The Division of Hospital Medicine will present Grand Rounds on Thursday, June 4 at 12 p.m. at UMH Seminar Centers A and B, first floor. Maria Alcaide, assistant professor of clinical medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases, will present “2009 Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Outbreak.” The lecture is designed for family practitioners, emergency physicians, surgeons, internists, and hospitalists. This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. For more information, contact Janette Jurado at [email protected] or visit www.cme.med.miami.edu.

Allan Levi, professor of neurosurgery at the Miller School of Medicine and staff scientist for The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, will present “Transplantation of Autologous Schwann Cells for the Repair of Segmental Peripheral Nerve Defects” on Thursday, June 4 from 8 to 9 a.m. at the Lois Pope LIFE Center Apex Conference Room, seventh floor. For more information, call 305-243-7108 or visit www.themiamiproject.org/lectures.

The Office of Research Information Management is offering a Velos Patient Management Workshop designed to teach study team members, coordinators, research nurses, and all study personnel how the system can help them manage patients. Patient enrollment, patient status management, and patient calendars will be discussed during this hands-on module. The workshop will be held on Thursdays, June 18 and 25, and July 2 and 9 from 4 to 5 p.m. at Dominion Towers, tenth-floor training room.

Registration is required through ULearn. For more information, e-mail [email protected].

If you are an InfoEd user, participate in an Elluminate (Web conference) demonstration, to be held on Thursday, June 18 from 12 to 1 p.m. All InfoEd modules are currently accessed via the InfoEd eRA portal. An improved portal that will offer a more streamlined interface and easier nagivation is coming soon to all InfoEd users. In addition to providing a new look and feel to the initial login and browse screens, the new portal will enable the user to locate proposals or protocols more quickly and to customize personal preferences.

Get a sneak peek at the new InfoEd portal by joining this Web conference. To register, log into ULearn from the learner mode and go to the catalog at the bottom of the page, then look in the “Research Administration and Sponsored Programs” category. After registering, the activity’s user notes provides a link for the Elluminate session, a link to your outlook calendar, and a link for Elluminate support. You will get a reminder e-mail the day before the session that will include the same three links. A username and password are not required. Make certain your computer has speakers or headphones to hear the Web conference; a microphone is recommended but not required. Registration is limited, so sign up soon. For more information, call 305-243-5092 or e-mail [email protected]. If you would like to sign up for the new portal, send an e-mail to [email protected].

Spring has returned and nature beckons discovery and exploration—even in art form. The annual two-part UM Student/Master of Fine Arts Exhibitions are viewable at the Lowe Art Museum. Also on view: UM’s Faculty Exhibition, featuring Carsten Meier’s Naturell. A preview and reception for the juried student exhibition and Naturell will be held Friday, April 17 from 7 to 10 p.m. The evening will be highlighted with a special lecture by Meier. A preview reception for the MFA exhibition, on view from May 14-June 14, will be held Wednesday, May 13 from 7 to 9 p.m. Both receptions are free and open to the public. Regular admission to the Lowe (not including special events) is $10; $5 for seniors and non-UM students; and free for Lowe Art Museum members, UM students, faculty and staff, and children under 12 years of age. For more information, call 305-284-3535 or visit www.lowemuseum.org.