The Miami-Florida European Union Center of Excellence, a partnership with Florida International University and the Jean Monnet Chair of the University of Miami, will host the roundtable discussion “The Foreign Policies of the EU Member States Towards Latin America: The Cases of Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom” on Monday, March 28, from 5 to 6 p.m. at Merrick 306 on the Coral Gables campus. The roundtable will include Volker Anding, former German ambassador to Uruguay and Panama; Marco Rocca, consul general of Italy; and Kevin McGurgan, consul general of the United Kingdom. Ambler H. Moss Jr., professor of international studies, will moderate the discussion. For information, email Astrid Boening at [email protected] or call 305-284-3266. You may also email María Lorca at [email protected] or call 305-284-3266.

Intrigued by the complex personality of the Roman emperor, the choreographer evokes the inner life of the solitary hero and his inexorable journey towards death. Constructed like a tragedy, the ballet, in all its depth and energy, is danced to Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons. The film will screen Saturday, March 26 at noon; Sunday, March 27 at 12:30 p.m.; and Monday, March 28 at 7:30 p.m. All tickets are $15. Free for UM students. To purchase tickets online or for more information, visit www.cosfordcinema.com or call 305-284-4861.

The University of Miami has announced the fourth annual Adrienne Arsht Distinguished Speaker Series in Ethics to be held on Monday, March 28. The featured guest will be Anita L. Allen, appointed to the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues by President Barack Obama and an authority on privacy law and practical ethics.

She will present the lecture “The Ethics of Privacy in an Era of Revelation” in the Storer Auditorium at the School of Business Administration, 5250 University Drive, on the Coral Gables campus. The program begins at 6 p.m. Seating for the lecture is limited, so please RSVP by March 21. Call 305-284-6486 or e-mail [email protected].

Anita L. Allen is the Henry R. Silverman Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. She also serves as deputy dean for academic affairs at the school and is senior fellow in the Bioethics Department, School of Medicine. Allen is recognized for her work on privacy issues in medicine, genetics and research, racial justice, and women’s health.

“We are thrilled to welcome Professor Allen to campus as the Arsht Distinguished Speaker in Ethics this year,” said Anita Cava, a professor and co-director of UM Ethics Programs. “Her work in privacy from both the legal and the philosophical perspective is provocative and illuminating. We especially welcome students to come to hear her talk and ask questions.”

Allen’s column, “The Moralist,” appears monthly in the Newark Star-Ledger. She is also the author of The New Ethics: A Guided Tour of the 21st Century Moral Landscape and Why Privacy Isn’t Everything: Feminist Reflections on Personal Accountability and has been featured on the MSNBC show The Ethical Edge.

“Professor Allen is a powerful reminder that ethics can be both challenging and practical,” said Kenneth W. Goodman, professor and director of the Bioethics Program and co-director of UM Ethics Programs. “The Arsht series is successful precisely because speakers of Allen’s caliber stimulate critical thinking and point the way to solutions to some very large problems.”

Adrienne Arsht is a widely respected philanthropist and business and community leader in Miami and Washington, D.C. She is treasurer of the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and is well known for the $30 million contribution to the City of Miami’s Carnival Center for the Performing Arts, renamed the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. She serves on the University of Miami Board of Trustees and is a member of the Athletics Advisory Committee. Arsht has donated generously, giving $1 million to UM Ethics Programs in 2006, followed by a $5 million donation to the University in 2008, $2 million of which further supports the UM Ethics Programs. The initial gift, at the time equaling the largest gift supporting ethics programs in Florida, funded a suite of University-wide, interdisciplinary initiatives including an ethics debate series, a distinguished speakers program, and a faculty/student research program in ethics and community. Arsht’s largesse has enabled the Ethics Programs to continue and expand these efforts in significant ways.

Anita Allen, a distinguished scholar of privacy law and practical ethics, will deliver the annual Adrienne Arsht Distinguished Speaker Series in Ethics lecture on Monday, March 28 at 6 p.m. in Storer Auditorium. Allen, deputy dean for academic affairs and the Henry R. Silverman Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania, will present “The Ethics of Privacy in an Era of Revelation.” Also a senior fellow of Penn’s Bioethics Department and a member of the Graduate Group Faculty in Africana Studies, Allen is known for her work in confidentiality in medicine, genetics and research, racial justice, and women’s health.

She serves on the board of the Hastings Foundation and is a former ethics columnist for the Newark Star Ledger and O Magazine. Allen has contributed to the dailybeast.com, politico.com, and other popular blogs. She has been heard on National Public Radio and appeared on several major television networks, including MSNBC, CNN, CBS, NBC, ABC, and FOX.

RSVP by March 21 by calling 305-284-6486 or e-mailing [email protected].

Learn the secrets to healthy aging and earn up to six Continuing Education units at the same time. Join the Miami Area Geriatric Education Center on Monday, March 28, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Boca Raton at the Florida Atlantic University Live Oak Pavilion for “Advances in Geriatrics: Secrets Unveiled in Aging and Complementary Medicine.” The event is open to the public. Early-bird registration fees and discounts for UM faculty and staff are available through February. To register or for more information, visit www.miami.edu/magec or call 305-355-9123.