
Kate Hidalgo Bellows
Kate Hidalgo Bellows is a staff reporter at The Chronicle, covering health and safety on campus. She is also the lead writer on The Chronicle’s Daily Briefing newsletter.
Since starting at The Chronicle as a fellow in 2021, Bellows has reported on student protests against sexual assault, campus suicide clusters, the growth of teletherapy on campus, and parents-groups’ attempts to get institutions to increase their security measures.
Bellows came to The Chronicle from The Island Packet in Hilton Head Island, S.C. There, she wrote about labor, housing, and the local Latino community. Her investigation of living conditions at Hilton Head Island’s only public-housing complex won a first-place award from South Carolina Press Association in the enterprise-reporting category.
Bellows is a 2020 graduate of the University of Virginia. She is a member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.
When she is not writing, she is biking around Washington, D.C., or doting on her two perfect cats. Follow her on Twitter @katebellows, or email her at kate.hidalgobellows@chronicle.com.
Stories by this Author
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'Systemic Issues'
U. of Arizona Admits Failures Leading Up to Professor’s Death
The university’s president accepted responsibility for a series of institutional mistakes, shortly after the professor’s family filed a $9-million claim. -
Leadership
Embattled President of Connecticut College Will Step Down
Katherine Bergeron had drawn fire over a planned fund-raising event that prompted a diversity dean to resign and write a scathing public letter condemning her leadership. -
Daily Briefing
Stanford Law Dean at the Center of Free-Speech Controversy is On Leave
Gardner-Webb board removes namesake as trustee; neurodivergent students get study-abroad experience; and more. -
Daily Briefing
A University President’s Drag Show Screed
St. Francis College scraps its athletics program; students worry about peer judgment in the classroom; and more. -
Daily Briefing
Another State’s Colleges Must Detail Diversity Spending
More research space at research universities; a shooting overshadows one team’s NCAA-tournament run; and more. -
Daily Briefing
The Emails Tell All
Protests interrupt speakers; Wellesley students call on college to admit transgender men; and more. -
Daily Briefing
The Emails Tell All
What happened to academic conversations?; S.C. legislators debate DEI in education; and more -
Daily Briefing
Daily Briefing: Transfer Enrollment Continues on Downward Trajectory
College censors art exhibit with abortion imagery; star professors and star bakers; and more. -
Daily Briefing
Daily Briefing: Diversity Statements 101
Saint Leo University faces a sticky financial situation; state lawmakers take aim at tenure; and more. -
Daily Briefing
Daily Briefing: ChatGPT Upends Campus Practices
Three closing institutions share key traits; remembering Judy Heumann; and more.