Chinese researchers suggest Taiwan should cooperate with the US and Japan to counter China's use of AI to expand cyberattack capabilities
OpenAI, the developer of the chatbot ChatGPT, released a report indicating that the Chinese government used ChatGPT to generate images and text to launch cyberattacks. Scholar Austin Horng-En Wang pointed out today that the development of artificial intelligence (AI) has made related cyberattacks and cognitive warfare larger in scale and lower in cost.
Southern Nevada's Black community continues to face higher-than-average HIV rates
February, Black History Month, is on its way out, but that doesn’t mean the issues affecting Nevada’s Black community are, too. One such issue is the state’s HIV/AIDS rate, which disproportionately impacts the local Black community. Clark County has a 36% higher rate of HIV than the United States average. And in 2023, HIV/AIDS affected more than 1,200 African Americans in Southern Nevada.
PAC Welcomes the New York Philharmonic String Quartet March 30
All four are prize-winning soloists who performed with the Philharmonic and appeared regularly at David Geffen and Merkin Concert Halls, with acclaimed appearances worldwide.
Ibtihaj Ahmad (Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) has published his second peer-reviewed research article, titled “Analyzing Surface Spectral Signature Shifts in Fire-Affected Areas of Elko County Nevada,” in the journal Fire. The study integrates multi-source satellite imagery and advanced spectral analysis techniques to…
Susan Byrne (World Languages & Cultures) chaired a panel of scholars presenting papers on Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes during the Renaissance Society of America's annual conference, held this year in San Francisco, CA. The panel's speakers came from the USA, Canada, France and Ireland to critically analyze numerous aspects of the works…
Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies Department) gave a guest lecture for the Nevada Federal Public Defender's Office on Feb. 24, 2026. Entitled "Examining the Fight for Police Accountability in 20th-Century Las Vegas," Parry analyzed a series of case studies emerging from his research project on the history of policing in…
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