12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

VCU Libraries is hosting a session offering tips and tools to take research posters to the next level. Learn how to make eye-catching, organized posters that help people understand your work. The session will be presented in person in Lecture Room 2010, Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences, 509 N. 12th St., and as a webinar. Register at the following URL to receive the link for the webinar.

For more information, contact Thelma Mack at mackta@vcu.edu or (804) 828-0017 or visit https://vcu.libcal.com/event/5208308.

3 p.m.

In celebration of Women's History Month, VCU's Activities Programming Board presents Boss Chick. The event will be held in the Commonwealth Ballrooms, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. Female entrepreneurs will have booths in order to present themselves and their brand/products to VCU students.

For more information, contact Activities Programming Board at apb@vcu.edu.

5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

The Graduate and Professional Student Programming Board invites members of the VCU community to help assemble care kits for children with cancer at Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU. The session will be held at the Court End Ballroom, Jonah L. Larrick Student Center, 900 Turpin St.

For more information, contact Shravan Morla at gspb@vcu.edu or (804) 665-4631.

Monday, Mar. 25, 2019 at 7 p.m.

The Minority Association of Pre-Health Students at VCU will host a student health professional panel. The event will be in Room 1004A, West Grace Street Student Housing – South, 835 W. Grace St. Pre-health students will have the opportunity to question students from the schools of pharmacy, dentistry, nursing and medicine.

For more information, contact Nujuma Moussa at moussana@vcu.edu.

Wednesday, Mar. 27, 2019 from 2 p.m. to 2:50 p.m.

Jeff Wing, director of the National Scholarship Office at VCU, will conduct an informational session about (inter)national scholarship and fellowship opportunities. The event will be held in the Multipurpose Room (1303) in the Honors College, 701. W. Grace St. A second session will be held at the same location at 12:30 p.m. March 28.

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

Thursday, Mar. 28, 2019 from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

VCU's Department of Psychology hosts Duke University Professor of Psychology Mark Leary, Ph.D. He will discuss the psychological and social implications of intellectual humility. The free event, open to all, will be in the theater of the University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave.

For more information, contact Tarah Raldiris at raldiristl@mymail.vcu.edu.

Friday, Mar. 29, 2019 from 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.

VCU Recreational Sports Group Exercise will host a Yoga Day for members and students. Classes of various types will be offered at the Cary Street Gym, 101 S. Linden St. The full schedule is available at the following URL. No registration is required.

For more information, contact Hannah Kotarski at kotarskih@vcu.edu or (804) 827-7259 or visit https://recsports.vcu.edu/programs/fitness-and-wellness/special-events/.

Sunday, Mar. 31, 2019 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Auctus: The Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Scholarship will hold a working meeting. The event will be in the Multipurpose Room, The Honors College, 701 W. Grace St. Bring a laptop to assist in the process of reviewing submissions for acceptance to the Journal.

For more information, contact Caroline Clary at clarycr2@vcu.edu.

Monday, Apr. 1, 2019 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

VCU Libraries will host an Open Science Framework Extravaganza. The discussion, in Room 205, James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave., will include the practicalities of open science and hands-on projects to build the skills to make better, more open research. The projects will go beyond science; all scholars in the sciences, social sciences and humanities are welcome. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Sue Robinson at srobinson26@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.libcal.com/event/5190947.

Tuesday, Apr. 2, 2019 from noon to 1 p.m.

Health economist Ellen Montz, Ph.D., will lead “Leveraging Medicaid Data to Monitor and Evaluate Delivery System Reforms and Coverage Expansions in Virginia.” The seminar, hosted by VCU's Department of Health Behavior and Policy, will be held in the 12th floor conference room, One Capitol Square, 830 E. Main St. Montz is Chief Health Economist, Division of Health Economics and Economic Policy, Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services. A light lunch will be provided. RSVP to the following email.

For more information, contact Mary Johnson at johnsonme6@vcu.edu or (804) 628-3443 or visit https://hbp.vcu.edu/research-seminar/.

