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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.
The University System of Maryland joined others to sign an amicus brief to stop the Trump administration from revoking student visas without cause.
Maryland colleges back lawsuit to halt Trump visa cancellations
The University System of Maryland, where at least four students abruptly lost visas, was among those who joined the legal battle.
Many education-related bills, some with big promises, failed to make it out of this year’s legislative session.
What Maryland lawmakers changed about child care, schools and colleges
Most eyes were locked on the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future this legislative session. Here’s how the state’s other education bills faired.
The University of Maryland College Park. A UMD spokesperson said that the campus was among those nationwide whose students suddenly lost their ability to legally stay in the U.S.
U.S. revokes visas of some international students at UMD, UMBC
The campuses joined the Johns Hopkins University and colleges across the country in publicly acknowledging a wave of visa cancellations affecting their students.
Johns Hopkins University is the first Maryland university to announce publicly that its students have had their visas revoked.
Johns Hopkins says U.S. revoked visas for about a dozen students
The university confirmed to The Baltimore Banner on Tuesday morning that "approximately a dozen" international students have had their visas revoked.
Joseph, an Alpine goat from Harmony Church Farm in Harford County, eats invasive Multiflora rose in the Glen Arboretum at Towson University on Wednesday, April 2. Goats from Harmony Church Farm have been visiting the university to help with the invasive plants for the past eleven years.
The goats are baa-ack at Towson University
The small herd decimates invasive vines that choke a campus forest.
Students gather to pray at McKeldin Mall on the University of Maryland campus for an interfaith vigil in 2024.
A Maryland campus anti-hate bill is all but dead. What killed it?
The backlash underscores the tension between curbing antisemitism and supporting free speech.
Johns Hopkins University students and religious leaders gather on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, to announce petition to protect students from ICE.
50 religious groups petition Maryland leaders to protect college students from ICE
The petition asks for an executive order and emergency legislation to protect students from federal immigration enforcement.
Kat Lally, right, and Kate McAvinue, left, join others as they protest at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law on Monday.
Hundreds protest Project 2025 author outside law school: Kevin Roberts is ‘not who this city is’
Protesters gathered outside of the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law on Monday night to protest the remarks of Kevin Roberts, co-author of Project 2025.
A memo sent by the Office of General Counsel at Johns Hopkins instructs faculty and staff not to intervene if federal law enforcement detains a community member on campus.
Johns Hopkins tells faculty not to ‘intervene’ in potential ICE detainments on campus
A memo sent by the Office of General Counsel at Johns Hopkins instructs faculty and staff not to intervene if federal law enforcement detains a community member on campus.
The move to end affirmative action at the Naval Academy comes despite a federal judge ruling last year that the practice was constitutional.
U.S. Naval Academy ends affirmative action in admissions
Despite a federal ruling in its favor, the academy will no longer consider race in admissions.
Johns Hopkins is one of the largest employers in Maryland.
Hopkins lays off 1,000 workers in staffing company closure
Hopkins-owned Broadway Services notified state regulators this week that it would shut down by the end of June, triggering more than 1,000 layoffs at the staffing company.
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