The University of Miami School of Architecture’s lecture series continues with renowned architect Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil, who will lecture on “Islamic Architecture” on Wednesday, September 15 at 6 p.m. in the Jorge M. Perez Architecture Center, Glasgow Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

A visiting critic at the School of Architecture, El-Wakil is the recipient of two Aga Kahn Awards for Architecture and the 2009 Driehaus Prize and is considered the foremost practitioner of masonry construction in Islamic architecture today. Professor El-Wakil has an extensive and vigorous career of research and practice in construction throughout the Middle East.

The School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology and Sport Sciences will present grand rounds on Wednesday, September 15 from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. in the Merrick Building, Conference Room 318. Kevin Jacobs, associate professor of exercise physiology at the School of Education, will present “Worth the Headache? Efficacy of Phosphodiesterase-5 Inhibitors at High Altitude.” For more information, please contact Maria Paolercio at 305-284-3024 or [email protected].

The Department of Medicine will host grand rounds on Wednesday, September 15 at 12 p.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, third-floor auditorium. Sandra Chaparro, assistant professor of clinical medicine in the Cardiovascular Division, will present “New Left Ventricular Assist Devices.” For more information, please contact Cristina Orbeta at [email protected] or 305-243-6484.

Wei Li, assistant professor of ophthalmology at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, will present “ORF Phage Display Is A Versatile Technology For Basic And Clinical Research” on Wednesday, September 15 at 4 p.m. in the McKnight Vision Research Center, eighth-floor lecture room. For further information, contact Jeanne Raymond at 305-482-4541 or [email protected].

Learn how to use the InfoEd Proposal Development System to prepare and submit your proposal electronically to the National Institutes of Health. InfoEd streamlines the proposal development process, is Web-based, and accessible almost anywhere by Mac and PC users. No additional software is required. InfoEd populates agency forms, includes built-in agency validations, stores proposals in a secure environment, and provides a database of all proposals submitted. This session, held Wednesday, September 15 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Dominion Towers, tenth-floor Computer Lab, will help participants create, route, submit, and track proposals using the InfoEd System. Please register at http://Ulearn.miami.edu. For more information, please contact the Office of Research Education and Training at [email protected].