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The Academy of Our Lady of Peace (OLP) will host the Eleventh Annual Women’s Symposium on Friday, March 21. Modeled after the speaker panels at leading universities, OLP’s Women’s Symposium brings together top women leaders to share their insight and pathways to success with students, the Southern California region and beyond. The Women’s Symposium will feature a series of workshops and highly curated panels with prominent leaders in their industries. Beginning over 10 years ago as a reimagining of Career Day for students, the Women’s Symposium has blossomed into a professional half-day conference open to all community members in and around the San Diego/Baja corridor, from students to seasoned business professionals. Hosted annually during Women’s History Month, OLP’s Women’s Symposium celebrates the success of powerful women and their allies. The event will leave attendees with tangible advice, pathways forward, and the inspiration of empowerment and shared connection. Through dialogue and modeling, these female leaders empower young women to stand up and confidently pursue their dreams. This year’s Keynote Panel will feature women in the craft food and beverage industry, hosted by Maya Madsen, Founder and CEO of Maya’s Cookies. Her company is America’s #1 Black-Owned Gourmet Vegan Cookie Company. The honorary chair is Dr. Irma Peñuñuri, CEO and Founder of BurgerRock Media PR Agency and OLP Alumna, Class of 2004. This is a free event for all San Diego community members and friends of OLP. In lieu of registration cost, OLP highly encourages donations to its annual fund which supports our students' greatest areas of need. Please click here if you are looking to donate to OLP. Interested in a VIP experience or bringing a group? Please reach out to the event coordinators at advancement@aolp.org. Academy of Our Lady of Peace on Facebook / Instagram

President Trump is hosting an exclusive dinner tonight for the largest investors in the $TRUMP meme coin, putting the murky world of cryptocurrencies on a collision course with White House ethics.

The pandemic helped supercharge a niche craft into a fine arts movement. Now the scene is more detailed and thoughtful than ever before.

Patterson is accused of putting death cap mushrooms in a meal she served her estranged husband's relatives in July 2023, killing three. She took the stand in Week 6 of the trial gripping Australia.

How has the Italian language historically been used and how is it used today in a complex audiovisual medium such as comics? This presentation by Dr. Antonio Iannotta (USD, San Diego Italian Film Festival) will discuss some of the authors, stories, heroes, magazines, and books that created the illustrated imagery of Italians. Since right after WWII, Italian comics have become an extraordinarily important medium in Italian culture, a fertile and vibrant environment for authors, stories, and characters translated all over the world. Join this presentation with Q&A for an exciting journey into the Italian language used in Comics, with its relationships to Cinema, Literature, Art, and other media. Italian bites and drinks to follow Antonio Iannotta is the Artistic Director of the San Diego Italian Film Festival, a Professor in the Department of Languages, Cultures, and Literatures at USD, and an instructor of Italian language, culture, and cinema at ICC.

Production in Hollywood has been suffering. But it's unclear how a 100% tariff on movies produced outside the United States would work – or who it would help.

There were 20% more homes for sale this May — but it hasn't been enough to pull buyers off the sidelines amid high mortgage rates and economic uncertainty.

The first group of white Afrikaner South Africans granted refugee status by Trump administration arrive in U.S. as most other refugee admissions still suspended.

The White House budget office rejected the conclusion of a nonpartisan congressional watchdog that said the Trump administration is breaking the law by not spending funds as directed by Congress.

President Trump named Fox News personality Jeanine Pirro as the interim top prosecutor in Washington, D.C., to replace Ed Martin.