Jerome Ricard, assistant scientist at The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, will present, “A Role for the EphB3 Dependence Effect in the Death of Oligodendrocytes Following Spinal Cord Injury?” on Wednesday, May 11, from 9 to 10 a.m. at the Lois Pope LIFE Center, seventh-floor auditorium. For more information, call 305-243-7108.

The Department of Medicine will host Grand Rounds on Wednesday, May 11 at 12 p.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, third-floor auditorium. Gianluca Iacobellis, associate professor of clinical medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, will present “Epicardial Adipose Tissue: Clinical and Research Applications.” For more information, contact Cristina Orbeta at [email protected] or call 305-243-6484.

The Faculty Senate will meet on Wednesday, May 11 at 3:30 p.m. at the College of Engineering, McArthur Engineering Annex, Room MEA 202. During the meeting, faculty will have the opportunity to provide feedback on the University’s health care strategic plan and review recommendations for next year. In addition, there will be a briefing on parking changes for next year and updates on the Coral Gables Smoke Free Campus initiative. All faculty members are welcome to attend. For more information, please visit the Senate Web page at www.miami.edu/FacultySenate.

The Biostatistics Collaboration and Consulting Core in the Division of Biostatistics will conduct a biostatistics clinic on Wednesday, May 11 from 12 to 1 p.m. in the Clinical Research Building, 1120 N.W. 14th Street, Room 989. Robert Duncan, professor of epidemiology and public health, will present “Experimental Design.” RSVP by May 9 at [email protected].