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Lisa Kurian Philip @lkpwrites.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

You can hear directly from Tyrek, Charles & Farid at the link above. Click the red "LISTEN" button. A big thanks to my editors Johanna Zorn and Kalyn Belsha for getting this across the finish line, and to @edwriters.bsky.social for the space to work on this project. Photo by: Candace Dane Chambers

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Lisa Kurian Philip @lkpwrites.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

And are still doing everything they can to help each other and others overcome some of the biggest barriers any students encounter on their path to college graduation.

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Lisa Kurian Philip @lkpwrites.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Throughout 2025, so much of my work has been about loss -- the loss of research funding, scholarships, student visas, the right to criticize Israel's occupation of Palestine. But this story was about three people who didn't have much to start with...

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Lisa Kurian Philip @lkpwrites.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

All the while I was struggling but learning with ****so much help from friends and educators who know so much more than me**** about how to better support my son through his autism and ADHD diagnosis. I maybe shouldn't be proud of his answer on this school assignment, but I really am: (3/?)

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Lisa Kurian Philip @lkpwrites.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

This week #IL students and faculty delivered stacks of postcards to the state higher education board asking for $25M meant for their public universities to be released. Their colleges have been squeezed by federal cuts, decreases in international students and decades of declining state funding.

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Lisa Kurian Philip @lkpwrites.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Young people in #Chicago age 18-29 can apply to be part of a Civic Matchmaking program run by Chicago Votes and The Civic Success Project. More info here:

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Lisa Kurian Philip @lkpwrites.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Going on @wbez.org's Say More with Princeton President Christopher Eisgruber at 10am CT today to talk about his book "Terms of Respect: How Colleges Get Free Speech Right." Please call in with questions and comments!!! #chicago #highered #campus #freespeech

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Lisa Kurian Philip @lkpwrites.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

"Don't bite the hook": Northwestern History Professor Leslie Harris tells a gathering of faculty, students and staff that universities including her own need to stand together against the Trump administration's 'fascist, authoritarian takeover' #highered #chicago

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Lisa Kurian Philip @lkpwrites.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Current speaker asks students to link arms, a position he says demonstrates their solidarity in the face of oppression

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Lisa Kurian Philip @lkpwrites.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

At the University of Illinois Chicago where dozens are protesting ICE's presence in their city. Multiple students say #ICE detained two women unaffiliated with UIC near the campus Student Services Building yesterday (Weds)

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Lisa Kurian Philip @lkpwrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

In a few moments tune into @wbez.org 91.5 FM to hear Palestinian college student and #Chicagoan Henna Ayesh's story. The past two years have left her tired to the bone - but empowered. #college #Palestine #activism

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Lisa Kurian Philip @lkpwrites.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

College educators from around Chicago are gathering in Federal Plaza for a series of teach-ins about Palestine. Pictured is UChicago professor Alireza Doostdar who talked about Gazans setting up makeshift classrooms in tents and other spaces following the destruction of all universities there.

University of Chicago professor Alireza Doostdar speaks about Israel's destruction of all of Gaza's universities during a series of teach-ins at Federal Plaza.

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Lisa Kurian Philip @lkpwrites.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Day of hopping around the city today meeting peeps, from Austin to the Loop to the North Side, capped off with this Speakeasy discussion at the Book Cellar in Lincoln Square on Trump's assault on higher education #chicago #journalism @wbez.org @opencampus.org

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Lisa Kurian Philip @lkpwrites.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Dem Congresswoman Summer Lee of Pennsylvania says students have the constitutional right to criticize Israel and to protest, and that both of those rights are under attack

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Lisa Kurian Philip @lkpwrites.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

I got to record anti-death penalty activist Sister Helen Prejean's visit to a book club in Cook County Jail, where @depauluniversity.bsky.social students and incarcerated women were discussing her book Dead Man Walking. Take a listen: www.wbez.org/wbez-news/20... @wbez.org @opencampus.org

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Lisa Kurian Philip @lkpwrites.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

IL Gov. JB Pritzker is speaking at the University of Illinois Chicago in support of student loan borrowers as they face chaos and scarce avenues for relief under the Trump Administration. @govpritzker.illinois.gov #studentdebt #college

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Lisa Kurian Philip @lkpwrites.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

I'm at Northeastern Illinois University at a student-organized rally calling on state legislators to #fundourfuture. Lawmakers are considering a higher ed funding formula based on adequacy and equity @wbez.org @opencampus.org

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Lisa Kurian Philip @lkpwrites.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Trump officials say they are restarting collections on student loans that are in default: "Borrowers who don’t make payments on time will see their credit scores go down, and in some cases their wages automatically garnished." #college #access

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Lisa Kurian Philip @lkpwrites.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

IL State Rep LaShawn says 'we can't do anything about the executive and judicial branches, but we can do something about the legislative branch'

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Lisa Kurian Philip @lkpwrites.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

This UIC grad student says she was a first-generation college student and she was able to graduate debt-free because of federal Pell funding

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Lisa Kurian Philip @lkpwrites.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Danielle Stanley from Partnership for College Completion says it's more important than ever, given the uncertainty of federal funding, for IL State legislators to pass an equitable funding formula for its public universities.

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Lisa Kurian Philip @lkpwrites.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Leaders, students and faculty from Illinois public regional universities like NEIU, NIU and Chicago State came together to hammer home the importance of federal education funding and infrastructure, especially for marginalized students On scene for @wbez.org and @opencampus.org

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Lisa Kurian Philip @lkpwrites.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Student from UChicago's Organization of Black Students says the university administration has an obligation to protect students from Trump's crackdown on the student movement

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Lisa Kurian Philip @lkpwrites.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

At @uchicago where students & faculty are gathering to protest Trump's detention of #mahmoudkhalil

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Lisa Kurian Philip @lkpwrites.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Northwestern University has been scrubbing the words "diversity" and "inclusion" from its websites. Professor Jackie Stevens says the school has been "spineless" in its response to the Trump administration.

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