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November 18, 2010 | Thursday

SCHOOL OF LAW
Miami Law launches Louis Henkin Lecture Series
The University of Miami’s School of Law is launching a lecture series on human rights named in honor of the late Louis Henkin, a prominent law professor at Columbia University who was one of the founders of the academic study of human rights and who helped educate a whole generation of human rights lawyers, scholars, and activists. | more

UNIVERSITY
Global Entrepreneurship Week continues
The Launch Pad’s weeklong showcase of events promoting entrepreneurial activities continues with panel discussions, networking opportunities, and talks by savvy entrepreneurs from just about every discipline one can imagine. The event is part of activities across six continents that celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week, an initiative to inspire young people to embrace innovation, imagination, and creativity. | more

The University of Miami is in full swing for its annual fundraising drive to benefit the United Way. Get involved in upcoming events:

• Office of Finance and Treasury launches United Way Silent Auction | more
• Book sale at Calder Memorial Library will benefit the United Way | more

SPORTSLINE
‘We Win, You Win’ promotion unveiled for Virginia Tech game
The Hurricane Ticket Office has unveiled the “We Win, You Win” ticket promotion in advance of the Miami - Virginia Tech game on Saturday, November 20 at Sun Life Stadium. Any fan who purchases a single game ticket to the game will receive a free ticket to the home finale against USF on November 27 if the Hurricanes defeat the Hokies. | more

• Register to win Virginia Tech football pregame sideline passes | more

FOR YOUR BENEFIT
Decorating dos and don’ts for the holidays
As the holidays approach, the Office of Environmental Health and Safety wants to remind the University community of some decorating “dos and don’ts.” | more

UM PRESENTS
University celebrates Art Basel with special activities and shows
The University of Miami will celebrate one of the cultural and social highlights for the Americas, Art Basel Miami Beach, with events hosted by the Lowe Art Museum and the College of Arts and Sciences running concurrently from December 2 to 5. | more
  • UM Fact Finder now available | more
  • UM Ethics Programs launches Ethics for Lunch Series | more
  • Save the Date: College of Engineering Distinguished Speaker Series on Dec. 6 | more
  • Employees asked to provide feedback on mail services | more
  • Sylvester holiday tickets available now | more
  • Student work to be shown at Miami Art Fair | more
  • School of Law creates interdisciplinary course on hospitals | more
  • R.A.D. and S.A.F.E. women’s self-defense classes scheduled at medical campus | more
  • SEEDS program offers You Choose grants | more
  • Bascom Palmer holiday beauty event offers several treatment discounts | more
  • Fall open house at Miami Law | more
  • UM presents 'Mechanomorphic' | more
  • Business school to host M.B.A. information session | more
  • UM Ethics Programs launches Ethics for Lunch series | more
  • Office 2011 for Mac is now available | more
  • Bascom Palmer Aesthetic Center offers discounts on select skin-care products through December 31 | more
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    Ready to explore
    Decked out in scuba gear, Lakeria Gathers, of Liberty City Elementary School in Miami, breathes through a dive regulator during the third Ocean Kids event on the University of Miami’s Coral Gables campus on November 13. The hands-on educational event utilized the marine environment and conservation issues to instill a passion for learning and curiosity beyond the classroom in some 200 children from the Greater Miami area.     | more

