The 8th Annual Miami Short Film Festival, presented by the University of Miami School of Communication, will run from Friday, November 13 through Sunday, November 22 with the opening night Green Carpet Gala on Saturday, November 14. The festival’s home and central venue will be the Bill Cosford Cinema, with screenings also held at the Miami Beach Cinematheque on Española Way and Miami Children’s Museum on Watson Island. UM students, faculty, and staff will receive a 50 percent discount for all Cosford screenings. For more information, visit www.miamishortfilmfestival.com.

Speak into the open mic on Friday, November 13 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Oasis Deli Café in the Whitten University Center, as the Creative Writing program features Matt Gajewski, radio host of Pure Imagination and story writer, as part of its USpeak series. Pure Imagination features Gajewski’s darkly comic short stories set to music by UM composers, as well as improvised faux documentaries. Enjoy an evening of fiction, poetry, and music, whether you’re there to perform or to listen. USpeak will be taped and broadcast by WVUM, UM’s student radio station, and is sponsored in part by the UM Citizens Board and Auxiliary Services. The event is free and open to the public. For directions or more information, please call 305-284-2988 or visit our Web site at www.as.miami.edu/english/creativewriting.

Sean Savitz, associate professor of neurology and co-director of the Stroke Program at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, will present “Bone Marrow Cell Therapy for Stroke” on Friday, November 13 from 10 to 11 a.m. in the Lois Pope LIFE Center, seventh-floor auditorium. The University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of one (1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. For more information, call Jessica Busquets at 305-243-8785 or e-mail [email protected].

Cynthia Harden, professor of clinical neurology and chief of the Epilepsy Division at the Miller School of Medicine, will present “Management of Women with Epilepsy During Pregnancy” on Friday, November 13 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Lois Pope LIFE Center, seventh-floor auditorium. For more information, call Jessica Busquets at 305-243-8785 or e-mail [email protected].

Join the Center for Latin American Studies for the Sugar Babies roundtable discussion with filmmaker Amy Serrano as she tackles the themes and controversies surrounding her film. The discussion will take place on Friday, November 13 at 12 p.m. in WBC 4029. Please RSVP to [email protected] for this event.