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On Friday afternoon, the National Institute of Health (NIH) announced a $4 billion research funding cut spearheaded by the Trump administration. A federal judge temporarily paused the cut nationally on Tuesday following lawsuits filed the day before. While the future of NIH funding is now uncertain, the cut to indirect cost reimbursement would have cost WashU about $106 million of research funding in 2024, according to Student Life’s analysis of the NIH funding database.
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At home in Florida in November of 2024, Junior Kayleigh Hernandez was brought to tears discussing her future. Months earlier, she had been evicted from her WashU housing and was unable to continue taking her classes.
We call on the WashU administration to fill that information gap with improved access to all local media for the WashU community.
In collaboration with the St. Louis Chess Club, the WashU Chess Club hosted the WashU Rapid and Blitz tournaments on Feb. 8. Open to the entire St. Louis community, the two tournaments were official United States Chess Federation (USCF)-rated tournaments. Over 100 players of all ages competed for part of the $1000 prize pool.
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