Alejandro Ayala, associate professor of medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, will present “Non Beta Cell Pancreatic and Ectopic Endocrine Tumors Including Carcinoid” on Wednesday, May 18 at 7:30 a.m. in the Batchelor Building, sixth-floor seminar room. For more information, please contact Angie Saint Jean at [email protected] or call 305-243-8417.

Sea Secrets ends its semester-long series of lectures with one of the most thought-provoking topics facing Floridians today: Will sea level rise cause the flooding of our shores? Peter Ward, professor of paleontology at the University of Washington, will address that question at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, on Wednesday, May 18 at 6 p.m. His lecture, which will be held in the Rosenstiel School Auditorium, will be preceded by a reception at 5:30 p.m.

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The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences will host Grand Rounds on Wednesday, May 18 from 12 to 1:30 p.m. in the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute’s Retter Auditorium. Jon Shaw, professor and director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Miller School of Medicine, will present on “Is It Juvenile Bipolar Disorder or Severe Mood Disregulation?” The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This activity will provide 1.50 CEs to psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists, and mental health counselors who attend. For more information, please call Carmen Bou-Crick at 305-355-9073, email [email protected], or visit the departmental website.

The Center for Hemispheric Policy will host the conference “Poverty Alleviation in Latin America: What Works and Why” on Wednesday, May 18 from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Westin Colonnade Coral Gables, 180 Aragon Avenue. The topics to be discussed include “Developing Human Capital” and “Creating Income Opportunities.” Scheduled speakers include: Santiago Levy, vice president of sectors and knowledge at the Inter-American Development Bank, and Javier Gamboa, vice minister at the Ministry of Social Protection of Colombia. Panelists confirmed to date are: Carola Alvarez, chief of the office of strategic planning and development effectiveness at the Inter-American Development Bank; Christina Berton, founder of the Amara Fundación Pro Autoestima (DOVE) in Mexico City; Uriel Galicia, director for the financial education program at BBVA Bancomer in Mexico City; Robert Hacker, chief financial officer for One Laptop per Child in Miami; Ted Karpf, director of development at the School of Theology at Boston University; Evelyne Rodriguez, resident fellow at the Center for Hemispheric Policy in Miami; Carmen Velasco, co-founder and director of PROMUJER in Lima, Peru; and Luanne Zurlo, executive director at Worldfund in New York. Program fee is $30; Special consideration for faculty and students with valid ID. RSVP to [email protected]. For more information, please call Patricia Salinas at 305-284-3707 or visit www.miami.edu/chp.

Melanoma Awareness Day, which will feature information booths and a presentation by Professor of Medicine Lynn Feun, of the Division of Hematology and Oncology at the Miller School, will be held on Wednesday, May 18 at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. Feun will present “Treatment of Melanoma” from 1 to 2 p.m. in Sylvester Conference Room 1301. Information booths on skin care and melanoma prevention will be available in both the Sylvester and UMHC lobbies from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.