Honoring over 50 years of Georgetown’s pre-medical master’s program Students and alumni recently gathered to celebrate the Georgetown University Special Master’s Program in Physiology & Biophysics, the foremost and longest-running program of its kind for future medical students. Read > Creating more accessible pathways from two- to four-year colleges Colleges are reducing barriers students typically face when transferring from a two- to four-year institution, The Washington Post reports. Read > A state steps up to support graduate students facing the elimination of Grad PLUS loans Minnesota launched a new graduate loan option to help fill in the gap that will be created by the elimination of Grad PLUS loans and the implementation of other caps on federal financial aid taking effect on July 1. Read > Expanding a college fund for NYC’s low-income youth New York City officials are working to allocate more funds to an existing college savings program to boost higher education access for children with the greatest need. Read > The biggest expansion of federal scholarship money in 50 years is at hand—and almost nobody is ready for it > How one college addresses food insecurity through urban agriculture > How fear and politics are straining a historic immigrant pipeline at community colleges > Tackling nontuition barriers to affordability > Judge blocks U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services pause, but international students remain in limbo > California students must soon learn personal finance to graduate. Here’s how it will be taught >