The Jay Weiss Center for Social Medicine and Health Equity Grand Rounds series will feature Stephen Symes, associate professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases and program director of the Internal Medicine Training Program at the Miller School of Medicine. Symes, who recently was awarded the Arthur Helton Humanitarian Award by the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center, will present “Documenting Abuse for Victims of Torture and Asylum Seekers” on Tuesday, March 9 at 12 p.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, third-floor auditorium. For more information, e-mail Cari Martinez at [email protected] or visit www.jayweisscenter.org.

Learn about salary transfers at an upcoming two-day class on March  9 and 10 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. in Dominion Towers, tenth-floor conference room. Topics covered include how to initiate a salary transfer to another account, forms to use, proper documentation, justification required by the government, deadlines for processing documents, and government rules for salary (cost) transfers. The class will also cover several aspects of the payroll system such as payroll default accounts, how to journal salaries out of default accounts, deadlines, forms, and the importance of clearing default accounts. Registration for this workshop is available through ULearn.  If you have any questions or problem with your registration, please contact the Office of Education and Training at 305-243-5092.

International Graduate Law Programs continues its International Law Lecture Series with a presentation by UM Law Visiting Professor William Twining, who will discuss his book, Human Rights:  Southern Voices at the Law Library Reading Room, D201, on Tuesday, March 9, from 12:30 to 1:50 p.m.

Most human rights work proceeds without much regard to the interests and views of the global south. Human Rights: Southern Voices presents writings on human rights by four different non-Western thinkers: Francis Deng, a deputy secretary-general of the U.N., who has written extensively about his people, the Dinka of Southern Sudan; professor Abdullahi An-Na’im, also from Sudan, a leading liberal Muslim and theologian; professor Yash Ghai, a leading constitutional adviser in Asia, the South Pacific, and his native Kenya; and professor Upendra Baxi, a prominent academic, public intellectual, and activist in India. Professor Twining introduces the authors and compares their perspectives.

Twining, a regular visiting professor at the School of Law, is a leading figure in British legal education. The semester-long series is held every other Tuesday.  For more information, call 305-284-5402 or e-mail [email protected].

Terry Diaz, assistant controller, and Vivian Kaye, training specialist for Financial Systems, will present a two-hour session focusing on the DMAS and FRS systems. The session is of particular interest to current system users who need a quick review or have questions about particular screens. It is not for new users who are unfamiliar with the systems or those who do not have current access to the systems. Submit questions regarding DMAS or FRS to ensure that they will be addressed appropriately. E-mail your questions to [email protected] or [email protected]. To enroll, visit http://ulearn.miami.edu/. For more information, call 305-284-5110 or 305-243-3090.

Miller School campus: Tuesday, March 9 from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Medical Professional Development and Training Office, Dominion Parking Garage, Suite 155.

Coral Gables campus: Tuesday, March 23 from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Max Orovitz Building, Room 139.

The Military Law Society and Student Organization for the Study of Human Rights will host UM Law alumnus Colonel Manuel Supervielle on Tuesday, March 9 from 7 to 9 p.m. in Room F209 of the Law School. Supervielle, who was instrumental in setting up the legal parameters at Guantanamo in 2002, will speak on the topic of “Guantanamo Beginning: Civil-Military Tensions.”  This event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP to Donald Wagner at [email protected]