5:30 p.m.

The VCUarts Department of Art History will present a lecture with Douglas Fordham, Ph.D., assistant professor of art history at the University of Virginia. This talk examines how the medium of aquatint shaped the message of British imperialism and supplied a growing market with images of distant places in the late 18th century. By remaking the world in aquatint, traveling artists and printmakers simultaneously remade what it meant to be British. The talk will be in Room 250, James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave.

For more information, contact The Department of Art History at arthistory@vcu.edu or visit https://arts.vcu.edu/arthistory/2020/01/08/lecture-remaking-the-world-in-aquatint-january-30th/.

7 p.m.

VCU Globe will recognize Fred Korematsu Day with a screening of “A Vanished Dream: Wartime Story of My Japanese Grandfather.” The film, to be shown in Room 1030J, West Grace Street Student Housing – North, 830 W. Grace St., is by Richmond Free Press photojournalist Regina Boone. A discussion about past and recent immigration issues will follow.

For more information, contact Audrey Short at aeshort@vcu.edu or (804) 827-0178.

Friday, Jan. 31, 2020 at 11 a.m.

The VCU women’s tennis team will take on Duquesne at the Thalhimer Tennis Center, 920 W. Cary St.

For more information, contact Alexis Howatt at howatta@vcu.edu or visit http://vcuathletics.com.

Friday, Jan. 31, 2020 at 2 p.m.

The VCU men’s tennis team will take on Duquesne University at the Thalhimer Tennis Center, 920 W. Cary St.

For more information, contact Alexis Howatt at howatta@vcu.edu or visit http://vcuathletics.com.

Friday, Jan. 31, 2020 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The VCU Graduate Student Association will host a meet-up at the Graduate Richmond hotel, 301 W. Franklin St. Enjoy games, meet fellow graduate students and learn more about the association and its activities.

For more information, contact Edward Beckwith at GSA@VCU.edu or (781) 242-2283 or visit https://graduate.vcu.edu/life/graduate-student-association/.

Friday, Jan. 31, 2020 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The VCU Graduate Student Association will host a meet-up at the Graduate Richmond hotel, 301 W. Franklin St. Enjoy games, meet fellow graduate students and learn more about the association and its activities.

For more information, contact Edward Beckwith at GSA@VCU.edu or visit https://graduate.vcu.edu/life/graduate-student-association/.

Friday, Jan. 31, 2020 from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

The Global Education Office will host a panel presentation by the Open World Leadership Center delegation from Kazakhstan. The event will be in Room 1030J, West Grace Street Student Housing – North, 830 W. Grace St. The delegation will speak about the professional and cultural aspects of their lives. A question-and-answer session will follow. The delegation includes deputy mayors and department heads from various localities within Kazakhstan and will meet with local and state government members.

For more information, contact Elizabeth Hiett at eihiett@vcu.edu.

Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Students Fighting Human Trafficking will host its second annual Human Trafficking Medical Symposium on Feb. 4, 5, 6 and 8 on the fifth floor of James W. and Frances G. McGlothlin Medical Education Center, 1201 E. Marshall St. Questions, impactvirginia.org.

For more information, contact Caitlin Hauser at studentsfightinght@gmail.com or visit https://www.eventbrite.com/o/students-fighting-human-trafficking-27512391001.

Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020 from noon to 1 p.m.

Enslaved people were instrumental in maintaining and developing the culinary traditions of 18th-century Virginia, particularly as trained cooks and dining attendants. Food historian Leni Sorensen, Ph.D, will give a talk in the Special Collections and Archives Reading Room, Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences, 509 N. 12th St., about meals and the people who cooked them. Sponsored by VCU Libraries, this event is free and open to all. Registration is requested at the following URL.

For more information, contact Thelma Mack at mackta@vcu.edu or (804) 828-0017 or visit https://www.library.vcu.edu/about/events/2019-20/meal-costs.html.

Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020 from noon to 12:45 p.m.

The Build A Better Meal program provides guiding principles to help plan, shop and prepare meals to provide necessary fuel for the body. The session will be in Room 311, James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Cindi Phares at cphares@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1521 or visit https://vcu.csod.com/ui/lms-learning-details/app/event/0c161516-cedc-4aaa-ba9a-4f4acb665cfb.

Monday, Feb. 10, 2020 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The Safe Zone Program, sponsored by University Counseling Services, will present a workshop to raise awareness of LGBTQIA+ issues at Jackson Ward A, Jonah L. Larrick Student Center, 900 Turpin St. Register at https://training.vcu.edu (keyword "Safe Zone").

For more information, contact Camille Rudney at safezone@vcu.edu or visit https://students.vcu.edu/counseling/safe-zone/.

Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The da Vinci Center will host a panel discussion as part of its IDEATE (Increasing Diversity in Entrepreneurial and Tech Ecosystems) series. Panelists Melody Joy Short (entrepreneur and co-founder of Richmond Night Market and the ARTisan Cafe), Charles P. Ajemian (president, Social Enterprise Alliance Virginia) and Enjoli Moon (founder and creative director, Afrikana Film Festival and ICA assistant curator of film) will share their roles and journeys in the social enterprise/nonprofit sector, lessons learned, missed opportunities, what makes their work and commitments different from other areas of entrepreneurship or service and what they wish they had known early in their careers. The event will be at the center, 807 S. Cathedral Place. RSVP at the following URL.

For more information, contact Kendra Cabler, Ph.D., at cablerka@vcu.edu or visit https://connect.business.vcu.edu/register/ideate_socialimpact.

Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020 at 5:30 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. Questions, Ching-Yu Huang, Ph.D., cyhuang@vcu.edu.

For more information, contact Dakota Kledaras at kledaraspd@vcu.edu or (702) 300-2987 or visit http://bit.ly/2RQp3GW.

University Student Health Services offers free flu vaccines to all students on both campuses. The flu vaccine is available during immunization hours or immediately following a scheduled medical appointment. University Student Health Services is located on both campuses: Monroe Park Campus at 1300 W. Broad St., Suite 2200, and MCV campus at 1000 E. Marshall St., Room 305.

For more information, contact University Student Health Services at ushsimmuniz@vcu.edu or (804) 827-8047 or visit https://health.students.vcu.edu/.

VCU's Staff Senate is seeking nominations through Jan. 31 for its third annual awards for excellence. The awards recognize VCU and VCU Health staff members in each of the following categories: integrity, staff advocacy, new employee, career achievement and champion of diversity and inclusion. Nominate a colleague at the following URL.

For more information, contact Saher Randhawa at randhawasu@vcu.edu or (804) 628-5775 or visit https://staffsenate.vcu.edu/awards/.