The Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center will host a seminar by Lan Wang, research associate in the Laboratory of Molecular Aspects of Hematopoiesis at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, on Tuesday, June 26 from 12 to 1 p.m. in the Clinical Research Building, Conference Room 989. Lang will present “Abnormal Transcription Regulation in Hematological Malignancies.” For more information, please contact Amanda Grabloski at 305-243-4889 or [email protected].

The University of Miami has again been selected as one of Computerworld’s top 100 work environments for technology professionals, coming in at No. 9 for diversity in the workplace and placing highly in several other categories on the publications 2012 “Best Places to Work in IT” list.

“I’m extremely proud of my team here at UM for consistently providing innovative, secure, and reliable solutions that enhance teaching and learning, enable cutting-edge research, advance the clinical enterprise, and enrich the core business infrastructure,” said Steve Cawley, vice president for information technology and chief information officer. “More has changed in IT over the past year than at any other time in the University’s history. In an effort to streamline IT operations, we have launched several strategic initiatives over the last year, including the combination of the University’s medical and Coral Gables IT teams and the launch of an Enterprise Resource Planning project to enable an integrated-solutions approach to all facets of the University’s core administrative systems.

“Being named to Computerworld’s Best Places to Work in Information Technology list during this time of transition is evidence of our team’s commitment to and enthusiasm about the future of this organization,” Cawley continued.

In its 19th year, Computerworld’s “Best Places to Work in IT” showcases the IT departments that offer workers not only great benefits and compensation, but also a stimulating work environment. Since 1994 Computerworld has ranked organizations based on a comprehensive questionnaire on company offerings such as benefits, diversity, career development, training, and retention.

“The organizations on this year’s Best Places to Work in IT list consistently seek out and hire the most talented IT people, offer them competitive pay, and provide great benefits,” said Scot Finnie, editor in chief of Computerworld. “Many of these organizations have spent years building topnotch IT workplaces, and we applaud the amazing work they’ve done to sustain dynamic environments where IT professionals can work with the latest technologies and play a key role in business-critical projects.”

To view the rankings, please visit Computerworld.com.

The University of Miami Ethics Programs have awarded six grants for the 2012-13 Arsht Research on Ethics and Community program.

The Arsht grants, now in their sixth year of funding, are made possible by the generosity of UM trustee and philanthropist Adrienne Arsht, whose gift of $3 million is the largest gift for ethics in Florida.

“Ms. Arsht’s goal of creating a network of UM scholars and students doing research in Ethics and Community is being met. This year we received proposals from faculty/student teams from all three campuses representing eight different schools,” said Anita Cava, who, with Kenneth Goodman, co-directs the UM Ethics Programs. Cava also directs the Business Ethics Program and Goodman the Bioethics Program.

“UM has emerged as a national leader in creative and interdisciplinary ethics research thanks to the Arsht awards,” said Goodman.

Arsht grants are awarded to teams of faculty and student collaborators from UM’s Coral Gables, medical, and marine campuses to conduct research projects that address contemporary moral issues with implications for public policy, professional practice, or human rights. Grant funds are used for faculty release time, summer support or course buyouts, student compensation, software, books and other resources, limited travel, and other appropriate project-related costs.

The grants, along with a distinguished speaker series, undergraduate ethics debates, and support for distinguished UM and visiting scholars, comprise the Arsht Ethics Initiatives at UM. For more information, click here.

The 2012-13 Arsht Research on Ethics and Community awardees and projects are:

Peer Educators in the Ethics of Research (PEER) – Pilot Implementation and Evaluation
Miller School of Medicine
Faculty: Thomas Champney, Department of Cell Biology, and Reid Cushman, Department of Medicine
Student: PEER awardees

Can Principles Solve Moral Dilemmas in Bioethics? A Solution to the Problems of Specifying and Weighing Principles
School of Law
Faculty: Thomas Nickel, School of Law and Department of Philosophy
Student: Philipp Schwind, Department of Philosophy

Evidence-Based Medicine and Patient-Centered Ethics: An Integrated Approach to the Philosophy of Medicine
College of Arts and Sciences
Faculty: Otávio Bueno, Department of Philosophy
Student: Robin Neiman, Department of Philosophy

The Ethics of Health Data in Botswana: What do Journalists and Urban Scholars Know and Report and What Should They Know?
Colleague of Arts and Sciences and School of Communication
Faculty: Richard Grant, Department of Geography, and Jyotika Ramaprasad, School of Communication
Student: Katharina Lang, School of Communication

Making Psychological Research Safe for Research on Virtues: Debunking the Situational Determination of Ethical Decisions
School of Education
Faculty: Blaine J. Fowers, Department of Educational and Psychological Studies
Student: Tyler Lefevor, Laura Cohen, Samantha Lang, Nicole Garcia, and Giovanna Ibias, Department of Educational and Psychological Studies

The Right to Health Care: A Survey of Future Physicians
Miller School of Medicine
Faculty: Richard Tiberius, Educational Development Office
Student: Tyler Beals and Jason Rudman, Miller School of Medicine

For a complete list of previous awardees and abstracts of their projects, please click here.

Nominated for 11 Israeli Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Screenplay, Restoration is the story of 70-year-old Yaakov Fidelman (Sasson Gabai), who hangs on with all his might to the antique restoration workshop that has been his life’s work. After his longtime business partner passes away, Fidelman rejects his son, Noah, who wants to close the business and build an apartment complex on the site. Fidelman believes that with the help of his new apprentice, Anton, he’ll find a way to save his workshop, his world, and his solitary way of life. But when Anton falls in love with Hava, Noah’s pregnant wife, the two young men compete not only over a father, but also over a woman and the baby she carries. The film is in Hebrew with English subtitles.

The film screens Friday, June 29 at 9 p.m.; Saturday, June 30 at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.; Sunday, July 1 at 1 p.m., 5 p.m., and 9 p.m.; Monday, July 2 at 7 p.m.; and Tuesday, July 3 at 9 p.m. General admission is $9. Admission is $7 for seniors, University of Miami alumni, faculty, non-UM students, and staff. Free for UM students. To purchase tickets online or for more information, visit www.cosfordcinema.com or call 305-284-4861.

Nominated for 11 Israeli Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Screenplay, Restoration is the story of 70-year-old Yaakov Fidelman (Sasson Gabai), who hangs on with all his might to the antique restoration workshop that has been his life’s work. After his longtime business partner passes away, Fidelman rejects his son, Noah, who wants to close the business and build an apartment complex on the site. Fidelman believes that with the help of his new apprentice, Anton, he’ll find a way to save his workshop, his world, and his solitary way of life. But when Anton falls in love with Hava, Noah’s pregnant wife, the two young men compete not only over a father, but also over a woman and the baby she carries. The film is in Hebrew with English subtitles.

The film screens Friday, June 29 at 9 p.m.; Saturday, June 30 at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.; Sunday, July 1 at 1 p.m., 5 p.m., and 9 p.m.; Monday, July 2 at 7 p.m.; and Tuesday, July 3 at 9 p.m. General admission is $9. Admission is $7 for seniors, University of Miami alumni, faculty, non-UM students, and staff. Free for UM students. To purchase tickets online or for more information, visit www.cosfordcinema.com or call 305-284-4861.