David Chan, fifth-year resident in the Department of Orthopaedics at the Miller School of Medicine, will present “Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Just Cut to the Chase?” on Thursday, March 10, from 7 to 8 a.m. at the Mailman Center for Child Development, eighth-floor auditorium. For more information e-mail Ledinaida Figueroa at [email protected].

The Department of Philosophy will host Allen Buchanan, James B. Duke Professor of Philosophy at Duke University, on Thursday, March 10 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the University Center, Room 245. Buchanan will present “Reciprocal Legitimation: Why States Need International Institutions.” Buchanan received his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1975. He taught at the University of Arizona, the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and the University of Minnesota before joining Duke’s faculty in 2002 as professor of public policy and philosophy. He has written six books covering such topics as Marx, applied ethics (especially biomedical ethics), social justice, and international justice, including the foundations of international law. For more information, visit www.miami.edu/phi or call 305 284-4757.

The Bascom Palmer Eye Institute/Department of Ophthalmology will present Ophthalmology Grand Rounds on Thursday, March 10, from 7:30 to 9 a.m. in the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Retter Educational Center Auditorium. Ophthalmology residents and fellows will present interesting or unusual cases. The University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. For more information, contact Sophia Gonzalez at 305-326-6110 or e-mail [email protected].

The Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism will present grand rounds on Thursday, March 10 at 1:30 p.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, fourth-floor auditorium. Rebecca Bahn, professor of medicine at the Mayo Medical School and a consultant in endocrinology, metabolism, and nutrition in the Department of Internal Medicine at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, will present this year’s J. Maxwell McKenzie Lecture, “Pathogenesis of Graves’ Ophthalmopathy: Implications of Novel Therapies.” For more information, please contact Angie Saint Jean at [email protected] or call 305-243-8417.

The School of Education’s Department of Teaching and Learning and the Diversity Committee will host the lecture “Addressing Diversity in Higher Education: Moving Beyond False Starts” by Stanley C. Trent, assistant dean for diversity and equity and associate professor of special education in the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia, on Thursday, March 10, from 12 to 1:15 p.m. at the M. Christine Schwartz Center for Nursing Education, Room 106. The event is open to the public.

Trent’s current research includes multicultural teacher training in special education, the disproportionate placement of culturally and linguistically diverse students in special education programs and programs for the gifted, and inclusive education practices in urban schools.