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The end of affirmative action and the increasing concerns about the cost of college have led the Biden administration and colleges to consider new measures to achieve diversity.

The $9 million Farmers Insurance Open is scheduled to begin Wednesday at Torrey Pines Golf Course, with San Diego State and Scripps Ranch High School alum Xander Schauffele the 9-1 pre-tournament favorite.

Israel's military has closed towns and workplaces near the Lebanon border and 60,000 residents have fled, freezing the regional economy. But a full-blown war with Hezbollah could affect all of Israel.

Researchers from across colleges and within the Center for Comics Studies at San Diego State University will share their knowledge — and the stage — at the annual San Diego Comic-Con. Scientists, artists, librarians, and historians will come together to showcase research on topics of social and racial justice, activism, science, and academics, all tied to comics. Here are some highlights of panels with SDSU participants (unless otherwise noted, locations are at the San Diego Convention Center): In “Fear and Fungi” (11 a.m.-noon Thursday, Grand Ballroom DE, 4th floor, Omni Hotel), Kari Sant, an associate professor and toxicologist in SDSU’s Division of Environmental Health, will join other scientists to examine the science of the HBO series “The Last of Us” (adapted from a video game), in which a zombie-like epidemic arises from a fungal outbreak. Sant will serve as a public health resource, presenting on how environmental stimuli such as fungicide use and climate change can change the interaction between humans and fungi. “My background in toxicology and environmental health, on top of my love of the games and show, will be on display,” Sant said. In “Comics Pedagogy: Teaching Outside the Panel” (5-6 p.m. Thursday, Shiley Special Events Suite, San Diego Central Library), students Fawaz Qashat (biology), Bradley Medina (studio art), alumnae Breanna Rohde (multimedia art) and Grace DeVega (history and political science), along with faculty Elizabeth Pollard, Pamela Jackson, and Neil Kendricks discuss comics in the classroom. MORE SDSUxCOMIC-CON: Engineering His Spidey Senses Students from Kendricks' Visual Odyssey art course will showcase their artwork. “Hearing from the students who thrived in this experiential art course and were able to publish their final comic-book projects outside of class will be inspiring for anyone who loves comics and graphic novels,” he said. Ethan Banegas, Luiseño Kumeyaay and lecturer in American Indian Studies will discuss how tribal historians are taking the lead in developing community-engaged comics in “Honoring the Kumeyaay Nation Past, Present, and Future Through Visual Storytelling,” (5-6 p.m. Friday, Room 29AB). Lecturer Desmond Hassing, from the Department of American Indian Studies will participate in “Star Wars Andor: Making a Rebel, Making a Rebellion” (7-8 p.m. Friday, Room 7AB). “My contributions to the panel will likely focus on Andor's construction of the Rebellion's creation as the formation of Narrative Warfare against the Empire, a counter narrative that seeks to build counter-hegemonic power,” he said. Hassing will be joined by Robert Dagnall, a rhetoric and writing studies master’s candidate Jake Rowlett, a doctoral candidate who is a critical film and media geographer researching the influences of on-screen representations and real-world impacts. “Comics Change the World: Comics Activism Then and Now” (4-5 p.m. Saturday, Shiley Special Events Suite, San Diego Central Library) features the co-directors of the Center for Comics Studies, Jackson and Pollard. MORE SDSUxCOMIC-CON: Cooking Up An Invisibility Cloak Panelists will consider how comics have been used in the past to address issues of social justice, civil rights, racism, censorship, and now more contemporary issues like LGBTQ+ rights and BLM movements, among others. “Comics can serve as a support system (and feeling less alone) for people who see themselves and their lived experiences reflected on the page,” Jackson said. “At a time when so many of our rights and identities are under attack, comics may be more important than ever.” Jackson will be present on five panels this year (her 14th year attending Comic-Con) and Pollard will join four panels in her 17th year at the conference. Alumna Grace deVega (‘23) will share her research “Sound of Comics” (compiled while an SDSU history and political science student) at “The Poster Session: Sound of Comics” (2-3:30 p.m. Saturday, Room 26AB). She created a digital exhibit “to explore both the variance in depictions and the variance in purposes for sound in comics.” Her research covers music, sound effects, and disability in sound. Cell biologist Catherine Schrankel will join “The Science of Superpowers: Radiation and Mutation and Aliens, Oh My!” (2-3 p.m. Sunday, Grand 10 & 11, Marriott Marquis, San Diego Marina) to showcase the supernatural, yet very real abilities of marine invertebrates. “Examples include the ability to regenerate (sea star arms), to ‘see and hear’ with sensors all over their bodies (sea urchins and sea stars), to camouflage instantly (squid/octopuses), and the presence of a highly expanded set of molecular tools against infection (sea urchins),” Schrankel said. ”I will also have fun anecdotes that describe how studying these animals in the lab has led to some superhuman health benefits.” Additional panels and their SDSU participants: THURSDAY The Comics Memoir: From the Beginning, Pamela Jackson, 8-9 p.m., Room 9 FRIDAY Centers and Certificates: Comics Go to College, Elizabeth Pollard and Pamela Jackson, 5-6 p.m., Shiley Special Events Suite, San Diego Central Library SATURDAY Comics, Social Justice, and Libraries, Pamela Jackson and Elizabeth Pollard, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Room 26AB Creators Assemble: Comics Camaraderie, A Networking Event, Moni Barrette, 4-6 p.m., Marriott Marquis Marina D SUNDAY Comic Justice, Jess Whatcott and Diana Leong, 10:30 a.m.-noon, Room 26AB Afrofuturism: Black to the Future, Ajani Brown, 4-5 p.m., Room 25ABC Stay Connected on Social Media! 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Ten months after his horrifying collapse halted an NFL game, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin returned to Cincinnati with surprises for the medical staff who worked to save him.

