1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences will host the University of North Carolina's 24th National Health Equity Research webcast, "From Awareness to Action: Leveraging Resiliency in the Context of Stress and Adverse Childhood Experiences," in lecture room 2010 at the library, 509 N. 12th St. Panelists include K. Dhaliwal, co-founder and associate director of RYSE; L. Reese, Ph.D., professor, Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine at Morehouse School of Medicine; and K. Perreira, Ph.D., professor, Department of Social Medicine at UNC-Chapel Hill.

For more information, contact Thelma Mack at mackta@vcu.edu or (804) 828-0017 or visit https://events.vcu.edu/details.asp?myVal=67969.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Join VCU Police and public safety partners from across the university in the University Student Commons Plaza to learn more about services and resources at VCU. Free swag and snacks.

For more information, contact Sgt. Patience Butters at crimeprevreq@vcu.edu .

3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.

VCU BEST (Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training) presents "Applying to Science Graduate School: Personal Statement" in Richmond Salons I and II, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave.

For more information, contact Lian Currie at lcurrie@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1645 or visit https://tinyurl.com/y87aw4a4.

7 p.m.

The VCU Department of Music presents the Jesús Silva Scholarship Recipients Recital at the Sonia Vlahcevic Concert Hall in the W.E. Singleton Center for Performing Arts, 922 Park Ave. Admission is free.

For more information, contact Anne Marie Dumain at dumainamm@vcu.edu.

9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

VCU Biostatistics sponsors a tutorial/short course, "Neuroimaging Analysis within R," by John Muschelli, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, in Room 305, One Capitol Square, 830 E. Main St.

For more information, contact Dipankar Bandyopadhyay at dbandyop@vcu.edu or (804) 827-2058.

Thursday, Sep. 27, 2018 at 7:30 p.m.

VCUarts Theatre kicks off its season with "The Wolves," Sarah DeLappe's award-winning play produced in association with Cadence Theatre, through Oct. 7 at Raymond Hodges Theater, W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts, 922 Park Ave.

For more information, contact Matt Nicholson at mbnicholson@vcu.edu or (804) 828-6026 or visit https://www.showclix.com/events/1318.

Saturday, Sep. 29, 2018 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Kappa Phi Gamma Sorority Inc. and Sikh Student Association present "Be the Change - National Day of Service 2018," in Richmond Salons II, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave., which will focus on mental health by creating care packages for VCU students. Volunteers are welcome.

For more information, contact Preet Kaur at kaurb2@vcu.edu.

Saturday, Sep. 29, 2018 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

NAACP at VCU and Fuzion Modeling presents the Sickle Cell Awareness Extravaganza, a fashion show, in Room 101, Grace E. Harris Hall, 1015 Floyd Ave. Student tickets are $8. Proceeds will go to sickle cell research. Also, NAACP at VCU will be accepting donations of hot and cold compresses, writing utensils, notepads, new blankets, thermometers, toothpaste and toothbrushes for sickle cell patients at Massey Cancer Center. NAACP at VCU will be tabling through Sept. 28 in the University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave.

For more information, contact London Armstrong at armstronglj@vcu.edu.

Sunday, Sep. 30, 2018 at 4 p.m.

The VCU Department of Music presents a faculty recital featuring pianist Michelle Huang at the Sonia Vlahcevic Concert Hall in the W.E. Singleton Center for Performing Arts, 922 Park Ave.

For more information, contact Anne Marie Dumain at dumainamm@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1169 or visit https://arts.vcu.edu/music/2018/08/22/faculty-recital-michelle-huang-piano-september-30/.

Monday, Oct. 1, 2018 at 7 p.m.

The VCU Department of Music presents guest artists The Blakemore Trio in the Sonia Vlhacevic Concert Hall at the W.E. Singleton Center for Performing Arts, 922 Park Ave.

For more information, contact Anne Marie Dumain at dumainamm@vcu.edu.

Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

The Safe Zone Program, sponsored by University Counseling Services, presents a workshop in Virginia Room A, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave., to raise awareness of LGBTQIA+ issues. Register at https://training.vcu.edu/ (keyword "Safe Zone").

For more information, contact Lisa Beck at labeck@vcu.edu or visit https://students.vcu.edu/counseling/safe-zone/.

Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018 from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The VCU Department of Music presents the VCU Symphony at Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, 800 S. Cathedral Place, for Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78, featuring Daniel Stipe, organ.

For more information, contact Anne Marie Dumain at dumainamm@vcu.edu.

Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018 at 5:30 p.m.

VCU's College of Humanities and Sciences will present James E. Lewis Jr., Ph.D., professor at Kalamazoo College, who will discuss in the lecture hall at James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave., one of the most celebrated, controversial trials of the 19th century that took place in Richmond in 1807. The defendant was Aaron Burr — Revolutionary War hero, slayer of Alexander Hamilton and former vice president of the United States. The most important of the charges against him was treason. How had Burr come to that point?

For more information, contact Carolyn Eastman at ceastman@vcu.edu .

Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018 at noon

Stephen Sowulewski, professor in the School of Nursing and Allied Health at J. Sargent Reynolds Community College, will explore the implications of spirituality and religion’s impact on health for the clinical practice at a Catholic Graduate Student Organization luncheon in Room 3-016, Sanger Hall, 1101 E. Marshall St. Please RSVP.

For more information, contact Mario E. Dance at medance@vcu.edu or (804) 828-9838.

Friday, Oct. 5, 2018 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

VCU's Global Education Office invites all members of the university community to the monthly Global Café in Room 1030J, West Grace Street Student Housing – North, 830 W. Grace St. This student-centered program is designed to increase awareness and appreciation of cultural diversity at VCU, and provide the opportunity to meet students from across the globe. Each café has a different theme and refreshments are always served. Everyone is welcome.

For more information, contact Nichole Dorton at nldorton@vcu.edu or (804) 827-9331 or visit https://global.vcu.edu/students/community/globalcafe/.

Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Active Minds at VCU will observe National Day Without Stigma in Room 1030J, VCU Globe, West Grace Street Student Housing – North, 830 W. Grace St.

For more information, contact McKenzie Rybak at rybakmc@vcu.edu.

alpha Kappa Delta Phi Sorority, Inc., at VCU is sponsoring a number of activities to help spread awareness of breast cancer and to benefit the sorority's Breast Cancer Initiative. The sorority will be tabling 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 1 at the Hibbs side of the Compass. The sorority will stage a volleyball tournament 6-8 p.m. Oct. 4 at the Cary Street Gym. The sorority will have a Chicken Fiesta Fundraiser 2-5 p.m. Oct. 10 in the lobby of the University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. Orders will be accepted through Oct. 7.

For more information, contact Amy Ni at nia@mymail.vcu.edu or (434) 327-3640.

Discover the commonalities of Swedish fish candies and the Nobel Prizes at Oct. 1-8 pop-up displays from 1 to 2 p.m., weekdays at James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave., and also at Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences, 509 N. 12th St.

For more information, contact Sue Robinson at srobinson26@vcu.edu or (804) 828-0129 or visit https://www.library.vcu.edu/about/news/2018/nobel-week-brings-pop-up-libraries-on-laureates-and-their-legacies.html.

The Survey and Evaluation Research Laboratory in the Center for Public Policy at the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs offers free one-hour consultation to faculty, staff and graduate students regarding survey and program evaluation projects. Now in its 36th year, SERL is also a resource for survey or program evaluation proposals, project design, instrument development, data collection, analysis and reporting.

For more information, contact Jim Ellis at jmellis@vcu.edu or (804) 828-2839 or visit https://serl.vcu.edu/.