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Bondi Beach Shooting Kills 16 During Hanukkah Event

A mass shooting during a Hanukkah celebration near Bondi Beach in Sydney on December 14, 2025, killed 16 people and injured at least 43 others. Australian authorities classified the attack as an antisemitic terrorist incident inspired by Islamic State ideology, with one attacker killed at the scene and another critically injured and in custody. The incident prompted heightened security measures nationwide and renewed government discussions on firearm regulations.

Science Journal

UC San Diego Launches AI Major and Personalized Learning Systems

UC San Diego’s new Bachelor of Science in Artificial Intelligence signals a major investment in preparing students for the future of intelligent systems. Alongside the program, campus researchers are creating adaptive AI tutor platforms to make computer science learning more inclusive and effective.

Law Review

Freedom, Due Process, and the Modern University’s Constitutional Obligations

As public universities navigate political polarization, digital activism, and rapidly changing social norms, the traditional framework for student rights has entered a period of reevaluation. Freedom of speech, due process in discipline, and equal access to education now intersect with questions of technology, privacy, and institutional neutrality. The modern student’s constitutional status is more complex than ever before, demanding renewed legal and policy attention.

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Brown University Shooting Leaves Two Students Dead, Nine Injured

Two Brown University students were killed and nine others injured in a shooting inside an engineering building on December 13, 2025, during final exams. The suspect fled the scene and remains at large as of December 16, prompting a large multi-agency investigation. The university canceled remaining classes and exams while authorities continue the manhunt.

OpinionStudent Government

Three Years, Three Deficits: A.S. UCSD Pays the Price for Short-Term Thinking

The Associated Students (A.S.) at UC San Diego is confronting its third straight fiscal year of large budget shortfalls, with deficits reported at $178,000, roughly $500,000, and an alarming $613,000 in the most recent year. The growing gap between revenues and expenditures raises questions about financial planning, student fees, and how the organization will continue funding student services and organizations that depend on A.S. support.

National

Breaking: Two National Guard Soldiers Ambushed Near White House

Two West Virginia National Guard members were critically wounded in a targeted shooting near the White House. The suspect, an Afghan national, was shot by a third Guard member and taken into custody. The attack prompted heightened security and renewed political debate over immigration and the federal deployment in Washington.

Campus

UCSD’s TritonGPT Gains Nationwide University Adoption

UC San Diego’s TritonGPT has become a major institutional AI platform, serving thousands of UCSD students and licensed nationwide. UC Berkeley and San Diego State University run rebranded versions hosted entirely on UCSD infrastructure, making UCSD the sole developer and operator of their campus AI systems. With strong instructional pilots, robust privacy controls, and lower costs, UCSD is emerging as a leading AI service provider in higher education.

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Engineering

The Unwavering Spirit of UC San Diego's Shake Table

Earthquakes have long plagued global communities; no one ever knows quite when they could strike, and this has been especially problematic for California. UC San Diego leads the way - at the world level - with the Shake Table.

Biology

Improving Immunotherapy Response by Targeting Uchl5

Recently published in Nature, UC San Diego scientists brilliants combined in-vivo CRISPR technology to find specific targets to overcome tumor resistance to immunotherapies.

Computer Science

Privy to Privacy

How UC San Diego Center for Healthcare Cybersecurity is Pioneering Healthcare Protection Research

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Student Rights

Freedom, Due Process, and the Modern University’s Constitutional Obligations

Constitutional Law

Executive Authority and Federalism in Domestic Deployment

The domestic use of the National Guard in 2025 under presidential orders has reopened debate over constitutional limits on executive power. The controversy turns on the scope of Article II and the balance of federal and state sovereignty.

Supreme Court

The Post-Affirmative Action Era and the Reconfiguration of Equal Protection

The Supreme Court’s 2023 decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard has fundamentally altered the legal architecture of diversity in higher education. For universities like UC San Diego, already bound by California’s Proposition 209, the challenge is not compliance but creativity in maintaining inclusive excellence.