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The USD College of Arts and Sciences and Humanities Center, along with Warwick’s bookstore, presents Jen Psaki as she discusses her new book, Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World. Former White House Press Secretary and current MSNBC host Jen Psaki shares the surprising lessons she's learned on her path to success and offers unique yet universal advice about how to be a more effective communicator in any situation. Psaki will be in with American lawyer, law professor and political commentator, Harry Litman. In Say More, Psaki explains her straightforward approach to communication, walking readers through difficult conversations as well as moments where humor saves the day―whether it is with preschoolers, partners, or presidents. She addresses the best ways to give and receive feedback, how to connect with your audience, how to listen actively, and much more. Say More is the book Psaki wishes she had when she started her career, and is a trove of entertaining, essential lessons from one of the most prominent voices in American politics today. Jen Psaki is the host of MSNBC's Sunday afternoon and Monday evening program, Inside with Jen Psaki. She served as the thirty-fourth White House Press Secretary under President Biden until May 2022. Over the course of her twenty years in public service, Psaki also served as White House Communications Director under President Obama, as the spokesperson for the State Department under then Secretary of State John Kerry, and worked on three presidential campaigns. She lives in Arlington, Virginia, with her husband and two children. Harry Litman is the creator of “Talking San Diego,” an all-new speaker series featuring conversations with some of the nation’s most interesting and prominent figures. A former United States Attorney, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, and clerk to two Supreme Court justices, Litman is also the senior legal columnist for the LA Times op-ed page; a practicing lawyer specializing in constitutional law and the False Claims Act; and a frequent legal and political commentator on MSNBC, CNN, CBS, and NPR. Free admission for USD students and staff by registering with your USD email and promo code. The code will be announced in the Humanities Center newsletter or you may contact us directly at humanitiescenter@sandiego.edu. Free tickets do not include a copy of the book, which will be for sale by Warwick's bookstore. For more information visit: warwicks.com Parking information here When visiting USD, please plan ahead and allow yourself ample time to park your vehicle, pay at a pay station, and take the tram to your desired destination or event.

California Assembly Bill 2602 would regulate the use of generative AI for performers – not only those on-screen in films, TV and streaming series but also audiobooks and video games.

San Diego’s coast is home to iconic underwater forests of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera). Towering 100 feet tall from the ocean’s rocky floor to the surface, they create homes for hundreds of animals to live in and can regulate the impacts of climate change. These forests provide many benefits to the ocean, animals and humans. Beginning January 12, 2024, the UC San Diego Library will host "Ebb and Flow: Giant Kelp Forests through Art, Science and the Archives," an exhibit curated by Oriana Poindexter ’15, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) alumna and artist. The exhibit displays works created as a result of continued observation of the local giant kelp forest environment by artists, scientists and community members over the past 134 years. The artwork, which will be displayed on the walls of Geisel Library’s main gallery and in The Nest, is the interpretation of the giant kelp forest by four contemporary artists – Julia C R Gray, Dwight Hwang, Marie McKenzie and Oriana Poindexter – in their distinct styles using ceramic, sculpture, oil painting, gyotaku and alternative photographic processes. Seaweed pressings collected in La Jolla from 1890 through 2023 will also be on display. A 1905 seaweed pressing album from the Library’s Special Collections & Archives (SC&A), created by Virginia Scripps and her sister, Ellen Browning Scripps, the founding benefactor of SIO, shows a similar diversity of seaweed species as recent pressings created by SIO Professor Jennifer Smith. Additional pressings from the SIO Herbarium Collection, now housed at the San Diego Natural History Museum (The Nat), will be on loan from the museum for this exhibit and will accompany those from SC&A. Ebb and Flow illuminates the evolution and the persistence of giant kelp forests, ebbing and flowing through time but continuing to hold fast to the rocky shorelines. The works in this collection document the giant kelp forests and associated species from 1890 to the present day by uniting archival material with contemporary art, bridging art and science to inspire awe, ignite curiosity and catalyze dialogue. [Exhibition gallery hours here] Accompanying exhibit: Birch Aquarium at Scripps is hosting an accompanying exhibit, "Hold Fast", which opens on February 8. This exhibit is an immersive art installation that explores San Diego’s local kelp forests and climate change through the lens of three local artists and scientists who use their skills and talents to take climate action. Opening reception: Save the Date: The Library will host an exhibit opening reception on Thursday, January 25, 2024. Sign up to receive our newsletter to get updates about this event.

Ghosts love and like to haunt public libraries. In this spooky multi-media presentation, researchers and investigators from San Diego-based Pacific Paranormal Investigations discuss the science and pseudo-science of modern paranormal investigating. PPI speakers will also share stories from private cases that will leave you laughing, dumbfounded, creeped out, or all of the above. Find out about modern “ghost” hunting technology, the methodology of skeptical inquiry, and how to get started as a paranormal investigator with recommended reading and additional resources. San Diego Central Library on Facebook

Two astronauts have been hanging out on the International Space Station since last month, waiting for the Boeing capsule that got them there to be repaired to bring them home.

Distance from the epicenter, the kind of soil in your area and even the building you're in can determine how you experience an earthquake.

Turns out Albert Einstein and Franz Kafka lived in Prague at the same time and had the same circle of friends. In a new graphic novel, Ken Krimstein puts us in the room with two 20th century geniuses.

TikTok’s survival in the U.S. is riding on the outcome of the hearing. Federal judges peppered both the Justice Department and TikTok with skeptical questions about the ban, which takes effect in January.

A SpaceX rocket has failed for the first time in nearly a decade, leaving the company’s internet satellites in an orbit so low that they're doomed to fall through the atmosphere and burn up.

We asked our book critics what titles they are most looking forward to this summer. Their picks range from memoirs to sci-fi and fantasy to translations, love stories and everything in between.