Monday, May 14, 2018 from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Rams in Recovery presents "7 Things Your Loved One Wishes You Understood about Substance Use Disorders (but won't tell you)" at VCU's Motivate Clinic, first floor conference room, Jackson Building, 501 N. 2nd St. Tom Bannard, program coordinator for VCU's Rams in Recovery, discusses the things loved ones struggling with substance use disorders wish friends and family understood.

Wednesday, May 16, 2018 from noon to 1 p.m.

The Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research and Tompkins-McCaw Library present their next lunch research seminar, “Accelerating research dissemination with preprints,” in Tompkins-McCaw Library, Room 2-010. Hillary Miller, scholarly communications outreach librarian, and Nina Exner, associate professor and research data librarian, will discuss preprints and how they can best be used to benefit your research. Participants can bring a lunch; drinks will be provided.

For more information, visit http://www.cctr.vcu.edu.

Wednesday, May 16, 2018 at 6 p.m.

VCU's Institute for Contemporary Art launches the monthly series "Artist's Choice" with artist Stephen Vitiello and poet Edwin Torres at the ICA, 601 W. Broad St. Torres is one of many voices in Vitiello’s site-specific sound installation, "whether there was a bell or whether I knocked." The evening will feature a reading by Torres, a short joint performance by Torres and Vitiello and a book signing. Free RSVP required at the URL below.

For more information, visit https://icavcu.org/events/may_16.

Tuesday, May 22, 2018 from noon to 4 p.m.

The Office of Research and Innovation Data Science Lab hosts "What's Next with the Open Science Framework?" in BioTech One, Ball Conference Room. Get the most out of the OSF by examining case studies and designing appropriate workflows to manage increasingly complex collaborations in a fashion that will help ensure your work remains relevant in the years ahead. The workshop will be hands-on and is aimed at graduate students, postdocs and faculty across disciplines. Lunch will be provided. Register at the URL below.

For more information, visit https://training.vcu.edu.

VCU Libraries' annual food drive for RamPantry, during which the libraries forgive some fees and fines on overdue library materials in exchange for donations, ends Saturday, May 12.

For more information, visit https://www.library.vcu.edu/about/news/2018/food-for-fines-project-helps-hungry-students-and-those-with-library-fines.html.

VCU Recreational Sports Fitness will offer free Small Group Training classes at Cary Street Gym during the week of May 14-18. We will offer Bootcamp, Women’s Bootcamp and Functional Fitness Training. Registration will be drop-in only.

For more information, visit https://recsports.vcu.edu/programs/fitness/small-group-training/.

VCU Recreational Sports summer hours begin Saturday, May 12. The Cary Street Gym will be open Monday-Friday from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sundays from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Complete hours for all facilities are available at the URL below.

For more information, visit https://recsports.vcu.edu/facilities/facility-hours/.

The Activity and Interest Reporting System (AIRS), used to assess for conflict of interest in research, is now open for the Financial Interest Report (FIR) annual update. An annual update is due for all faculty, staff and student researchers indicated as 'COI Investigators’ even if you recently updated your FIR or have no changes to make. All proposals and protocols require an updated FIR in order to move forward.

A draft of the new Bicycle Parking and Removal policy is now open for university comment through Tuesday, May 15. The draft policy can be found at the URL below.

For more information, visit https://policy.vcu.edu/policies-open-for-public-comment .