Aaron Pollack, academic relationship executive from Wolfram, makers of Mathematica and Alpha, will be giving a free seminar about Mathematica version 7 on Monday, November 30 from 10:10 to 11 a.m. (Period C), followed by questions and answers and demonstrations until 12 p.m., in the Richter Library, Faculty Exploratory, room 305.

Mathematica is sometimes still perceived as primarily useful for only math and/or physics. This technical talk will illustrate how features in version 7 specifically change the pedagogy of teaching within chemistry, economics, and a number of other disciplines as well.

To register for this event, go to www.iacmiami.org. For further information, contact Bill Vilberg, [email protected] or 786-250-2255.

Cédric Klapisch, director of L’auberge Espagnole, gathers some of the biggest actors in French cinema for a valentine to the city of lights. The all-star cast in this delightful romance includes Oscar-winner Juliette Binoche, Romain Duris (The Beat that My Heart Skipped), Mélanie Laurent (Inglourious Basterds), Fabrice Luchini (Intimate Strangers), François Cluzet (Tell No One), and Karin Viard (Time Out). While awaiting a heart transplant that could save his life, Pierre (Duris) reunites with his sister (Binoche) and her lively children. This rediscovery of his family and observation of the teeming streets outside his window give Pierre hope and a new sense of how he might spend the time still left to him. A cinematic love letter to the city that seems to hide a story behind every shop window, small alley, street market, or grand apartment building, the film explores the spirit of life and love that Paris so uniquely represents. French with English subtitles. Admission is $6 for all University of Miami faculty, staff, and alumni; free for students. General admission is $8. The film screens on Friday, November 27 at 7 p.m.; Saturday, November 28 at 4:15 p.m. and 9 p.m.; and Sunday, November 29 at 3 p.m. and 7:45 p.m. For more information, visit www.cosfordcinema.com.

Coco Before Chanel is the story of Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, who began her life as a headstrong orphan and, through an extraordinary journey, transformed herself into the legendary couturier who embodied the modern woman and is remembered as a timeless symbol of success, freedom, and style. The film portrays the formative years of Chanel’s life–the years she spent discovering and reinventing herself. French with English subtitles. Admission is $6 for all University of Miami faculty, staff, and alumni; free for students. General admission is $8. The film screens on Friday, November 27 at 9:30 p.m.; Saturday, November 28 at 2 p.m. and 6:45 p.m.; and Sunday, November 29 at 5:30 p.m. For more information visit www.cosfordcinema.com.

Claudia Kedar, visiting scholar from the University of Michigan’s Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center and postdoctoral fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations, will lecture on Argentina during Juan Perón’s rule. Kedar will reveal that the tendency to describe populist Perón as the archenemy of the IMF and the World Bank as instruments of U.S. imperialism is no more than a myth promoted by Peronists and anti-Peronists alike. The lecture takes place on Monday, November 30 at 4 p.m. in the Richter Library, third-floor conference room. The event, a presentation of the University of Miami’s Center for Latin American Studies, is free and open to the public.

On Friday, November 20 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Wilder Auditorium, James L. Knight Physics Building 130 on the Coral Gables campus, Peter Banks, General Partner of Red Planet Capital in Palo Alto, CA and chairman of the board of trustees of the Universities Space Research Association, will present “Rapid Changes in VC Funding for Entrepreneurs” as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week. The event, a collaborative effort between the College of Engineering and the Launch Pad, aims to foster the discussion of entrepreneurial thinking in the science and technology disciplines.