Thursday, Apr. 4, 2019 at 5 p.m.

Alpha Kappa Delta of VCU, the university's branch of the International Sociology Honor Society, will hold its annual induction event to admit qualified undergraduate and graduate inductees to society membership. The event will be in Room 2100, Academic Learning Commons, 1000 Floyd Ave. Zeynep Tufekci, Ph.D., an associate professor at the University of North Carolina School of Information and Library Science, will speak.

For more information, contact Niko Leiva at leivamn@vcu.edu or (703) 554-7698.

Wednesday, Apr. 17, 2019 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

VCU's Student Veterans Association presents its second storytelling event. The session showcases VCU student military veterans sharing their noncombat experiences while serving. This event is an effort to bring the community together, celebrate past experiences and the progress these students have achieved. Food and entertainment will be provided at the event, on the second floor of the Hofheimer Building, 2818 W Broad St.

For more information, contact James Grubb at grubbji@vcu.edu.

Wednesday, Apr. 17, 2019 from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Volunteers are sought for the Young Aces Open. The tennis event, hosted by VCU's Division of Community Engagement and Richmond Public Schools, will be at the Mary and Frances Youth Center, 120 S. Linden St. More than 200 fourth- and fifth-graders from each of the city's 26 pubic elementary schools participate. Volunteers welcome participants, serve as court monitors, facilitate fun activity stations and assist with event management logistics. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Rachel Rhoney at rhoneyrb@vcu.edu or (804) 828-9276 or visit https://givepul.se/5ijfn.

Virginia Commonwealth University's May Commencement exercises take place at 10 a.m. on May 11 at the Greater Richmond Convention Center. Faculty participating in the ceremony will wear academic apparel. Regalia must be ordered by April 12.

For more information, contact . at . or visit http://apps.bsv.vcu.edu/retailstr/commencement.pdf.

Utility work and construction at the VCU Health Outpatient Facility construction site continues. The work, 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 URL below.

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

VCU's Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program will host a poster workshop. The session, to be held 3:30-4:30 p.m. on March 28th, will be in Room 1160, T. Edward Temple Building, 901 W. Main St. The session will cover some of the technical aspects of poster creation from design to printing, and is appropriate for undergrads who will present their work at the Poster Symposium for Undergraduate Research and Creativity taking place on campus April 24. The full schedule of design sessions is available at the following URL.

For more information, contact Herb Hill, Director of Undergraduate Research Opportunities at urop@vcu.edu or visit http://wp.vcu.edu/vcuurop/2019/01/29/sympcall2019/.

Men and women between the ages of 18-55 who vape and smoke cigarettes are invited to participate in a research study that requires five, four-hour laboratory visits. Compensation (up to $500) is provided. Call the following telephone number (Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–4 p.m.) or visit http://bit.ly/bhrlvcu for more information. This study will be conducted at Thurston House on VCU’s Monroe Park Campus. Principal investigators are Andrew Barnes, Ph.D., Department of Health Behavior and Policy, and Caroline Cobb, Ph.D., Department of Psychology.

For more information, contact Jessica Presley at jmpresley@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1867 or visit http://wp.vcu.edu/cobbco/.

VCU invites you to participate in a research study on two stress reduction programs. Participants will receive a 14-day smartphone-based stress reduction course for free. The study includes a lab session before and after the stress reduction course. Participants will fill out brief surveys and complete several brief tasks in an MRI brain scanner. Compensation will be a free personalized report and up to $300.

For more information, contact Hadley Rahrig at rahrighm@mymail.vcu.edu or (804) 250-1534 or visit https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03485807?term=stress+reduction&recrs=ab&rank=3.

A draft of the VCU Smoke- and Tobacco-Free Campus policy is now open for university comment through April 12. The draft policy can be found at https://policy.vcu.edu/policies-open-for-public-comment.

For more information, contact Tom Briggs at srm@vcu.edu or visit http://tobaccofree.vcu.edu.