Students and professors at Northwestern University and the University of Illinois Chicago held events Thursday as part of the National Day of Action for Higher Ed, a nationwide effort to protest the Trump administration’s cuts to education funding and changes to policy.
After writing their hopes on pieces of cloth attendees place them on a piece of string while attending a rally to protest the Trump administration’s recent revocation of student visas for international students at the University of Chicago, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Northwestern University on April 17, 2025, in Evanston. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)UIC undergrad student Alicia Ribeiro, representing Sanctuary for All at UIC, poses for a portrait during the Day of Action for Higher Ed on the UIC University Hall lawn on April 16, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)
UIC grad Tichike Tumalan representing the UIC trans empowerment center at the UIC University Hall lawn during at the Day of Action for Higher Ed on April 16, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)Students, faculty, staff, and supporters attend a rally to protest the Trump administration’s recent revocations of student visas for international students at the the University of Chicago, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and Northwestern University on April 17, 2025, in Evanston. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)Jane Miglo, graduate student in the UIC pharmacy department, said she’s witnessed firsthand the attacks on science and research at the hands of the current administration during the Day of Action for Higher Ed at the UIC University Hall lawn on April 16, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)
Michael Scott, associate professor of mechanical and industrial engineering, poses for a portrait during the Day of Action for Higher Ed at the UIC University Hall lawn on April 16, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)UIC Latino studies professor Xóchitl Bada on the Day of Action for Higher Ed at the UIC University Hall lawn on April 16, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)Students, faculty, staff, and supporters attend a rally to protest the Trump administration’s recent revocations of student visas for international students at several Chicago area universities on April 17, 2025, in Evanston. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)
Angela Betancourt-Ciprian, clinical assistant professor in Hispanic and Italian studies, poses for a portrait during the Day of Action for Higher Ed at the UIC University Hall lawn on April 16, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)A protestor at UIC University Hall lawn during the Day of Action on April 16, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)Aaron Krall, president of UIC UF, poses for a portrait during the Day of Action for Higher Ed at the UIC University Hall lawn. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)
