Attend “Crisis in the Middle East: Beyond the Headlines” presented by Yaakov Katz, military correspondent and defense analyst for The Jerusalem Post on Monday, February 22 at 4:30 p.m. at The Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies. The event is co-sponsored by the Miller Center and UM Hillel. For more information, call 305-665-6948.

The Department of Philosophy presents Colin McGinn, professor of philosophy at the University of Miami, who will lecture on the topic “Is Morality Objective?” McGinn joined the UM faculty in 2006, having taught previously at the University of London, University of Oxford, and Rutgers University. He was the recipient of the John Locke Prize at Oxford University in 1973. His research interests are philosophy of mind (particularly consciousness, intentionality, and imagination), metaphysics, ethics, and philosophical logic. He has published many articles and is the author of 20 books, including Mental Content (Blackwell, 1989), The Problem of Consciousness (Blackwell, 1991), The Character of Mind (Oxford 1997), Ethics, Evil and Fiction (Oxford 1997), The Mysterious Flame (Basic Books, 1999), Logical Properties (Oxford 2000), Consciousness and Its Objects (Oxford, 2004), Mindsight: Image, Dream, Meaning (Harvard, 2004), and Shakespeare’s Philosophy (Harper, 2006). His talk is scheduled for Monday, February 22 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Learning Center, Room 140. For more information, visit www.miami.edu/phi or call 305-284-4757.

David Fishbain, professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Miller School of Medicine, will present “Medical Malpractice: Current Research Status Including Pain Medicine” on Monday, February 22 from 4 to 5 p.m. at the Lois Pope LIFE Center, seventh-floor Apex 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.

Louis Gonzalez, graduate student in Eckhard Podack’s laboratory, will present “Characterization of NSG-hu mice” on Monday, February 22 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].

The 2010 McKnight-Zame Distinguished Lecture will feature “Spaces of Positive Curvature” by Richard Schoen, Bass Professor of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University, at 5 p.m. on Monday, February 22 at The Wesley Center. The mystery of curved geometries from two-dimensional surfaces to higher dimensions has been highly debated over time. Basic questions remain unanswered. Schoen’s lecture gives a history of theories and describes progress made, as well as some outstanding questions which remain to be settled. A reception will immediately follow the lecture. The event is open to all. For more information, contact Dania Puerto at [email protected] or 305-284-2575.