The Department of Art and Art History in the College of Arts and Sciences presents the work of Pedro Moses Rodriguez in his solo Bachelor of Fine Arts exhibition. The Symbolism of Women will run through December 17 at the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Gallery, located at the Wesley Foundation at 1210 Stanford Drive. In celebration of the exhibition’s opening, there will be a reception for the artist on Wednesday, December 15 from 5 to 9 p.m. Other viewing times can be arranged by appointment.

The BFA is a four-year program with 72 credits completed in the Department of Art and Art History, with the balance of the 120 credits being in general education courses, giving students an in-depth education in the arts combined with a solid University liberal arts education. Graduates often go directly into careers in graphics, photography, museum or gallery work, while some go on to graduate school or start their careers in the fine arts.

A full schedule of exhibitions can be viewed at www.as.miami.edu/art. The public is also invited to visit the University of Miami Wynwood Project Space every second Saturday at 2200-A NW 2nd Avenue, Miami, during the monthly gallery walk to view student, faculty, and alumni works.

For more information about the exhibition or Wynwood Project Space, call 305-284-2543 or e-mail [email protected].

The Division of Plastic Surgery will present grand rounds on Wednesday, December 15 from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the McKnight Research Building, Room 814. James Grichnik, professor of dermatology and cutaneous surgery at the Miller School of Medicine, will present “Melanoma and Stem Cell Biology.” For more information, call Myra Ramos at 305-585-5285 or e-mail [email protected].

Thiago da Silva, graduate student, will present “Phosphorylation of Cdk2 at Threonine 39 by AKT Facilitates Cyclin-Cdk2 Activation” on Wednesday, December 15 at 12 p.m. in the Lois Pope LIFE Center, seventh-floor auditorium.

Ayala Alejandro, associate professor in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at the Miller School of Medicine, will present “Pheochromocytoma and Familial Endocrine Tumor Syndromes” on Wednesday, December 15 at 7:30 a.m. in the Batchelor Children’s Research Institute, sixth-floor seminar room. For more information, e-mail Angie Saint Jean at [email protected] or call 305-243-8417.

The Department of Medicine will host grand rounds on Wednesday, December 15 at 12 p.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, third-floor auditorium. S. Ananth Karumanchi, associate professor of medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, will present “Pathogenesis of Pre-Eclampsia: Implications for Cardiovascular Health” as part of the Cunio/Richardson Lecture. For more information, e-mail Cristina Orbeta at [email protected] or call 305-243-6484.