(Excerpts from Higher Ed News)

• At campuses across the country, students are marching, waving blue-and-yellow flags, and raising funds and awareness to support Ukrainians as they fight back against the Russian invasion.
• Since Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered his troops to invade Ukraine, more than 190 people have died due to missile strikes and attacks from Russian convoys, The Wahington Post reported.
• But Ukrainians have fought back with surprising force, bolstered by international support. Colleges and universities have become a key bulwark in that fight. The leaders of a number of scholarly associations and research centers have spoken out against Russia’s attack on Urkraine, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology announce Friday that it was ending its program in Russia with the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology.
• At colleges and universities across the U.S., students, too, have joined in the antiwar effort, participating in rallies on and off campus. They wave blue-and-yellow flags and march with signs bearing messages such as “No war, save Ukraine” and “Stand with Ukraine.” Students have also taken up collections for organizations such as the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Revived Soldiers Ukraine fund.
• Other campuses where students are planning or have already staged protests include Havard University, the University of Michigan, Princeton University, Bucks County Community, Stanford University, and the Universiyt of Washington.
• Additionally, , the American Council on Education and 12 other higher education organizations signed a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, calling for their agencies to “provide as much flexibility and support as possible for Ukrainian students and scholars currently in the United States, and for students and scholars seeking to leave Ukraine during the current crisis.”
• The organizations asked for the more than 1,700 Ukrainian students in the U.S. to be granted leniency regarding their current visas, since some could be close to the end of their program of study, research or training but might not be able to immediately return to Ukraine during a war.