Attend a free showing of the 2011 Sundance documentary Hot Coffee on Tuesday, March 27 at 7:30 p.m. at Bill Cosford Cinema on the University of Miami’s Coral Gables campus. A reception begins at 6:30 p.m.

Seinfeld mocked it. Letterman ranked it in his top ten list. And more than 15 years later, its infamy continues. Everyone knows the McDonald’s coffee case. It has been routinely cited as an example of how citizens have taken advantage of America’s legal system, but is that a fair rendition of the facts? Hot Coffee reveals what really happened to Stella Liebeck, the Albuquerque woman who spilled coffee on herself and sued McDonald’s. The film explores how and why the case garnered so much media attention, who funded the effort, and to what end. After seeing this film, you will decide who really profited from the spilling of hot coffee.

RSVP at WWW.ACSLAW.ORG/SFLHOTCOFFEERSVP or contact Cassandra Goings at 202-797-8600.

Facing the challenges of raising children in today’s complex, fast-paced world, parents often feel overwhelmed, exhausted, and stressed. In this lunchtime seminar, offered by the Faculty and Staff Assistance Program, learn positive parenting skills geared for those employees with children ages 5 to 11. Part 2 of the seminar will explore practical methods that support positive parenting. Current, reliable, and practical information on a variety of other parenting topics will also be addressed. FSAP Health and Wellness Seminars are offered as part of the University of Miami’s Well ’Canes Program.

Miller School of Medicine campus: Tuesday, March 27 from 12 to 1 p.m. at University of Miami Hospital, Seminar Center C

Coral Gables campus: Wednesday, March 28 from 12 to 1 p.m. at the University Center, Room 245

Rosenstiel School campus:  Thursday, March 29 from 12 to 1 p.m. in the Rare Book Room

Register through ULearn. For assistance with ULearn, call the Professional Development and Training Office at 305-284-5110. To receive email announcements of upcoming seminars, call the FSAP at 305-284-6604.

The Department of Rehabilitation Medicine will host grand rounds on Tuesday, March 27 from 8 to 9 a.m. at Jackson Memorial Hospital, Diagnostic Treatment Center, Room 270. Stephen Quinnan, assistant professor of clinical orthopaedics at the Miller School of Medicine, will present “Reconstruction and Rehabilitation in Limb Salvage and Lengthening.” The University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit. For more information, please contact Coretha Davis at 305-585-1431.

Intellectual Property Strategy and Licensing will host the first installment of its “idea 2 INNOVATION Series” on Tuesday, March 27 from 12 to 1 p.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, fifth-floor auditorium. The series kicks off with a lecture entitled “What’s the Big Deal with Patents?” by renowned intellectual property attorney Bonnie Weiss McLeod, of the law firm Cooley LLP. McLeod, who has extensive experience in assisting the life science industry in patent preparation and prosecution, will focus on demystifying the elusive world of patents for scientists ready to take their research from the laboratory to the market. In her talk,  McLeod will cover patentable subject matter, the attributes of a patent, the qualities that determine inventorship, the patent prosecution process, and the advantages and limitations of patent protection to inventors, industry, and the advancement of science.

McLeod is a former patent examiner in the biotechnology group of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and now specializes in counseling clients ranging from nonprofits to small and mid-size biotech companies. She has a long history of serving universities and the life science industry in the preparation and prosecution of biotechnology and pharmaceutical patent applications, reexaminations, and opinions involving non-infringement, invalidity, and freedom to operate.

Light refreshments will be served. For more information and to RSVP, contact Sharon Starkes at [email protected].

The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures and Women’s and Gender Studies will host a lecture by Amanullah De Sondy, visiting assistant professor of Islamic studies, on Tuesday, March 27 at 5 p.m. in the University Center, Flamingo Ballroom D. De Sondy will present “Constructions of Islamic Masculinity: From Hedonist to Chaste Representations.” Refreshments will be served. The lecture is free and open to the public.