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.

The Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, will host its 33^rd annual international conference, Miami Neonatology 2009, from November 11-14 at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach. The topics presented will be of primary interest to neonatologists, pediatricians, obstetricians, respiratory therapists, and nurses involved in the delivery of perinatal care. This conference has attracted more than 600 physicians from 26 countries who specialize in newborn care.

Guest faculty this year include Denis V. Azzopardi, from the Imperial College in London, United Kingdom; Carol Berseth, St. Mary’s Medical Center, Evansville, Indiana; Vineet Bhandari, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; Jean-Pierre Guignard, University of Lausanne, Switzerland; Jenifer Howse, president of the March of Dimes Foundation, White Plains, New York; Girija Ganesh Konduri, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, Wisonsin; Roberto Romero, from the Intramural Division NICHD and NIH, Detroit, Michigan; and more.

For more information on course registration, call 305-243-5808, e-mail [email protected], or visit neonatology.med.miami.edu/conference.