2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Jeff Wing, director of the National Scholarship Office, will offer an information session about national and international scholarships and fellowship opportunities in Room 1303, Honors College, 701 W. Grace St.

For more information, contact Jeff Wing at jawing@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1803 or visit http://nso.vcu.edu.

3 p.m.

VCU School of World Studies presents "American Halloween Origins With World Death and Burial Customs," at the Commons Theater, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave.

For more information, contact Christopher Brooks at cabrooks@vcu.edu.

11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice will hold a professional development brunch in Room 2005, Raleigh Building, 1001 W. Franklin St.

For more information, contact Nila Cameron at cameronnc@vcu.edu.

12 p.m.

The VCU Department of Painting + Printmaking presents a lecture by Fountainhead Fellow Sedrick Chisom in Room 535, Bowe Street Parking Deck. Chisom, a painter and writer, references the racialized idioms of Victorian fantasy illustration and uses the Romantic landscape as a site where the apocalyptic narratives of white supremacy, Christianity and climate change intersect.

For more information, contact Kat Wilson at papr@vcu.edu or visit https://arts.vcu.edu/paintingprintmaking/2018/09/25/sedrick-chisom-fountainhead-fellow-lecture/.

Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018 from noon to 1 p.m.

VCU's Community Health Education Center presents Lunch with VCU Health Arts in Healthcare, an overview of the department, therapy services, wall art policies and programs, at the center, 1200 E. Marshall St. The program is free and lunch will be provided. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact K.J. Ricasata at ricasatakj@vcu.edu or (804) 828-2432 or visit https://vcu.libcal.com/event/4738182.

Friday, Nov. 2, 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 of the West Grace North residence hall, 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/.

Friday, Nov. 2, 2018 from noon to 1 p.m.

VCU's Department of Computer Sciences presents Part 2 of Professor Emeritus Gad-el-Hak's talk, 'English, STEM, and Salmon Fishing in the Yemen,' in Room 105, College of Engineering West Hall/Virginia Microelectronics Center, 601 W. Main St. In this final installment of his seminar, Gad-el-Hak completes his discussion about a technical writing course he developed and the necessity for scientists and engineers to communicate with one another.

For more information, contact Tamer Nadeem at tnadeem@vcu.edu.

Friday, Nov. 2, 2018 from noon to 1 p.m.

VCU's Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence will hold a Teaching Excellence Academy in Room 4100, Academic Learning Commons, 1000 Floyd Ave., about different methods to engage students. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Tiffany Freitas at freitast@vcu.edu or (804) 439-9001 or visit https://goo.gl/forms/IkgFQOnmB6s1Lmd63.

Friday, Nov. 2, 2018 from 3:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Prithvi Hemanth, graduate student for the School of Pharmacy - Medicinal Chemistry Department, will discuss the "Role of M1 Receptor Allosteric Modulators in the Treatment of Neurological Disorders" at a seminar in the Founders Conference Room, Virginia BioTechnology Research Park – BioTech One, 800 E. Leigh St.

For more information, contact Sharon Lee at slee@vcu.edu.

Friday, Nov. 2, 2018 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Matty Davis and collaborator Eryka Dellenbach will present a work-in-progress with a Q&A to follow at The Anderson, 907 1/2 W. Franklin St.

For more information, contact Maggie Flanigan at mflanigan2@vcu.edu or (828) 773-5073 or visit https://arts.vcu.edu/programs/theanderson/.

Friday, Nov. 2, 2018 at 6 p.m.

The VCU Christian student organization New E.R.A. will hold "Girl Talk" in Room 2004A, West Grace Street Student Housing – North, 830 W. Grace St. Free food will be provided.

For more information, contact Mama-U Addy at addymu@vcu.edu or (571) 354-5298.

Friday, Nov. 2, 2018 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

VCU's Black Art Student Empowerment presents a group fundraising screen printing event in Room 342, Fine Arts Building, 1000 W. Broad St., to decorate beanies ($5), drawstring bags ($5) or notebooks ($2).

