The University of Miami Haitian Students Organization and UM’s Center for Latin American Studies will host a special evening with UM students who were in Haiti during the January 12 earthquake. The students will share their personal experiences and talk about efforts to help those affected by the earthquake. The event will be held on Wednesday, February 10 at 6 p.m. at the Wesley Gallery on the Coral Gables campus. For more information, call at 305-284-1854.

Have you always wanted to be on TV? Students and UM employees are invited to an open casting call at Allen Hall, Room 104, on Wednesday February 10 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The casting team is looking for real students and University employees of all ages and ethnicities to participate in a shoot for a TV commercial about the Division of Continuing and International Education. Participants do not need any previous acting experience to participate. There are no lines of dialogue. Individuals who are selected will need to be available for a few hours of shooting on February 28 or March 1. There is no financial compensation for your participation, but you will get to be in a professional television commercial. No sign-up is necessary. Just stop by for a quick photograph. Selections will not be made until mid-February.

Barry Hudson, associate research scientist at Columbia University, New York, will present “Molecular Regulation of RAGE: A Novel Target for Therapeutic Intervention in Inflammatory Disease” on Wednesday, February 10 at 4 p.m. in the Diabetes Research Institute, Room 1000. For more information, contact Angie Saint-Jean at [email protected] or 305-243-8417.

The Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism in the Department of Medicine presents its Endocrinology Core Lecture Series. Luigi Meneghini, associate professor of clinical medicine, will present “Hypoglycemia” on Wednesday, February 10 at 8 a.m. in the Diabetes Research Institute, sixth-floor auditorium. For more information, please contact Angie Saint-Jean at [email protected] or 305-243-8417.

Joshua Johnstone, neuroscience program graduate student at The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, will present “Inhibition of NADPH Oxidase Activation in Oligodendrocytes: A Novel Therapeutic Treatment for Spinal Cord Injury” on Wednesday, February 10 from 9 to 10 a.m. at the Lois Pope LIFE Center, seventh-floor auditorium. For more information, call 305-243-7108.