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Ethan Sandweiss

Bloomington

Digital Journalist at WTIU-TV (Bloomington, IN)

Digital Journalist, Indiana Public Media [email protected] | Signal: sandweet.70 | Telegram: ethasand @WFIUWTIUNews @npr @pbs

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Articles

  • Judge denies temporary restraining order for international students suing over visa revocations

    1 week ago | indianapublicmedia.org | Ethan Sandweiss

    A judge denied a temporary restraining order for seven international students from Indiana who sued the federal government after their visas were revoked. The students, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana, say the Department of Homeland Security violated their Fifth Amendment due process rights.

  • IU Bloomington rallies for National Day of Action to defend higher ed

    1 week ago | indianapublicmedia.org | Ethan Sandweiss

    Protesters at Indiana University returned to Dunn Meadow Thursday afternoon following five hours of speeches and songs in Franklin Hall. Professors, students and affinity groups on campus rallied against threats to higher education such as student deportations, cuts to science and the humanities and the Trump administration’s targeting of campus speech. IU history professor and AAUP Bloomington Chapter leader Maria Bucur urged campus to band together with universities nationwide.

  • IU department chair says Wang didn't know about undisclosed Chinese research grant

    1 week ago | indianapublicmedia.org | Ethan Sandweiss

    An IU department chair questioned evidence apparently used by the university to fire renowned computer security expert XiaoFeng Wang. Wang, a tenured professor, was fired March 28 — the same day the FBI searched his homes in Bloomington and Carmel. Neither IU nor the FBI has explained the actions. A colleague of Wang’s said it involved an undisclosed research grant from China in 2017-2018.

  • Senator Young addresses Bloomington Chamber while protesters gather outside

    1 week ago | indianapublicmedia.org | Ethan Sandweiss

    Indiana Republican Sen. Todd Young walked a careful line Tuesday between supporting President Donald Trump’s policies and advocating course corrections as he answered questions at a Bloomington Chamber of Commerce sponsored event. Outside the Monroe Convention Center, around 100 protesters made speeches and chanted slogans against Trump’s agenda. Moderator Pete Yonkman, the president of Cook Group and Cook Medical, mainly pressed the senator on issues affecting Indiana business.

  • Letter to faculty shines some light on plight of students with revoked visas

    1 week ago | indianapublicmedia.org | Ethan Sandweiss

    Social media posts or speeding tickets could trigger students' visa revocation, IU's vice president for international affairs Hannah Buxbaum told campus leaders last Friday. WFIU/WTIU News obtained a department chair's three-page letter to her department's faculty summarizing what Buxbaum said, including how IUPD could become involved and what the university can do for impacted students.

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Ethan Sandweiss @the_real_sand
21 Apr 25

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Ethan Sandweiss
Ethan Sandweiss @the_real_sand
18 Apr 25

A judge denied a temporary restraining order for seven international students from Indiana who sued the federal government after their visas were revoked. @WFIUWTIUNews https://t.co/Bm5HZy0gFd