The University of Miami Frost School of Music will present a String Quartet Celebration on Friday, January 28 at 8 p.m. at Maurice Gusman Concert Hall, 1314 Miller Drive, Coral Gables campus. The concert is free and open to the public. Exceptional Frost School student musicians, ranging from freshmen to graduate performing artists, will perform.

The concert will feature selected movements from string quartets by Felix Mendelssohn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Bedrich Smetana, Dmitri Shostakovitch, Anton Rubenstein, and Franz Xaver Richter, plus works by Fritz Kreisler, Carlos Gardel, Stephen Foster, and Scott Joplin.

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Orou Gaoue, postdoctoral associate in the Department of Biology, will present “Climate, Harvest, and the Dynamics of Plant Populations in a Changing World” on Monday, January 31 at 12:20 p.m. in the Cox Science Center, Room 166. Gaoue’s research focuses on two components: the ecological and evolutionary consequences of human activities and how responses of plant population to harvest affect future harvesting decision-making practices. For more information about this event, please contact Julia Dallman at [email protected].

Joshua Heiber, graduate student, will present “Characterization of rVSV for Use as an Oncolytic Vector” on Monday, January 31 at 12 p.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, Room 3109. For more information or to add your name to the department’s distribution list, e-mail Brian Ruther at [email protected].

The Launch Pad invites you to its community of entrepreneurs for the upcoming Weekly Workshop “Bootstrapping Your New Business” on Monday, January 31 from 12:30 to 1:15 p.m. at Toppel Career Center. Despite the dream of some entrepreneurs to meet a VC with deep pockets, the fact is that 99.9 percent of business owners will struggle alone, pulling themselves up by their bootstraps. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing. With a little luck and a lot of pluck, bootstrapping a business can be both financially and emotionally rewarding. There are no guarantees of success when self-financing a business, of course, but there are some guidelines that will make the game go smoothly. Join The Launch Pad to learn how you can make it alone. The workshop is free and open to the community, including students, alumni, faculty, and staff. Lunch will be provided. RSVP to [email protected].

In this speaking event, open to the University of Miami community, Shelly Lazarus, chair of Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, will be open to questions on the topics of advertising, branding, and leadership.

The event will be held on Tuesday, January 25 at 5:30 p.m. in the McLamore Executive Education Center, third-floor dining room, at the School of Business Administration.

Lazarus has been described as one of the most powerful executives in advertising. One of a handful of women to graduate from Columbia University with an MBA in the early 1970s, Lazarus propelled herself through the corporate world to become chair and CEO of the billion-dollar advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather in 1997. Encouraged by legendary founder David Ogilvy, Lazarus became an evangelist for the power of brands and created an integrated multimedia advertising giant with clients worldwide. A role model for businesswomen, Lazarus has stressed the need for balance between work and family life, and has advocated that people love the work they do.