This concert features the glorious Sonata for Cello and Piano by Rachmaninoff along with other shorter masterpieces performed by Justin Hansen on piano and Paul Tseng on cello. Paul Tseng (cello) has performed as a soloist, a recitalist, and an orchestral and chamber musician throughout the United States, Canada, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, and South Africa. He has played in numerous concert halls such as Avery Fischer Hall, Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, the Cairo Royal Opera House in Egypt, and The Royal Cultural Center in Amman, Jordan. As a chamber musician, Tseng has performed with luminaries such as Earl Carlyss and Ruth Inglefield, and as a member of the Delphian Trio, which won First Prize in the Baltimore Chamber Music Awards Competition. The second cellist ever awarded the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the Peabody Conservatory (Johns Hopkins University), Paul specialized in the cello music of Prokofiev. He also holds Bachelor and Master’s Degrees from the Juilliard School. He has held various faculty positions in New York, Maryland, West Virginia, New York, and Washington, DC. Paul is a founding member of the Logos Trio and the artistic director of the San Diego Music Society. Justin Hansen is a pianist, composer, and teacher based in San Diego. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Piano Performance from Utah Tech University, located in his hometown of St. George. During his time at Utah Tech, he had the honor of touring internationally as a guest soloist in Japan, England, and Norway, performing works such as Tchaikovsky’s 1st Piano Concerto and Rachmaninoff’s 2nd Piano Concerto. Hansen was later accepted into the Master’s program at the Seattle Film Institute and earned his degree in Composition for Film, TV, and Video Games under the direction of Emmy Award-winning composer Hummie Mann.

For National Breastfeeding month, True Care in San Marcos is partnered with the University of California Health Milk Bank.

How did the soda giant from America come to be seen as "local" in Africa? And what has the impact been on the continent for worse and for better?

Poliansky will perform music by Ludwig van Beethoven, Claude Debussy, César Franck, and Sergej Rachmaninow. A portion of the proceeds will be used to aid an orphanage in Ensenada, Mexico. Poliansky, born in Kiev in 1968, studied piano at the Lysenko Music School. He has won the Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow, Russia, the World Piano Competition in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Citta di Cantu in Italy. He has also won prizes in Tokyo, Montreal and at The International Duo Competition in Marseille, France. Poliansky performed as soloist with The Moscow Soloists, The Moscow Symphony Orchestra, The National Symphony of Ukraine, Budapest Strings, The National Orchestra of Malta and The KBS National Radio Orchestra of Korea. Poliansky has also been a guest at international festivals, performed with many well-known artists and has produced recordings with German broadcasting companies. Poliansky currently resides in Cologne, Germany, having recently held the position of Associate Professor for Major Piano at The Cologne University of Music, Europe’s largest music academy.

Alabama plans to execute a prisoner using nitrogen gas. NPR obtained a Department of Corrections document showing the method may pose risks to others in the room and impede religious liberties.