Student Issue for March 11, 2020

Today

Volunteer Orientation for 'One Richmond, One Book'

Add to calendar 11-03-2020 15:00:00 11-03-2020 16:00:00 America/New_York Volunteer Orientation for 'One Richmond, One Book' "One Richmond, One Book" is a reading program by ReadToThem.org that provides books in March to Richmond Public Schools for family literacy. Volunteers can serve as classroom readers, activity leaders, transporters, creative members and more. Project coordinator TaLees Owens will host an orientation for volunteers at the Center on Health Disparities, fourth floor, Theatre Row Building, 730 E. Broad St. Refreshments and children's books will be provided. RSVP at the following URL. Center on Health Disparities (Theater Row Building, 4th Floor | 730 E Broad Street, Richmond VA 23219) Alisa Brewer alisa.brewer@vcuhealth.org DD/MM/YYYY

3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

"One Richmond, One Book" is a reading program by ReadToThem.org that provides books in March to Richmond Public Schools for family literacy. Volunteers can serve as classroom readers, activity leaders, transporters, creative members and more. Project coordinator TaLees Owens will host an orientation for volunteers at the Center on Health Disparities, fourth floor, Theatre Row Building, 730 E. Broad St. Refreshments and children's books will be provided. RSVP at the following URL.

For more information, contact Alisa Brewer at alisa.brewer@vcuhealth.org or (804) 827-2075 or visit https://forms.gle/BYn448KpWiamKxvb7.

VCU Women's Lacrosse vs. Gardner-Webb

Add to calendar 11-03-2020 16:00:00 11-03-2020 America/New_York VCU Women's Lacrosse vs. Gardner-Webb VCU's women's lacrosse team will take on Gardner-Webb University at Cary Street Field, Harrison and Cary streets. Cary Street Field Danielle Koerner koernerd@vcu.edu DD/MM/YYYY

4 p.m.

VCU's women's lacrosse team will take on Gardner-Webb University at Cary Street Field, Harrison and Cary streets.

For more information, contact Danielle Koerner at koernerd@vcu.edu.

Patient Safety Awareness Week: Safety Fair

Add to calendar 11-03-2020 07:30:00 11-03-2020 16:00:00 America/New_York Patient Safety Awareness Week: Safety Fair VCU Health will host a safety fair as part of Patient Safety Awareness Week in the Main 2 Meeting Center, Main Hospital, 1250 E. Marshall St. Topics to be covered at the event include medication safety, exposure safety, fall safety and more. Prizes and one special grand prize will be available. Main 2 Meeting Center (above the cafeteria) Adam Austin acaustin@vcu.edu DD/MM/YYYY

7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

VCU Health will host a safety fair as part of Patient Safety Awareness Week in the Main 2 Meeting Center, Main Hospital, 1250 E. Marshall St. Topics to be covered at the event include medication safety, exposure safety, fall safety and more. Prizes and one special grand prize will be available.

For more information, contact Adam Austin at acaustin@vcu.edu.

This week

'ACT and TriNetX: Cohort Discovery Platforms to Explore and Validate Feasibility for Clinical Studies'

Add to calendar 12-03-2020 12:00:00 12-03-2020 13:00:00 America/New_York 'ACT and TriNetX: Cohort Discovery Platforms to Explore and Validate Feasibility for Clinical Studies' VCU C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research and Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences will present a lunchtime seminar. Tim Aro and Patrick Shi of the Wright Center will discuss HIPAA-compliant cohort discovery platforms, which help researchers evaluate potential research populations, answer research questions with deidentified data and develop collaborations across institutions. The seminar will be in Room 2-010, Tompkins-McCaw, 509 N. 12th St. Participants may bring lunch. Register at the following email address. Tompkins-McCaw Library, Room 2-010 Pam Dillon, Pharm.D., research liaison, pmdillon@vcu.edu DD/MM/YYYY

Thursday, Mar. 12, 2020 from noon to 1 p.m.

VCU C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research and Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences will present a lunchtime seminar. Tim Aro and Patrick Shi of the Wright Center will discuss HIPAA-compliant cohort discovery platforms, which help researchers evaluate potential research populations, answer research questions with deidentified data and develop collaborations across institutions. The seminar will be in Room 2-010, Tompkins-McCaw, 509 N. 12th St. Participants may bring lunch. Register at the following email address.

For more information, contact Pam Dillon, Pharm.D., research liaison, at pmdillon@vcu.edu or (804) 827-1519 or visit http://www.cctr.vcu.edu.

VCU Baseball vs. Iona

Add to calendar 13-03-2020 18:30:00 13-03-2020 America/New_York VCU Baseball vs. Iona The VCU baseball team will take on Iona College at The Diamond, 3001 N. Arthur Ashe Blvd. The teams will also play at 2 p.m. March 14 and 1 p.m. March 15. The Diamond Rebecca Piner pinerre@vcu.edu DD/MM/YYYY

Friday, Mar. 13, 2020 at 6:30 p.m.

The VCU baseball team will take on Iona College at The Diamond, 3001 N. Arthur Ashe Blvd. The teams will also play at 2 p.m. March 14 and 1 p.m. March 15.

For more information, contact Rebecca Piner at pinerre@vcu.edu.

