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A Professor of History at UCSD, Rebecca Jo Plant will explore the topic of underage soldiers who fought in the American Civil by focusing on the political, military, and legal debates over young enlistees in both the Union and Confederacy. The problem of youth enlistment intersected with larger issues, including the relationship between parental rights and children’s obligations, the appropriate balance of power between state and federal governments, and the degree to which the military should be answerable to local communities. Collaborating with Professor Frances M. Clarke of the University of Sydney, their extensive research on this topic has been published in their book “Of Age: Boy Soldiers and Military Power in the Civil War Era,” which won the 2024 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize.

Slightly warmer weather is expected for San Diego County by mid-week, with cooler and windier conditions picking up next weekend, forecasters said Monday.

Is academic freedom fading on U.S. campuses? A Republican student group credits Trump's election with expanding their ability to speak out, while others discuss how his policies are reshaping campus life and academic fields.

From foreign policy and tariffs to immigration changes and targeting of DEI, here's a look back at some of the major moves made in the past 100 days of President Trump's second administration.

Greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise and the world is still on track for severe climate change impacts, a new U.N. report finds. Action this decade will be essential.

Large swaths of southeast Texas and Louisiana and parts of southern Mississippi are under an extreme cold warning after a day of snow. Now, snow, slush and ice left on the ground will refreeze.

To get so close, the Parker Solar Probe had to withstand the sun's extreme heat and radiation like no spacecraft before it.

Ben Redlawsk is a media production specialist for KPBS radio. He provides technical direction for KPBS “Morning Edition” and assists with “KPBS Midday Edition” and “KPBS Roundtable” through audio editing and recording. He got his start in radio as head audio engineer at KSDT, UC San Diego’s student-run radio station. Ben graduated from UC San Diego with a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary computing and the arts with an emphasis in music technology.

As part of the radio operations team at KPBS, Rebecca Chacon manages the use of the radio studios as well as programming audio content for KPBS-FM, KPBS Classical San Diego, KPBS-HD3 and the KPBS Radio Reading Service.

The dismantling of Hungary's democracy is a point of fascination for political scientists around the world — including those advising the Trump administration.