    FREEZE FRAME
    A Hurricane reunion
    The headlines and stories may change over time, but for the staff members who have helped create each issue of The Miami Hurricane, the sense of camaraderie and spirit never will. That much was clearly visible when former and current staffers of the UM newspaper gathered for a reunion on November 5 as part of a series of events to celebrate the School of Communication’s 25th anniversary. Above: Current Miami Hurricane editor Christina De Nicola with Gerald Schwartz, the editor in 1949. | more
    Thursday, November 18: Orthopaedics Grand Rounds: Treatment of Metastatic Disease of the Spine | more
    Thursday, November 18: Inter-American Development Bank: The Main Partner for Latin American and Caribbean Social and Economic Development | more
    Thursday, November 18: Neurological Surgery Grand Rounds: A Trip to Afghanistan | more
    Thursday, November 18: Neurological Surgery Grand Rounds: Neuropathology | more
    Thursday, November 18: Geriatrics Grand Rounds: Models of Geriatric Care | more
    Thursday, November 18: Surgical Grand Rounds: The Use of Robotic Technology in Pediatric Surgery | more
    Thursday, November 18: Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Seminar Series: Germ Cell Development and Differentiation in Planarians | more
    Thursday, November 18: Sponsored Programs Roundtable: UChart Research Update | more
    Thursday, November 18: Department of Medicine Special Guest Lecture: B Lymphocytes in Type 1 Diabetes | more
    Thursday, November 18: CLAS Conversations Series presents: Putting Research to Work: Publishing and Grantsmanship in Latin American and Caribbean Studies | more
    Thursday, November 18: Endocrinology Grand Rounds: Epicardial Fat: Clinical and Research Applications | more
    Thursday, November 18: Working in a Team Environment | more
    Thursday, November 18: Research Conference: High HDL in Type 1 Diabetes | more
    Thursday, November 18: Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute Lectureship Series: Cartilage Regeneration | more
    Thursday, November 18: Bascom Palmer Grand Rounds | more
    Thursday, November 18: Digital Humanities Workshop: Keynote, PowerPoint, ARTstor | more
    Thursday, November 18: Medical Issues and the Growing Child Conference XV – Session A, November 17-18 | more
    Thursday, November 18: Department of Medicine Special Guest Lecture: B Lymphocytes in Type 1 Diabetes | more
    Thursday, November 18: Sponsored Programs Roundtable: UChart Research Update | more
    Thursday, November 18 through Sunday, November 21: Cosford screenings: Last Train Home | Lebanon | Das Rheingold | Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
    Friday, November 19: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar Series: Notch Signaling in Tumorigenesis: Nic, NACK and Other Loose Ends | more
    Friday, November 19: Department of Philosophy lecture: Aristotle on the Final Value of Friends | more
    Friday, November 19: School of Law Human Rights Lecture: Obama’s War on Terror: Change We Can Believe In? | more
    Friday, November 19: Neurology Clinicopathological Conference: A 62-Year-Old Man with Facial Palsy and Leg Pain | more
    Friday, November 19: Neuroscience Research Day on December 3: Deadline for submissions is November 19 | more
    Friday, November 19: Legal Theory Workshop lecture: (Re)inventing Work Law in a Transnational Context: Voluntary Codes of Conduct in Multinational Supply Chains | more
    Friday, November 19: Miller Center lecture: The Reaction of German Society to Anti-Semitism during the Nazi Seizure of Power | more
    Friday, November 19: Cosford midnight movie: Birdemic: Shock and Terror | more
    Monday, November 22: Microbiology and Immunology Seminar: Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Gp96-Mediated CD8 Cross-Presentation | more
    Monday, November 22: Biology Departmental Seminar: Staying in Shape: Control of Cell Polarity and Cell Growth | more
    Monday, November 22: Legal Theory Workshop lecture: (Re)inventing Work Law in a Transnational Context: Voluntary Codes of Conduct in Multinational Supply Chains | more
    Monday, November 22: Miller Center lecture: The Reaction of German Society to Anti-Semitism during the Nazi Seizure of Power | more
    Monday, November 22: EU Center lecture: Reform of the Reform? Prospects of the Revision of the Lisbon Treaty on the Eurozone Requirements | more
    Tuesday, November 23: Pediatric Grand Rounds: Genetic Evaluation of the Patient with Intellectual Disability | more
    Wednesday, November 24: Dermatology Grand Rounds: Chemotherapy-Induced Alopecia | more
    Monday, November 29: EU Center lecture: The European Union Climate Change Policy and the Role of Spain | more
    Wednesday, December 1: Psychiatry Grand Rounds: Prevention of Initial Episode and Relapse of Depression | more
    Wednesday, December 1: Gail F. Beach Memorial Visiting Lectureship Series: Peripheral Nerve Repair: A New Surgical Paradigm? | more
    Wednesday, December 1: McKnight Research Seminar: Automatic Algorithm for Montage of OCT Fundus Images—Suture of Retinal Images | more
    Thursday, December 2: Anesthesiology Grand Rounds: OR Fire! | more
    Thursday, December 2: Department of Philosophy lecture: The Experiential Origins of Intentionality | more
    Thursday, December 2: Surgical Grand Rounds Barbara Williams Lecture: Improving Outcomes with Early Stage Lung Cancer | more
    Sunday, December 5: Annual Art Basel Champagne Brunch | more
    Wednesday, December 8: CHC to host Mexico Conference | more
    Thursday and Friday, December 9-10: Latest developments in nanoscience to be discussed at BioNIUM retreat | more
    Sunday, December 12: Family Day at the Lowe | more
     

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