For more information, contact Tequail Spencer at spencertl2@vcu.edu or (757) 698-1002.

Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Put your culinary skills to the test and enter the VCU Police Department’s Ninth Annual Chili Cook-Off as a chef at Rodney's in the Shafer Court Dining Center, 810 Cathedral Place. Or participate as a guest and enjoy a piping hot bowl of chili. There is no fee to enter as a chef; there is a $5 donation for samples and one bowl of chili. All proceeds benefit Friends Association for Children in Richmond. For chefs’ rules and additional details, email the following address.

For more information, contact Jennifer Brown at jmbrown@vcu.edu or (804) 828-8387.

Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018 from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

The VCU Health System Administration and the Va. Department of Medical Assistance Services will host a special Grand Rounds, “Medicaid Expansion: What Providers and Team Members Need to Know,” with Katherine Neuhausen, M.D., and Joanna Fowler, policy assistant, office of the Virginia governor, in the auditorium of the Hermes A. Kontos Medical Sciences Building, 1217 E. Marshall St.

For more information, contact Ciara Jones at ciara.jones@vcuhealth.org or (804) 628-1268.

Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Join VCU's Office of Multicultural Student Affairs for the Great American Indian Expo, also known as The Richmond Pow-wow, from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Nov. 10 at the Richmond Raceway. Native American arts, crafts, food, dance and drumming will be featured. Registration deadline Nov. 5 at the following email address. Admission fee covered and transportation provided; sign up (also at the following email address) by Nov. 7.

For more information, contact Kishla Conner at Connerka2@mymail.vcu.edu.

Friday, Nov. 16, 2018 at 12:30 p.m.

Study Abroad first advising sessions are ongoing. Learn how to #gobeyondthecompass and study or intern abroad for a short or long term, secure funding and scholarships and how to earn credit for your degree at VCU. Sessions are held at 12:30 p.m. Monday-Friday in the Global Education Office, fourth floor, 912 W. Grace St. No appointment necessary.

For more information, contact Simone Biasuzzi at abroad@vcu.edu or (804) 827-7882 or visit https://vcu.studioabroad.com/.

Information sessions about the RFP to develop diversity and inclusion courses are being held through Nov. 14 by VCU's Division for Inclusive Excellence in the first-floor conference room, 817 S. Cathedral Place. Sessions will be held at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Oct. 31.

For more information, contact Jan Altman, PhD at inclusive@vcu.edu or (804) 828-8947.

Utility work and construction at the VCU Health Outpatient Facility construction site, at the corner of North 10th and East Leigh streets, will affect traffic patterns in the area of the MCV Campus over the next several months. For current information and updates, visit the website below.

For more information, contact Jake Hughes at jake.hughes@am.jll.com or visit https://www.vcuhealth.org/news-center/building-projects/outpatient-facility-updates.

VCU's Kinesiology and Health Science Department is seeking males interested in participating in a research project that will assess the impact of a high active or low active lifestyle and cellular aging on cognitive performance. Participants will be entered for a chance to win an Amazon gift card. Potential participants must be healthy and between 40 and 64 years old with a body mass index less than 30.0 assessed by the research staff. Participants will be asked to attend two morning visits for an exercise test and two brief cognitive tests.

For more information, contact Charles Schwartz at schwartzcs@vcu.edu or (434) 989-2454.

The VCU School of Medicine and National Institutes of Health are enrolling participants between the ages of 18-25 for the REACH trial, a free program which helps set goals for a healthier lifestyle.

For more information, contact Megan Henderson at Megan.m.henderson@vcuhealth.org or (804) 827-2250 or visit http://www.reachtrialrva.com.

Males and females ages 18-65 are sought for a research investigation. The VCU Department of Biomedical Engineering is seeking participants for a research investigation into the effects of noninvasive brain stimulation on the excitability of neural pathways. This study involves transcranial magnetic stimulation, which is a noninvasive and widely used brain stimulation technique. Volunteers will be compensated. Recruitment is ongoing.

For more information, contact Joshua Arenas at arenasja2@vcu.edu or (804) 827-0232.