1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

The L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs is hosting a lecture featuring Lance Freeman, Ph.D., a professor in Urban Planning at Columbia University. The talk will explore his latest book entitled, "A Haven and a Hell: The Ghetto in Black America." The event will be held in Room 0001, located in the lower level of the Raleigh Building, 1001 W. Franklin St.

For more information, contact Katie Huynh at huynhkp@vcu.edu or (804) 827-0867 or visit https://wilder.vcu.edu/news-and-events/news-articles/february-doctoral-lecture-series-talk-to-feature-author-lance-freeman.html.

1 p.m.

The L. Douglas School of Government and Public Affairs will host a lecture featuring Lance Freeman, Ph.D., a professor in Urban Planning at Columbia University. The talk will explore his latest book, "A Haven and a Hell: The Ghetto in Black America." The event will be held in Room 0001 in the lower level of the Raleigh Building, 1001 W. Franklin St.

For more information, contact Katie Huynh at huynhkp@vcu.edu or (804) 827-0867 or visit https://wilder.vcu.edu/news-and-events/news-articles/february-doctoral-lecture-series-talk-to-feature-author-lance-freeman.html.

4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

HealthHacks2020 is hosting an interest meeting for students and faculty who want to be part of the planning committee. The meeting will be in Room 2220, College of Engineering East Hall, 401 W. Main St. This year's medical designathon event is currently slated for Nov. 7 and 8 in East Hall.

For more information, contact Laura Osborne at healthhacks@vcu.edu or (804) 828-0349 or visit https://healthhacks.vcu.edu/.

Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

First-time users of Google Forms as well as those who just want to see what new, innovative functionality Google has added can attend a hands-on workshop hosted by Collaboration Services. The session will be held in Room 108, Technology Administration Building, 701 W. Broad St. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Dr. Gee at drgee@vcu.edu or visit http://go.vcu.edu/gogoogle.

Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Students Helping Honduras VCU Chapter will sell Blanchard's Coffee in the University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave., to raise funds for building schools in Honduras. Also, the group will have its first meeting at 6 p.m. the same day in the Metro Room of the Commons. Questions, Instagram @shh.at.vcu.

For more information, contact Irina Pepper at pepperid@vcu.edu or (703) 585-3500 or visit http://shhkids.org.

Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020 from noon to 1:30 p.m.

The Global Education Office will share ideas on global faculty development opportunities, including conducting research abroad, leading study abroad programs and hosting research colleagues from abroad. The session will be in Room 1030J, West Grace Street Student Housing – North, 830 W. Grace St.

For more information, contact Renee Russell at geo@vcu.edu or (804) 828-8471 or visit https://global.vcu.edu/outreach/facultydevelopment/lunchandlearn/.

Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020 from noon to 1 p.m.

Join Kerri-Anne Mitchell, Dr.PH., Postdoctoral fellow, Cancer Prevention and Control, Department of Health Behavior and Policy, for a joint seminar, "Exploring Racial and Ethnic Differences in Patient-Centered Cancer Care," and Elizabeth L. Adams, Ph.D., Postdoctoral fellow, Cancer Prevention and Control, Department of Pediatrics, "Sleepy Baby! A Step Toward Uncovering the Links Between Sleep and Feeding During Infancy Using Actigraphy." The seminar, hosted by VCU Department of Health Behavior and Policy, will be held in Room 644, sixth floor, One Capitol Square, 830 E. Main St. A light lunch will be provided. RSVP at the following URL.

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

Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020 at noon

LinkedIn Learning will host a webinar for faculty that will cover the following: what LinkedIn Learning is, how it can be leveraged in the classroom, demo features of the platform and how it can be used for professional and personal development. A Q&A session will be ongoing. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Rochelle Clarke at rclarke3@vcu.edu or (804) 827-7768 or visit http://bit.ly/FacWeb1.

Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

The Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence will present a workshop to define invisible and emotional labor and the ways in which it impacts work in the academy. The event will be held in Room 4100, Academic Learning Commons, 1000 Floyd Ave. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Tiffany Freitas at freitast@vcu.edu or visit https://forms.gle/QU1K6Jt7Fx9dLZNo7.

Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020 from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

The Center for Environmental Studies, part of VCU Life Sciences, will host a free viewing of the film “Sustainable” as part of the 10th annual RVA Environmental Film Festival. “Sustainable” investigates the economic and environmental instability of America’s food system through the lenses of soil loss, water depletion, climate change and pesticide use. After the film, John Jones, M.P.A., Ph.D., from VCU’s Institute for Inclusion, Inquiry and Innovation (iCubed) will facilitate a panel discussion about the film’s themes with scholars and food systems practitioners in the greater Richmond region. The event will be in the theater, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave.

For more information, contact Lynne McCarthy at lcmccarthy@vcu.edu or (804) 827-1164.

Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Award-winning cartoonist Keith Knight returns to VCU Libraries to present "Red, White, Black and Blue," a cartoon slideshow that tackles racial illiteracy in America. The Black History Month event will be in Room 303, James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave. A public reception will follow the presentation. Knight is an award-winning author of the comic strips "The Knight Life,"(th)ink" and "The K Chronicles." His work can be seen in The Nib, The Washington Post and The San Francisco Chronicle. He is developing a show for Hulu based on his comic strips.

For more information, contact Sue Robinson at srobinson26@vcu.edu or visit https://www.library.vcu.edu/about/events/black-history-month/black-history-month-lecture-2016.html.

Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020 from 9 a.m. to 9:50 a.m.

External IRB submissions (reliance agreements) will be discussed at the monthly meeting of the One VCU Clinical Research Teams. The meeting will be held in Rooms 104 and 105, Hermes A. Kontos Medical Sciences Building, 1217 E. Marshall St.

For more information, contact Emily Komornik at komornikea@vcu.edu.

Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020 at 1 p.m.

University Student Commons and Activities will hold Event Management System WebApp Training in the SGA Senate Chambers, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. Training will also be offered at the same location at 4 p.m. Feb. 18. The workshop, for reserving space using the EMS WebApp, is open to faculty, staff and student organizations.

For more information, contact Tyler Jarrett at tljarrett@vcu.edu.

Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

The Department of Chemical and Life Science Engineering will present Anh T. Bui, Ph.D., VCU Department of Statistical Sciences and Operations Research. Bui, a guest speaker in the department's Spring Seminar Series, will present "A General Knowledge Discovery Framework for Understanding Variation in Complex Manufacturing Data. The lecture will be in Room 401, College of Engineering West Hall, 601 W. Main St.

For more information, contact Desiney Lowery at dlowery3@vcu.edu or (804) 828-7789.

Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020 from noon to 1 p.m.

Episcopal Campus Ministry will host a gathering to make Valentines for LGBTQ+ friends, partners, neighbors and others. The session will be held at Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 8 N. Laurel St.

For more information, contact the Rev. Kimberly Reinholz, ECM chaplain, at kareinholz@vcu.edu or (804) 359-5628 or visit https://www.facebook.com/ecmatvcu/.

Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020 from noon to 1 p.m.

Faculty are invited to join an informal discussion of topics and issues of current concern in higher ed at a meeting hosted by the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence and University College. The session will be held in Room 4100, Academic Learning Commons, 1000 Floyd Ave. The group will meet every other Wednesday to discuss recent articles from the Chronicle and Inside Higher Ed. Fill out the form at the following URL for meeting updates.

For more information, contact Tiffany Freitas at freitast@vcu.edu or visit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf3-ZlAh3Dl00JNM7gIYM8oCiVu53ARq7xNsYwKCoZfo3H-4A/viewform.

Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020 at 7 p.m.

Join the VCU men's basketball team as they take on George Mason University at the Stuart C. Siegel Center, 1200 W. Broad St.

For more information, contact Rebecca Piner at pinerre@vcu.edu or visit http://vcuathletics.com.

Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The ICA will host a special Valentine screening of poet and artist Tracie Morris’s "Eyes Wide Shut: A Not-Neo Benshi Read" (2016), a recontextualization of Stanley Kubrick film "Eyes Wide Shut." Combining poetry with research conducted at Kubrick’s London archives, Morris dubs over the entirety of Kubrick’s film to present a commentary on race, sexuality and gender. The film, to be screened at the Institute for Contemporary Art at the Markel Center, 601 W. Broad St., contains adult content that may be inappropriate for some audiences.

For more information, contact Meredith Carrington at mtcarrington@vcu.edu or visit http://icavcu.org.

Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Looking for something to do on Valentine's Day? Make plans with a new someone the night before at "Are You the One? Speed Dating With a Twist." The event, hosted by the Activities Programming Board, will be in the Rams Lounge, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. Get to know other students at VCU over food, games and music.

For more information, contact Ashli Phillips at phillipsar3@vcu.edu.

Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020 from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

VCU Biology Department and RVA Environmental Film Festival will host a screening of the documentary “The Story of Plastic” at Grace Street Theater, 934 W. Grace St. A panel discussion will follow. Request a free ticket at the following URL.

For more information, contact Ching-Yu Huang at cyhuang@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1858 or visit http://bit.ly/2RQp3GW.

Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020 at 8 p.m.

Come to Sonia Vlahcevic Concert Hall at the W.E. Singleton Center, 922 Park Ave., to hear the VCU Jazz Orchestra I. The concert will feature guest trombonist/composer Paul Ferguson and the music of Ferguson, Darling, Puente, Mintzer, Dust Devil, García and more. Tickets are $7 advance, $10 at the door and free with a valid VCU student ID.

For more information, contact Antonio Garcia at musictix@vcu.edu or (804) 828-6776 or visit https://www.showclix.com/event/jazz-orchestra-aefgwrhetjryQUEmAoB/listing.

Friday, Feb. 14, 2020 from noon to 1:30 p.m.

Learn about three experiential models relative to teaching content on diversity, oppression and social justice. This IExcel Education seminar will also cover guidelines for preparing for, implementing and evaluating these types of exercises. The seminar will be held in Room 250, James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave. Register for this and other IExcel seminars at the following URL.

For more information, contact Jan Altman, Ph.D., at jhaltman@vcu.edu or visit https://iexcel.vcu.edu/.

Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020 at 4 p.m.

Trombonist, composer and Jazz Studies Director Antonio Garcia will present his faculty jazz recital n Sonia Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Center, 922 Park Ave. Performances by vocalist Mary Hermann García, Prof. Felipe Leitao, The Nashville Avenue Stompers, VCU Jazz Orchestra I and the VCU Greater Richmond High School Jazz Band will be featured. Admission is free. Questions, VCU Music Box Office, (804) 828-6776 on Mondays, Wednesdays or Fridays from 9 a.m. to noon.

For more information, contact Antonio Garcia at ajgarcia@vcu.edu.

Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020 at 8 p.m.

The group will be doing contemporary, jazz and hip-hop. Participants must have at least four years of previous dance experience. The meeting will be held in Virginia Room A, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave.

For more information, contact Skye Corrigan at corriganse@vcu.edu.

Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020 at 6 p.m.

Join VCU's women's basketball team on game day as they take on the Bonnies of St. Bonaventure University. Check out the promo page at the following URL to see plans for the game, which will be played at the Stuart C. Siegel Center, 1200 W. Broad St.

For more information, contact Rebecca Piner at vcuathletics@vcu.edu or visit https://vcuathletics.com/WBBpromos.

Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020 at 4:30 p.m.

Alpha Kappa Delta, International Sociology Honor Society, will host Jonathan Coley, Ph.D., who will present findings from his study of activist groups mobilizing to promote LGBTQ inclusion at Christian colleges and universities across the United States. The talk will be in Room 250, James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave.

For more information, contact Ying-Chao Kao, Ph.D., at yckao@vcu.edu or (732) 668-8755.

Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020 from noon to 1 p.m.

Join Virginia Credit Union and learn how to save time by getting and keeping personal financial records organized. Learn what records to keep, what to keep handy in case of a natural disaster and how to take a home inventory. The session will be held in the Learning Center, first floor, across from Panera, Main Hospital, 1250 E. Marshall St. Register in Talent.

For more information, contact Cindi Phares at cphares@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1521 or visit https://hr.vcu.edu/current-employees/worklife/.

Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020 at 11 a.m.

The VCU Brandcenter, 103 S. Jefferson St., will host an on-campus informational session. The session will include an introduction to the master’s program and areas of concentration, a chance to talk with current Brandcenter students and faculty and information about the application process from the director of admissions. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Rachel Ensing at ensingr@vcu.edu or (804) 828-8384 or visit https://brandcenter.vcu.edu/admissions/visit-us/.

Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Members of the Iyapo Repository, an afrofuturist archive, will lead a public workshop at the ICA. Iyapo Repository is a resource library that houses a collection of digital and physical artifacts created to affirm and project the future of people of African descent. The repository is named for Lilith Iyapo, a black woman in Octavia Butler’s book series “Lilith’s Brood.” Members of the group archive manuscripts, films, drawings, rare media and more. The event will be at the Institute for Contemporary Art at the Markel Center, 601 W. Broad St.

