the “standards” of the military academy.
 Lt. Gen. Michael Borgschulte took responsibility for firing the commandant of midshipmen, Capt. Gilbert Clark.
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