12 p.m.

This interactive Zoom workshop is a guide to finding, reading, evaluating and incorporating academic sources into your work. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Trey Burnart Hall at hallbr@vcu.edu or visit https://writing.vcu.edu/calendar/.

3:30 p.m.

This session is intended for undergraduates beyond their first year and current graduate students in STEM-field majors. Learn about RISE, a three-month research internship in Germany (working language is English!), and SMART, a Department of Defense scholarship that provides funding for tuition and educational fees as well as summer research internships. The Department of Defense National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship is a prestigious fellowship awarded annually. The session will be available in person or on Zoom. The in-person option will be in the NSO Conference Room: 701 W. Grace St., Room 1210. Zoom links will be provided the morning of the session to all those who register.

For more information, contact Jeff Wing at jawing@vcu.edu or visit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSckK7XfexUdjBd8F0pD6uUlr08EGasTPBXIv_SEiw0UKfCi3w/viewform.

4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Join the Humanities Research Center for a lecture with Wendy Chun, Ph.D., professor in the School of Communication and director of the Digital Democracies Institute at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada. Chun will explore how fundamental concepts and axioms within critical theory and natural language processing intersect. The event will be in Room 303, James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Ellie Musgrave at musgraveec@vcu.edu or visit https://humanitiescenter.vcu.edu/events/humanities-week/humanities-and-ai-large-language-models-and-the-returns-of-critical-theory.html.

4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

VCU's department of chemistry welcomes Kevin Plaxco, Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara, as the 48th Annual Mary E. Kapp lecturer. The title of Plaxco's talk will be "Molecular Vital Signs: Recent Advances in In-Vivo Biosensors." The lecture honors the founding chair of the department and will be in Room 112 in the STEM building, 817 W. Franklin St.

For more information, contact Rhea Miller at rmiller3@vcu.edu or visit https://chemistry.vcu.edu/events/mary-e-kapp-lecture/.

4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

The Science Hub and the Office of Undergraduate Research will present the Undergraduate Research Series panels at the STEM Building, Room 110, 817 W. Franklin St. Students will have the opportunity to engage and learn from other student researchers about their work, their experiences and how they connected with their faculty advisers. Register at https://forms.gle/GWyWghUwVnbEgnSf8

For more information, contact Sunauz Moezzi at moezzis@vcu.edu or visit https://clc.vcu.edu/science-hub/.

7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

LGBTQ+ Social Workers at VCU is a newly registered student organization open to students of all majors. Join the group at the Academic Learning Commons (MCALC), Room 2107, 1000 Floyd Ave., for fresh biscuits, worldwide candy and social activities. Learn how to become involved with social, volunteering and advocacy opportunities.

For more information, contact Caroline Psarakis at psarakiscp@vcu.edu or visit https://bit.ly/LGBTQ-SW.

7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

The Health Professions Organization will host the event in the SGA Senate Chambers, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. Health Professions Organization members will help those who attend to polish their professional profile and guide in networking through LinkedIn.

For more information, contact Dylan Abaidoo at abaidooda@vcu.edu.

Friday, Oct. 24, 2025 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

The Dean’s Office in VCU's College of Humanities and Sciences will host Will Nichols, associate director of the Roadmap Scholars Initiative at UVALaw, for an informational session in the STEM building, Room 110, 817 W. Franklin St. The initiative opens pathways into the legal profession for under-represented, under-resourced and first-generation undergraduates. The program starts in the summer of the sophomore year. The session is geared for first- and second-year students and those who advise first- and second-year students. Apply by Feb. 1, 2026 at the following URL.

For more information, contact Chris Burdett at clburdett@vcu.edu or visit https://forms.gle/GpezDMXzChKEf9Ho6.

Friday, Oct. 24, 2025 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Are you pressed for time and looking for a one-stop-shop to get you ready to dive into your job search? This interactive workshop, co-hosted by Career Services and the Graduate School's Office of Professional Development, will help students get organized for their job search, learn best practices for writing strong cover letters and résumés and practice interviewing techniques to help them stand out from other applicants.

For more information, contact Hali Massey at gradprofdev@vcu.edu or visit https://cglink.me/2dV/r1939651.

Friday, Oct. 24, 2025 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

The SGA Disability Advocacy and Accessibility Caucus will have its first official caucus meeting of the semester to reintroduce ourselves and discuss our projects from last semester and where to go forward. The session will be in person (SGA Senate Chambers, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave.) and via Zoom. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Shady Habib at habibss@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/j/89394972992.

Friday, Oct. 24, 2025 from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Come to the Pace Center, 700 W. Franklin St., to share your passion for games of all kinds. Also, join an interest meeting about future game nights, meet new people and enjoy apple cider.

For more information, contact the Rev. Russ Kerr at kerrr@vcu.edu or (804) 658-4064 or visit https://www.thepacecenter.com/.

