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Kanishka Chinnaraj

Kanishka Chinnaraj, News Editor

Kanishka Chinnaraj is a senior at the University of Arizona majoring in physiology and public health. Kanishka currently works as the news editor for the Daily Wildcat, where she manages the reports of local Tucson and UA news. She also works at the AzPRC (now known as PEAR)  completing health needs assessments for the Tucson community. When she is not in school, she enjoys reading, playing tennis and watching movies.

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The Trump Administration aims to slash Medicaid funding, claiming the stabilizing program provisioning health insurance to millions of people across the country is committing waste, fraud and abuse. The proposed budget cut will shift costs to states who simply can not absorb the shortfall, resulting in forced withdrawal of the Medicaid expansion risking the loss of insurance among hundreds of thousands of Arizonans.

Medicaid funding at risk: How will Arizonans be affected?

Kanishka Chinnaraj
April 18, 2025
Terminating projects and decreasing USAID presence leaves countries in vulnerable positions as years of foreign assistance has been dismantled within the span of weeks. The 64-year-old agency faces ongoing downsizing as the Trump Administration cuts nearly all the remaining 900 positions.

Drastic change in U.S. foreign assistance threatens UA research

Kanishka Chinnaraj and Ruby Wray
April 6, 2025
Eating disorders don't discriminate—any age, gender, ethnicity or background. Let us be there for each other and help students on campus get the resources they need.

Understanding eating disorders: Insights, challenges and on-campus support

Kanishka Chinnaraj 
March 26, 2025
Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Greg Casar speak at the Fight Oligarchy rally at Catalina High School on March 22 in Tucson. They speak about influence billionaires and corporate interests have within the government and emphasize fighting for democracy.

Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rally in Tucson

Ruby Wray and Kanishka Chinnaraj
March 23, 2025
As conversations about artificial intelligence usage spark ethical debates in the classroom, another important conversation is also happening: the effect of our AI usage on the environment.

How your AI outlines may be affecting the environment

Sam Parker and Kanishka Chinnaraj
February 16, 2025
Former President Barack Obama enters the stage inside the Cole and Jeannie Davis Sports Center on Oct. 18. Obama, accompanied by state and local candidates and politicians, spoke to thousands on the UA campus.

Former President Barack Obama holds rally on UA campus

Sam Parker and Kanishka Chinnaraj
October 18, 2024
Suresh Garimella addresses a crowd of gathered media and community members after a unanimous Arizona Board of Regents vote led to his appointment as the next University of Arizona president on Friday, Aug. 9. Garimella joins UA from the University of Vermont.

Suresh V. Garimella selected as next university president

Kanishka Chinnaraj
August 10, 2024
Joe Biden is the democratic party nominee for the 2020 presidential race. The first round of debates was held Tues. Sept. 29. (Photo by Marc Nozell/Flickr) 

President Biden ends campaign; endorses Kamala Harris

Kanishka Chinnaraj
July 21, 2024
In a contested 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court of the United States overturned the Chevron doctrine, a decades-old decision that delegated certain legislative action to administrative agencies within the federal government.

Nation at stake after Supreme Court overturns Chevron

Kanishka Chinnaraj
July 15, 2024
Climate change bigger than public efforts: Push for Federal action

Climate change bigger than public efforts: Push for Federal action

Kanishka Chinnaraj
March 27, 2024
The University of Arizona Police Department on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019, in Tucson, Arizona. 

Police notify campus community of nearby shooting

Kanishka Chinnaraj
February 17, 2024
CVS pharmacy, including the location on University Boulevard, offers free flu shots and an updated dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Currently, the pharmacy is suggesting people get these vaccines in order to stay healthy over the holidays.

How to prioritize your health this holiday season

Kanishka Chinnaraj
November 20, 2023
Glenda Perez draws up a COVID-19 vaccine at the University of Arizona vaccination clinic on Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. (Photo by Hannah Cree from El Inde Arizona)

What to know about the new 2023 COVID-19 vaccine, where to get it

Kanishka Chinnaraj
October 8, 2023
The Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health on Martin Avenue and Helen Street on Feb. 23. The Center for Rural Health was recently awarded a $1.5 million grant that will be used to provide assistance in rural hospitals across Arizona for the next three years.

Thousands face post-pandemic reality with loss of Medicaid

Kanishka Chinnaraj
September 18, 2023
The University of Arizona Administration Building. .

After a year of hardship and controversy, leadership and organizational changes announced at the UA

Kanishka Chinnaraj
May 8, 2023
Adam Buntzman, research assistant professor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, works with DNA in a lab on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2017, in Tucson.

Researchers at the University of Arizona find new ways to treat COVID-19

Kanishka Chinnaraj
April 25, 2023
 A house stands on the corner in Barrio Viejo, one of the oldest neighborhoods in Tucson.

Barrio barriers: How ZIP codes determine the level of access to basic social determinants of health

Kanishka Chinnaraj
April 24, 2023
The transmission electron microscope is one of many high-quality machines that researchers at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory use. The recent grant the LPL received from NASA will help to support the cost of machines like the TEM, which allows scientists to see individual atoms.

Planetary sciences: Upcoming plans for the UA’s OSIRIS-REx mission

Kanishka Chinnaraj
February 21, 2023
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