ST. LOUIS — Washington University in St. Louis has eliminated more than 300 positions and left nearly 200 vacancies unfilled as it works to balance its budget amid cuts to federal research funding and "redundancies" in operations, the chancellor said Tuesday.

Chancellor Andrew Martin spoke of the "difficult steps" WashU has taken since March in a statement posted on the school's website Tuesday, after news broke the private university had eliminated 38 positions in its office tasked with fundraising on Monday.

WashU has eliminated 316 staff positions across its Danforth and medical campuses, as well as its "central fiscal unit," which refers to administrative divisions outside of the university's individual schools, including IT, University Advancement, police and more. Another 198

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