The School of Law’s Faculty Lecture Series continues with visiting professor Mark Sidel, who will present “Academic and Donors Working on Legal Reform in the Remaining Single Party Nations: Dilemmas of Strategy and Practice” on Wednesday, April 14 in the law school’s faculty meeting room. The lecture begins at 12:35 p.m., following a lunch at noon in the same room. A question-and-answer session will follow the lecture.

Sidel is a professor of law, faculty scholar, and The Lauridsen Family Fellow at the University of Iowa, where he teaches courses in philanthropy and nonprofit institutions, contracts, and comparative and international law. He has held visiting posts at Harvard Law School, the University of London, and the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris.

Sidel has published extensively on comparative law in Asia and on philanthropy, the nonprofit sector, and civil society, including a volume on anti-terrorism policy in comparative perspective.

Seating for this event is limited. To attend, RSVP to Detra Davis Fleming at [email protected].

Melissa Gonzalez-Carballosa, postdoctoral scholar at The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, will present “Centrally Controlled Neurorepair: Tracking the Mechanisms” on Wednesday, April 14 from 9 to 10 a.m. at the Lois Pope LIFE Center, seventh-floor auditorium. For more information, call 305-243-7108 or visit www.themiamiproject.org/lectures.

The Division of Plastic Surgery will present grand rounds on Wednesday, April 14 from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at University of Miami Hospital, Seminar Center C. Warren Hammert, visiting professor and associate professor of orthopaedics and plastic surgery at the University of Rochester Medical Center, will present “Flexor Tendon Surgery: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Now?” For more information, contact Myra Ramos at 305-585-5285 or e-mail [email protected].

Irena Pastar, associate scientist in the Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery at the Miller School of Medicine, will present “Molecular Basis of Wound Infection” on Wednesday, April 14 from 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, Ioannides Library, room 2090. For more information, call 305-243-4472.

No Zebras: ‘Canes Against Sexual Assault is sponsoring a Self-Defense Awareness & Familiarization Exchange (S.A.F.E.) introductory self-defense class through a partnership with the University of Miami Police Department as part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. This special free class, to be held on Wednesday, April 14, from 7 to 9 p.m., is open to interested female students, faculty, or staff members of the University. It is not open to the public.

S.A.F.E. is a two-hour program that provides women with personal safety information and an introduction to the physical aspects of self-defense. Prevention, options, strategies, and physical techniques are the key components of the S.A.F.E. Program. S.A.F.E. was developed as a precursor/ introduction to the nine- to 12-hour Rape Aggression Defense (R.A.D.) program, also offered by UM Police.

While No Zebras: ‘Canes Against Sexual Assault is sponsoring this class free of charge to female members of the University of Miami, community, there is normally a requested contribution of $10 for students, faculty, and staff.

Due to limited class size, advance registration is required. The class will be held on UM’s Coral Gables campus; its exact location will be disclosed only to those who register. For further information or to register, please visit the UMPD self defense Web site at www.miami.edu/police/selfdefense.