Friday, Oct. 24, 2025 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The Pace Center, 700 W. Franklin St., will host Strings 'n' Things on Fridays. Bring your own fiber-based project of choice and connect with others who share your passion. This is a social event for crafters of all levels.

For more information, contact the Rev. Russ Kerr at kerrr@vcu.edu or (804) 658-4064 or visit https://www.thepacecenter.com/.

Friday, Oct. 24, 2025 at 6 p.m.

The women's volleyball team will play Loyola at the Siegel Center.

For more information, contact Tavian Elliott at elliottt2@vcu.edu.

Friday, Oct. 24, 2025 at 6 p.m.

Come to the STEM Building, Room 216, 817 W. Franklin St., for the 2025 Mid-Atlantic Bioanthropology Interest Group Conference. On Friday, keynote speaker Rose Basom, Ph.D., will give a talk on "Old Bones, New Pathways of Understanding in Biological Anthropology." On Saturday, students will present their anthropology research from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event is sponsored by VCU's School of World Studies.

For more information, contact Marie Vergamini at vergaminim@vcu.edu.

Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025 at 3 p.m.

The women's volleyball team will play Loyola at the Siegel Center,

For more information, contact Tavian Elliott at elliottt2@vcu.edu.

Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025 at noon

The VCU women's soccer team will play Davidson at Sports Backers Stadium, 100 Avenue of Champions.

For more information, contact Tavian Elliott at elliottt2@vcu.edu.

Monday, Oct. 27, 2025 from noon to 1 p.m.

VCU's C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research and the Health Sciences Library will present a lunch research seminar via Zoom. Kelsey Hagan, Ph.D., assistant professor, Psychiatry, will discuss the NIH’s Loan Repayment Program, who is eligible and how to write a competitive application for the program. Questions: Visit https://cctr.vcu.edu/ Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Pamela Dillon, Pharm.D., research liaison, at pmdillon@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/meeting/register/eogUyXlaTZCMJsqmnJ9f0g.

Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Visit the Transformative Learning Informational Fair to meet program leaders, learn about hands-on opportunities and discover how to connect your academic experience with real-world impact. The fair will be held in the plaza of the University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. Participate in a scavenger hunt to explore VCU’s Transformative Learning spaces and win prizes. The first 100 students to attend the fair between 10-11 a.m. will receive free Kona Ice.

For more information, contact Antonio Harris at harrisad6@vcu.edu or visit https://uc.vcu.edu/transformative-learning/transformative-learning-week/.

Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025 from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs will honor and celebrate the lives of faculty members Xueming "Jimmy" Chen, Richard Huff and Blue Wooldridge, who recently passed. The ceremony will reflect on their memories, impacts and legacies that live on within the community. The event will be in the University Student Commons, Virginia Rooms, second floor, 907 Floyd Ave. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact David Slipher at slipherd@vcu.edu or visit https://wilder.vcu.edu/news-and-events/event-posts/wilder-school-remembrance--celebration.html.

Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Celebrate the Gay Alliance of Students’ 50th Anniversary and LGBTQ+ History Month by shopping for free career clothing at Closet Space, hosted by the Suit Yourself Closet in VCU Career Services, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. (first floor near the P.O.D. Market). Browse the clothing racks, chat with style consultants and check your fit by trying things on. The Suit Yourself Closet offers free, gently used career/professional/workplace clothing to VCU students. All you need to shop is your valid student ID; you will be able to take — and keep — up to six items. Bring a reusable bag. Check out the event on Handshake for more info.

For more information, contact Suit Yourself Closet at suityourself@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.joinhandshake.com/events/1844417/share_preview.

Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025 at 12:30 p.m.

Join the Department of Graphic Design in welcoming the newest lecturer in the Fall 2025 Object + Methods lecture series. Laura Coombs is a graphic designer from Texas living in New York. She creates internationally recognized visual identities and editorial projects with museums, institutions, artists and architects. Since 2017, she has led design at the New Museum of Contemporary Art, Rhizome and New Inc in downtown Manhattan. The talk will be in the theater of the University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave.

For more information, contact Luiza Dale at oliveiramal@vcu.edu or visit https://objectsandmethods.net/.

Friday, Oct. 31, 2025 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Stop by the Transformative Learning table at the Compass to reflect, connect and discover your service superpower. Take a moment to answer a quick reflection question about what service means to you, explore how your strengths align with meaningful community work and chat with current Service-Learning Teaching Assistants about their experiences. Learn how you can make a real impact through service-learning as an SLTA in the classroom and beyond.

For more information, contact Antonio Harris at harrisad6@vcu.edu.

Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025 from noon to 5 p.m.

Come to the 2025 History and Health Symposium to explore how access to childbearing health care and resources is related to improving health outcomes and addressing health disparities. Michelle Debbink, M.D., Ph.D., will give the keynote lecture, "Moving Beyond 'Disparities' to Improve Childbearing Health Care: Community-Driven, Data-Informed Change." The symposium, co-hosted by the Office of Health Initiatives and the Humanities Research Center, will be at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture, 428 N. Arthur Ashe Blvd. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Logan Vetrovec at ohiconnect@vcu.edu or visit https://healthinitiatives.vcu.edu/history-and-health-program/annual-symposium/.

Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025 from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Pre-Health and Science Advising and Career Services will host a Pre-Health Personal Statement Workshop in Hibbs Hall, 900 Park Ave., Room 326. Questions: https://academicadvising.vcu.edu/ Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact University Academic Advising at prehealthadv@vcu.edu or visit https://forms.gle/uVr69pV4uX5YqoiK6.

Monday, Nov. 10, 2025 from noon to 1 p.m.

VCU's Department of Counseling and Special Education will host a webinar presentation. This lecture explores how hope and adaptability, grounded in Hope-Action Theory and depth psychology, can foster meaningful, values-aligned change through self-awareness, contextual understanding and purposeful action. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Patrick Mullen at mullenpr@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/meeting/register/pRjW3zLJST6nAdn4HFQKZw.

The 2026-2027 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is available for completion at the following URL. Completing the FAFSA is key to determining eligibility for federal, state and institutional need-based financial assistance. VCU’s priority filing date is Feb. 1, 2026. Contact the Student Financial Management Center at the following email address if you have any questions.

For more information, contact Student Financial Management Center at sfmc@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1550 or visit https://studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa.

Check out Redefining BMI — a research study designed specifically for 18-to-25 year-old women with overweight/obesity who want to create a healthier lifestyle. Visit the following URL to learn more and take a survey to learn if you may be eligible for this VCU study.

For more information, contact Redefining BMI study at bmiproject@vcu.edu or (804) 828-5362 or visit https://www.redefiningbmi.com/.

Have you had a learning experience that changed the way you think, learn or engage with others? Transformative Learning wants to feature you. VCU students are being highlighted who have participated in experiential learning opportunities — like service-learning, internships, research, study abroad or leadership programs. Share your story and inspire others to take their learning beyond the classroom. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Antonio Harris at harrisad6@vcu.edu or visit https://forms.gle/RPjeiDHJHTx2CjV79.

VCU's Disability Advocacy and Accessibility Caucus (DAAC) invites artists with disabilities, chronic conditions or neurodivergence to express themselves and submit up to three artworks for the organization's first pop-up exhibition. This event celebrates the experiences of people with disabilities through art. Submit your art pieces by Friday, Nov. 7 at 11:59 p.m. Accepted artists will be notified by Monday, Nov. 10.

For more information, contact Shady Habib at Habibss@vcu.edu or (703) 314-2515 or visit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc7mHX06HCc6jZrtgcrUG0gdJUpO-HAFNQvlvLUfBRw7rxNrA/viewform.

A half-day edition centered around "Resilience and Renewal: Navigating Leadership in Changing Times."

For more information, contact Nancy Calkins at calkinsn@vcu.edu or visit https://gehli.vcu.edu/news/news-posts/19th-annual-higher-ground-leadership-conference-announces-special-half-day-fall-event.html.

The RamsXpress bus stop at James Branch Cabell Library will be closed today (Thursday). The bus will pick up at the corner of Floyd and Cherry streets.

For more information, contact John Stone, Executive Director, Parking and Transportation Services at jlstone@vcu.edu.

Note that there will be no open consultation session today, Friday, Oct. 24. Regular weekly consultations hosted by the Division of Community Engagement will resume the following Friday from noon-1 p.m. These sessions offer faculty, staff and partners an opportunity to receive guidance and explore how to make the most of Collaboratory: VCU’s Database for Community and Civic Engagement Activities and Partnerships in their work.

For more information, contact Shari Garmise at garmiseso@vcu.edu or visit https://community.vcu.edu/.

The Translational Research on Eating and Affect (TREAT) Lab is recruiting adolescents and young adults assigned female at birth (aged 12 to 25 years) for a brain imaging study to understand risky decision-making in individuals who have concerns about their body shape/weight, or overeat, purge, use laxatives, diet severely or exercise excessively. We are also investigating these processes in individuals without a psychological disorder. There will be compensation for participation.

For more information, contact Kelsey Hagan, Ph.D., PI at treatlab@vcuhealth.org or (804) 827-4174 or visit https://redcap.vcu.edu/surveys/?s=48YEAYT8MK33E8EJ.

This study is inviting individuals between the ages of 18 and 30 who identify as cisgender heterosexual for the control group.

For more information, contact Karen Gorgey at healthyheart@vcu.edu.

Black parents, caregivers, and their children (ages 8-12) are invited to share their experiences with race, family meal times and health through small-group conversations in the Richmond area. This feedback will inform future community programming that promotes family discussions about race, nutritious meals and more. Participating caregivers and youth will receive compensation for their time and insights.

For more information, contact Shawn C.T. Jones, Ph.D., at ayaresearch@vcu.edu or visit https://vcupsych.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2o4YLtcFE7mVnkq.