Coming up

ICA Shop: Lauren Francescone and Zeynab Izadyar

Add to calendar 18-03-2020 17:30:00 18-03-2020 19:00:00 America/New_York ICA Shop: Lauren Francescone and Zeynab Izadyar An ICA Shop will feature Lauren Francescone and Zeynab Izadyar. The event will be held at the Institute for Contemporary Art at the Markel Center, 601 W. Broad St. Francescone, a New York-based artist and designer, is founder of the contemporary ceramics publication Temperatures. She received a B.S. from the University of Virginia School of Architecture and an MFA from Yale University School of Art. Izadyar is an independent interdisciplinary designer and founder of VVORK VVORK VVORK, a slow-made streetwear-inspired garments studio in Brooklyn, N.Y. Izadyar received a BFA from Tehran University and an MFA from Yale. ICA at VCU Meredith Carrington mtcarrington@vcu.edu DD/MM/YYYY

Wednesday, Mar. 18, 2020 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

An ICA Shop will feature Lauren Francescone and Zeynab Izadyar. The event will be held at the Institute for Contemporary Art at the Markel Center, 601 W. Broad St. Francescone, a New York-based artist and designer, is founder of the contemporary ceramics publication Temperatures. She received a B.S. from the University of Virginia School of Architecture and an MFA from Yale University School of Art. Izadyar is an independent interdisciplinary designer and founder of VVORK VVORK VVORK, a slow-made streetwear-inspired garments studio in Brooklyn, N.Y. Izadyar received a BFA from Tehran University and an MFA from Yale.

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

Muslim Health Professionals Networking Dinner

Add to calendar 20-03-2020 17:30:00 20-03-2020 19:30:00 America/New_York Muslim Health Professionals Networking Dinner The Muslim Health Professionals at MCV will hold the group's annual networking dinner in Ballroom B, Jonah L. Larrick Student Center, 900 Turpin St. Attendance is open to everyone. RSVP at the following URL. Larrick Ballroom B Maliha Rahman rahmanma4@vcu.edu DD/MM/YYYY

Friday, Mar. 20, 2020 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

The Muslim Health Professionals at MCV will hold the group's annual networking dinner in Ballroom B, Jonah L. Larrick Student Center, 900 Turpin St. Attendance is open to everyone. RSVP at the following URL.

For more information, contact Maliha Rahman at rahmanma4@vcu.edu or visit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScQCbtZGP5srEVfuNIWS8xslkldpf-upoAFc8PhQbHAEVbtpg/viewform.

Professional Development Seminar, 'Breaking Into Industry'

Add to calendar 27-03-2020 13:00:00 27-03-2020 America/New_York Professional Development Seminar, 'Breaking Into Industry' This semester's Women in Science seminar will focus on finding a career in industry and will be led by a panel of associate scientists, hiring managers and both internal and external recruiters. The event will be held in Rooms 104/105, Hermes A. Kontos Medical Sciences Building, 1217 E. Marshall St. Those who attend will have the opportunity to network, ask questions and gain insight into the inner workings of finding the right industry job. Free pizza will be provided on a first-time, first-served basis. KMSB 104/105 Haley Adcox adcoxhe@mymail.vcu.edu DD/MM/YYYY

Friday, Mar. 27, 2020 at 1 p.m.

This semester's Women in Science seminar will focus on finding a career in industry and will be led by a panel of associate scientists, hiring managers and both internal and external recruiters. The event will be held in Rooms 104/105, Hermes A. Kontos Medical Sciences Building, 1217 E. Marshall St. Those who attend will have the opportunity to network, ask questions and gain insight into the inner workings of finding the right industry job. Free pizza will be provided on a first-time, first-served basis.

For more information, contact Haley Adcox at adcoxhe@mymail.vcu.edu.

IDEATE Female Founders Summit

Add to calendar 03-04-2020 09:00:00 03-04-2020 16:00:00 America/New_York IDEATE Female Founders Summit VCU Female Founders Summit will bring together the region’s female founders and innovators to make change in their communities and cultivate opportunities for the next generation. This year’s inaugural theme is "Activate. Engage. Empower." The one-day summit, part of the IDEATE (Increasing Diversity in Entrepreneurial and Tech Ecosystems) series, will be hosted by the da Vinci Center. The event will be held at the Dewey Gottwald Center, 2301 W. Leigh St. Dewey Gottwald Center 2301 W Leigh St Richmond, VA 23220 Kendra Cabler, Ph.D., cablerka@vcu.edu DD/MM/YYYY

Friday, Apr. 3, 2020 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

VCU Female Founders Summit will bring together the region’s female founders and innovators to make change in their communities and cultivate opportunities for the next generation. This year’s inaugural theme is "Activate. Engage. Empower." The one-day summit, part of the IDEATE (Increasing Diversity in Entrepreneurial and Tech Ecosystems) series, will be hosted by the da Vinci Center. The event will be held at the Dewey Gottwald Center, 2301 W. Leigh St.

For more information, contact Kendra Cabler, Ph.D., at cablerka@vcu.edu or visit https://connect.business.vcu.edu/register/da-vinci-female-founders-2020.

Notices

Canceled: March 12 Grand Rounds With Tadataka Yamada, M.D.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Grand Rounds for March 12 with Tadataka Yamada, M.D., who completed residency training on the MCV Campus in 1974, have been canceled. There will be no Internal Medicine Grand Rounds on March 12.

For more information, contact Saher Randhawa at saher.randhawa@vcuhealth.org or (804) 628-5775 or visit https://intmed.vcu.edu/education/rounds/.

VCU COVID-19 Website

VCU announces a COVID-19 site for members of the VCU and VCU Health community. The site, located at the following URL, is the source for the latest VCU updates, alert levels, travel advisories and health tips. It can also be accessed from the VCU homepage and the VCU Alert page. It includes the latest university actions such as student and employee travel and recommended actions, as well as information resources.

For more information, or visit https://blogs.vcu.edu/covid-19-coronavirus/.

Call for Abstracts: VCU Poster Symposium for Undergraduate Research and Creativity

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/.

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