What’s Changing in the U.S.-China Relationship?
Business & EconomicsKey takeaways from UC San Diego’s 2026 China Forum held in August offer insight into AI competition, economic ties and the forces reshaping relations between the two countries.
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Stories in Song: Three-Day Carnaval Celebrates New Latinx Musicals
The ArtsUC San Diego hosted the Carnaval of New Latinx Musicals, a national showcase bringing artists and theatre leaders together to uplift new work and explore how music, movement and lived experience can expand the stories represented on the American stage.
UC San Diego School of Pharmacy’s White Coat Ceremony Class of 2030
MilestonesMore than 70 students were inducted into the pharmacy profession at UC San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences’ 2026 White Coat ceremony.
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MilestonesThe ceremonial donning of the white coat marks the beginning of a new chapter. As the 140 new medical students received their white coats on August 27, the ceremony became a celebration of the people, experiences and aspirations that brought each student to medicine.
Video: Researchers Use a Physical Device to Take Over Electronics in a Boeing 737
Technology & EngineeringComputer science researchers developed and tested a device that, if plugged into a hardwired communications channel connecting two key flight computers, can take over communications between these computers. The proof-of-concept attack suggests that physical access to an aircraft’s computer bay under the nose of the plane is a cybersecurity risk that should be considered. The device needs to be plugged into a port inside the plane’s belly – an action that the researchers estimate would take under 60 seconds. This would require access to the aircraft either when parked at a gate or when in an airport hangar during regular maintenance. Access to these areas is controlled carefully but not always successfully. The researchers successfully demonstrated the attack on a testbed made of actual Boeing 737 airplane parts and airplane software.
Flesh-eating Screwworms Have Returned. Which New Technologies Could Stop Them?
Science & EnvironmentNew World screwworm flies, highly destructive parasitic insects, have returned to parts of the U.S. and pose a significant danger. Professor Omar Akbari of UC San Diego's Department of Cell and Developmental Biology discusses how the insect was eliminated in the past and the ways new genetics technologies could help control today’s threat.
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