Grammy Award-winning violinist and composer Mark O’Connor, serving as an artist-in-residence this academic year for the Frost School of Music, will conduct an improvisation workshop on Tuesday, November 3 from 12 to 1:15 p.m. at Clarke Recital Hall. The workshop is free and open to the public.

Robert C. Hendel, professor of medicine at Rush Medical College, will present “Quality and Appropriateness in Cardiac Imaging” on Tuesday, November 3 from 12 to 1 p.m. at University of Miami Hospital, South Building, First-Floor Seminar Center A and B. For more information, call Yanay Tabraue at 305-243-1998 or e-mail [email protected].

University of Miami faculty and staff can attend a free Friends and Family CPR class at the Herbert Wellness Center. The class, which will be held on Tuesday, November 3 from 2 to 4 p.m., includes instruction on how to perform CPR on adults and children as well as training on how to help an adult or child who is choking. The course is designed for those who want to learn CPR but do not need a course completion card. To learn more about the class or to register, call the Wellness Suite at 305-284-LIFE (5433).

Maria Alcaide, assistant professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Miller School of Medicine, will present “Catheter-Related Infections: 2009 IDSA Guidelines Update” on Tuesday, November 3 from 12 to 1 p.m. at Jackson Memorial Hospital, Central Building, second-floor auditorium. For more information, call Karen Harvey at 305-243-1497.

The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Division of Infectious Disease ID/HIV and the Developmental Center for AIDS Research (DCFAR) present their Grand Rounds Seminar Series “Improving the Current Generation of HIV Vaccine Candidates.” The presenter is Geoffrey Stone, research assistant professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology. The seminar will be held on Tuesday, November 3 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at the Rosenstiel Medical Sciences Building, third-floor auditorium.