For more information, contact Meredith Carrington at mtcarrington@vcu.edu or visit http://icavcu.org.

Monday, Feb. 24, 2020 from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Keeping work in one secure place in Google Drive with online file storage and learning to share with others and access on any computer, smartphone or tablet will be the focus of a hands-on workshop hosted by Collaboration Services. The session will be in Room B1-020, Sanger Hall, 1101 E. Marshall St. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Dr. Gee at drgee@vcu.edu or visit http://go.vcu.edu/gogoogle.

Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

VCU Center for Corporate Education will present "Coaching for Leaders and Managers." The workshop is geared for managers, supervisors and leaders who want to strengthen their skills and empower their staff. The class, to be held in Room B3189, Snead Hall, School of Business, 301 W. Main St., emphasizes a structured approach to coaching that can be applied to everyday workplace situations. The registration fee is $395. A 10% discount is available to VCU alumni and VCU/VCUHS employees. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Katie Fauth at corp-ed@vcu.edu or (804) 828-3165 or visit https://connect.business.vcu.edu/register/coaching_spring2020.

Friday, Feb. 28, 2020 from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

VCU School of Medicine will host the first VA Regional Health Sciences Education Symposium at the Jonah L. Larrick Student Center, 900 Turpin St. The goal of the event is to learn, share scholarship, network and collaborate with other health professions educators from across Virginia and beyond. This regional conference is a collaboration among Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, University of Virginia School of Medicine and Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Katherine Henderson, M.Ed., at kjthenderson@vcu.edu or (804) 828-9823 or visit http://go.vcu.edu/VAsymposium.

The 13-month, cross-disciplinary master’s program focuses on students applying knowledge in advanced product innovation and entrepreneurship topics with real-life clients. Integrating arts, business and engineering principles, students in the Master of Product Innovation learn advanced product innovation and entrepreneurship topics pertaining to conceptualization, development and commercialization of new products and services. The program offers unique instruction and team-based experiential learning opportunities. Apply at the following URL by Feb. 15.

For more information, contact Mary Chris Escobar at escobarmc@vcu.edu or visit https://davincicenter.vcu.edu/master-product-innovation/.

Human Resources presents "How to Retire with the Virginia Retirement System" for VCU employees. These sessions are open to VCU employees only, not VCU Health System employees. View upcoming sessions at the following URL.

For more information, contact VCU Benefits at benefits@vcu.edu or (804) 827-1723 or visit https://bit.ly/2IQFZcJ.

The Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence will host a strategy session for VCU educators on April 3 at the Academic Learning Commons, 1000 Floyd Ave. The focus of the event is to share ideas, collaborate with colleagues and cultivate networks across disciplines. Proposals are sought that have been presented nationally within a particular discipline, as well as works in progress. Submit proposals at the following URL by Feb. 14.

For more information, contact Tiffany Freitas at ctle@vcu.edu or visit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSecoFWjJmLBa2Cu0wvkDe9l8aoUo8F3oH0gWbXLzu-K5ORKVg/viewform.

VCU undergraduates engaged in mentored research are encouraged to submit an abstract for consideration. Presentations may be for completed research projects, completed papers or research in progress. The deadline for submission of abstracts is March 22. The deadline for poster files is April 12. The symposium event is April 22. Questions: https://provost.vcu.edu/initiatives/urop/poster/

For more information, contact Herb Hill, Director of Undergraduate Research, and Creative Inquiry at urop@vcu.edu or visit http://wp.vcu.edu/vcuurop/2020/02/03/symp2020call/.

The Commonwealth Society, VCUarts' educational organization for adult learners, opens registration for its spring semester on Feb. 10. The Commonwealth Society connects community learners to the resources of VCU and the Richmond arts scene through classes and other programming.

For more information, contact Angela M. D. Allen at amdallen@vcu.edu or (804) 827-7301 or visit http://arts.vcu.edu/csociety/membership.

The Play and Learning Across a Year Research Program in VCU’s Physical Therapy Department is seeking to recruit children. Participation in the study would include recording a one-hour session of in-home observation of the infant moving, playing and interacting with their environment, followed by questionnaires to better understand the child’s development. Parents will be provided a $50 compensation at the end of the visit. To be eligible to participate, the child must be 12, 18 or 24 months (plus or minus one week).

For more information, contact Megan Evans at mdlinpt@vcu.edu or (804) 628-5037 or visit https://pt.chp.vcu.edu/research/research-labs/motor-development-lab/.