10 a.m.

The Institute for Contemporary Art at the Markel Center, 600 W. Broad St., is open Friday through Sunday. The exhibitions "Provocations: Guadalupe Maravilla" and "The Otolith Group: Xenogenesis" have been extended through Aug. 9. To ensure visitors' safety, the ICA has instituted new protocols, including limiting capacity, enhanced cleaning and requiring face masks.

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

6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

VCU da Vinci Center will host an hour-long virtual ideation (creative brainstorming) session. Learn about the center's Wall of Ideas template from Design a Better Business by exploring a fun business-related prompt (hint: it's about movies).

For more information, contact Mary-Chris Escobar at escobarmc@vcu.edu or visit https://connect.business.vcu.edu/register/wall-of-ideas-7-31.

Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020 at noon

Join the Campus Learning Center and VCU faculty members to break down the myths surrounding office hours, student hours, how to send an email and how (and when) to ask questions. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Michal Coffey at mzcoffey@vcu.edu.

Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020 from noon to 1:15 p.m.

CJ Polihronakis will lead the final installment of the summer discussion series. The effects of COVID-19 are being managed one day at a time, but the impact on the LGBTQIA+ community is severely felt. Register at https://linktr.ee/vcuomsa for the session about queerness in the face of an international health pandemic.

For more information, contact Tiana Ingram at ingramtd@vcu.edu or visit http://omsa.vcu.edu/updates/.

Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020 at 1 p.m.

The Campus Learning Center will host a session on how to read a syllabus, understand Blackboard, what to expect with grades and additional tips. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Michal Coffey at mzcoffey@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwlcOypqj0qH9Xc9gGfMzxGgjBkPrMoNx35.

James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave., will open its building to VCU cardholders and return access to its physical collections and study spaces Aug. 3. Masks and physical distancing will be required and no food or drink will be allowed in the building other than in the Starbucks seating area.

For more information, contact Sue Robinson at srobinson26@vcu.edu or visit https://www.library.vcu.edu/covid19/.

RamSafe service will resume on Aug. 1 at 5 p.m. with physical distancing guidelines enforced. Buses will operate at 50 percent passenger capacity. Masks will be required to ride. Learn more at the following URL.

For more information, contact VCU Parking and Transportation at parking@vcu.edu or (804) 828-7275 or visit http://go.vcu.edu/ramsafe.

Virtual Volunteer at VCU is a student coalition designed to create opportunities for students to engage in the community through programs facilitated by student leaders with community partners such as Circles RVA, Dominion Place, The Doorways and the Salvation Army. Join the coalition through RamsConnect to receive emails. Questions: Sneha Gade, gadesr2@vcu.edu or Jennifer Duong, duongjn@vcu.edu.

For more information, contact Akhila Kunuthuru at kunuthurua@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.campusgroups.com/virtualvolunteeratvcu/home/.

The VCU Votes Student Coalition invites student leaders to apply to serve on its leadership team for the upcoming academic year. VCU Votes Student Coalition is a network of VCU student leaders working with campus and community partners to make VCU the most voter-friendly campus it can be. All students are invited to apply. Apply at the following URL by Aug. 7.

For more information, contact Nicole Patterson at nlpatterson@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.campusgroups.com/VCUvotes/leadership-team/.

Join VCU's Medical Journal Club and attend weekly meetings to learn about new advancements in medicine, discuss current events and their relevance in health care, meet like-minded and motivated students and learn about the opportunities available to pre-health students.

For more information, contact Samiya Majid at medicaljournalclub.vcu@gmail.com or visit http://bit.ly/medicaljournalclubvcu.

PennyAppeal at VCU is a nonprofit student organization that is raising money to send food kits to starving children and families in Yemen. It costs $1.50 to provide one meal to a person who is suffering from hunger and poverty during this humanitarian crisis. Donations may be made via the following URL.

For more information, contact Samah Nor Bouyakoub at bouyakoubs@vcu.edu or visit http://www.launchgood.com/FeedYemenToday.