Maitee Urbieta, graduate student in Professor Robert Levy’s laboratory, will present “Regulatory T cells and Hematopoiesis in Bone Marrow Transplantation” on Monday, February 1 at 12 p.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, Room 3109. For more information or to add your name to the distribution list, please contact Ilse Duarte at [email protected].

Anil Virkar, distinguished professor and chair of materials science and engineering at the University of Utah and member of the National Academy of Engineering, will present “A Study of Solid Fuel Cell Performance: Experiments and Modeling” on Monday, February 1 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the McArthur Engineering Annex, Room MEA 202, as part of the College of Engineering’s Distinguished Speaker Series. The presentation will describe models of solid oxide fuel cells for the conversion of chemical energy from the oxidation of various gaseous fuels.

“Nutritional and Lifestyle Guide to Cancer Prevention” is the first in a new series of informative lectures and workshops sponsored by the Iron Arrow Honor Society and presented by distinguished members of the society. The inaugural lecture takes place Monday, February 1 at 7:30 p.m. in the Herbert Wellness Center on the Coral Gables campus. It will be presented by Iron Arrow member Orlando E. Silva, director of breast cancer education and associate professor of clinical medicine at the Miller School of Medicine. For more information, please contact [email protected].

The University of Miami’s Center for Hemispheric Policy will host “The Obama Administration’s Latin America Policy: First-Year Assessment” on Monday, February 1 from 4:45 to 6:30 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Coral Gables.

Speakers will include Patricio Navia, adjunct assistant professor at the Center for Latin American Studies at New York University and professor of political science for the Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias Sociales at Universidad Diego Portales, Chile; Robert Pastor, professor of international relations for the School of International Service at American University; Susan Kaufman Purcell, director of the Center for Hemispheric Policy at the University of Miami; and moderator Kevin Casas-Zamora, senior fellow of foreign policy for the Latin America Initiative at The Brookings Institution and former vice president of Costa Rica. Program fee is $30; faculty and students are free with valid ID. RSVP to [email protected]. For more information, call Patricia Salinas at 305-284-3707 or visit www.miami.edu/chp.

The Miller School’s Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology presents “Chemical Biology of Nuclear Receptors and The Scripps Research Institute Molecular Screening Center,” with guest speaker Patrick Griffin, professor and chair of the Department of Molecular Therapeutics at Scripps Florida, on Monday, February 1 at 12 p.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, Room 6018. The event is cohosted with the Center for Computational Science.