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Trump’s immigration crackdown worries WashU students and faculty

The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown has incited concern among WashU students and faculty, and caused at least one department in the Medical School to send out a document detailing what to do if Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is present on campus. 

| Staff Writer

Committee upholds WashU’s protest response

Last September, after April protests that resulted in over 100 arrests, the WashU board of trustees established an ad hoc committee to review the administration’s response to the protests. The committee’s findings and recommendations for how the administration should proceed were published in a final report early this morning.

and | News Editors

‘A Primordial RNA Alphabet’: Nobel laureate discusses the origin of life at annual Weissman Lecture

Nobel Laureate and University of Chicago professor Jack Szostak delivered two lectures on the origin of life to an audience of professors, graduate, and undergraduate students the Monday and Tuesday before Spring Break.

| Contributing Writer

Mudd Field spring break construction update

Over spring break, a portion of Mudd Field has been fenced off and closed for construction; however, the field will not officially close until after the 2025 commencement.

| Head of Design

‘Telling You Again’: students launch Coalition for Liberated Students

The Coalition for Liberated Students, composed of students advocating for change, joined together to launch their coalition on Feb. 28 in Umrath Lounge. The event also announced the beginning of the coalition’s “Telling You Again” campaign, which seeks to create a better campus environment for students of color.

| Head of Design

‘Research saves lives’: Graduate students organize protests on Mudd Field and Medical Campus

Professors, researchers, graduate students, and PhD candidates stood across the street from the Barnes-Jewish Hospital on Friday afternoon holding signs that read “My research saves lives, cutting my funding will not” and “Science not silence.” As cars drove by and honked in support, the group of a few hundred protesters cheered and clapped. 

| Managing News Editor

Elijah Darden selected as a Gates Cambridge Scholar

Senior Elijah Darden was recently selected for the highly competitive Gates Cambridge Scholarship, allowing him to pursue a fully funded postgraduate course of study at the University of Cambridge next […]

| Staff Writer

Chancellor Martin talks protests, university divestment at ADL summit

Chancellor Andrew Martin was a featured speaker at the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) “Never is Now” two-day summit in New York City, Mar. 3 and 4. 

and | News Editors

Transitioning to Workday: students and faculty adjust to the new system

Workday Student, the platform set to replace WebSTAC, went live and became accessible to WashU students on Feb. 17. Workday will serve as the University’s new central hub for academic […]

| Staff Writer

Spring 2025 Student Union Election Guide

This semester’s Student Union (SU) election, featuring seats open in Senate, Treasury, and the Executive Branch, began this Tuesday at 9:00 pm CST and will end this Thursday at 9:00 pm CST. 

| News Editor

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