12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

VCU Libraries, the VCU C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research and the VCU Postdoctoral Association will present the next installment of the 2021 How-to Talks by Postdocs Series. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Stacey Wahl at swahl@vcu.edu or visit https://rampages.us/howtotalks/upcoming/.

2 p.m.

VCU's Recreational Sports Outdoor Adventure Program will host a climbing challenge through March 31. Climbers are challenged to set a personal record or compete against friends to climb a total of 2,900 feet to ascend the 35-foot high face of El Capitan on the Cary Street Gym Climbing Wall. Climbers can help the OAP reach its goal of climbing 29,035 vertical feet to the peak of Everest. All levels of experience are welcome. Register at the Climbing Wall.

For more information, contact Sam Albert at outdoors@vcu.edu or visit https://recsports.vcu.edu/programs/outdoor-adventure-program/climbing-and-bouldering/#march.

5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

This event, hosted by VCU's Student Government Association, will focus on honest and transformative conversations between White and Black women in the academic environment. Five panelists will explore such topics as recognizing unconscious bias, engaging in difficult conversations and implementing antiracist behavior in a professional setting. All VCU and VCU Health students, faculty and staff are invited to participate. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Ann Kee at keesa@vcu.edu or visit http://cglink.me/2dV/r1006877.

Tuesday, Mar. 2, 2021 from 11 a.m. to noon

The VCU Writing Center and Focused Inquiry Learning Lounge will host a workshop to help students improve citations and other American Psychological Association-style writing skills. Questions: https://focusedinquiry.vcu.edu/the-fi-learning-lounge-fill/. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Hannah Franz at askinh@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcvce-opj4vEtzOVxWejxCIjdGg5jGA53wc.

Tuesday, Mar. 2, 2021 from noon to 1:30 p.m.

Ryan Dennis focuses on African American contemporary art with an emphasis on socially engaged practices, site-specific projects and public interventions. He will give a lecture for the Wavelength online series, which brings together artists, designers, curators and scholars. Wavelength is a collaboration involving VCUarts, the ICA at VCU and VCUarts Qatar. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Stephanie Stanton at stantons@vcu.edu or visit https://icavcu.org/events/wavelength-ryan-dennis/.

Tuesday, Mar. 2, 2021 from noon to 12:45 p.m.

Join the Office of Student Experience as nurse practitioner Joy Zeh will discuss the terms and practices associated with caring for HIV-positive patients. She will also focus on the timeline of HIV and biases related to treating this population. The session is designed with health sciences students in mind. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Office of Student Experience at studentexp@vcu.edu or visit https://www.pubapps.vcu.edu/vphs/OSEReg/Form.aspx?EventTypeID=13.

Tuesday, Mar. 2, 2021 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

VCU's School of Education will present on Zoom an informational session in Curriculum and Instruction. RSVP at the following URL.

For more information, contact Cheyanne Brown at browncl27@vcu.edu or (914) 310-3287 or visit https://soe.vcu.edu/events/info-sessions-open-houses/.

Tuesday, Mar. 2, 2021 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

This workshop, which will focus on cover letters, is the third in a series of six sessions about career preparation. Register on Handshake at the following URL.

For more information, contact Elizabeth Engel at careers@vcu.edu or visit https://app.joinhandshake.com/events/686693.

Tuesday, Mar. 2, 2021 from 5:30 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.

Join the Office of Student Experience as guest speaker Karen Gilliam discusses loan forgiveness options and provides available resources to professional and graduate students. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Office of Student Experience at studentexp@vcu.edu or visit https://www.pubapps.vcu.edu/vphs/OSEReg/Form.aspx?EventTypeID=12.

Tuesday, Mar. 2, 2021 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

VCU's Division for Health Sciences Diversity will present a conversation with Sampson Davis, M.D., an emergency room physician and New York Times best-selling author. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact VCU P.R.I.M.E (Pre-health and Related Interests Mentoring Experiences), at vcuprime@gmail.com or visit https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJItc-qqqzssGNaOVV9Z80ZNn6PfK2l1a1Ka.

Tuesday, Mar. 2, 2021 from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

MPI graduate Isaiah Harvin will participate in a Q&A about the center's cross-disciplinary graduate program. Harvin is a product manager at HBO Max. General information about the program will also be available. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Lloyd Young at youngel3@vcu.edu or visit https://connect.business.vcu.edu/register/mpi-march.

Tuesday, Mar. 2, 2021 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Bring a favorite poem to discuss at a Poetry Club event. Click on the following URL for the Zoom link.

For more information, contact Maheen Farooqi at farooqims@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/j/96214040552.

Wednesday, Mar. 3, 2021 from 11 a.m. to noon

VCU’s Writing Center will present an interactive session focusing on the tools necessary to establish ideas in a strong, logical manner to hook readers and entice them to read more. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Trey Burnart Hall at hallbr@vcu.edu or visit https://writing.vcu.edu/events/.

Wednesday, Mar. 3, 2021 from noon to 1 p.m.

Students in VCU's School of Pharmacy will discuss proper medication and prescription drug safety at an online program hosted by the Health and Wellness Library. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact K.J. Ricasata at ricasatakj@vcu.edu or (804) 828-2432 or visit https://vcu.libcal.com/event/7561587.

Thursday, Mar. 4, 2021 from noon to 1 p.m.

VCU's C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research and the Health Sciences Library will present the next installment in their lunch research seminars. Roy Sabo, Ph.D., associate professor, biostatistics, will discuss rationale randomly selecting and allocating subjects in health and medical research studies. Questions: http://www.cctr.vcu.edu. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Pamela Dillon, Pharm.D., research liaison, at pmdillon@vcu.edu or (804) 827-1519 or visit https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEqceioqzwoHNdsNWLrCr7eg14wfQPA7ZOy.

Thursday, Mar. 4, 2021 at 4 p.m.

VCUarts Department of Kinetic Imaging and the Institute for Contemporary Art at the Markel Center will host Tony Cokes for an artist talk and conversation with Amber Esseiva, ICA associate curator. Cokes is a visual artist whose work centers on popular culture and mass media. Click on the following URL for the Zoom link.

For more information, contact Kathryn Wirtz at wirtzkr@vcu.edu or (703) 945-4802 or visit https://arts.vcu.edu/community/news/artist-lecture-tony-cokes/.

Thursday, Mar. 4, 2021 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Celebrate campus traditions, like VCU basketball. Students Today, Alumni Tomorrow wants you to drop by the Rams Lounge to pick up an official T-shirt to celebrate Rams basketball and the Atlantic-10 Tournament.

For more information, contact Catherine Ruiz-Romero at ruizromec@mymail.vcu.edu.

Thursday, Mar. 4, 2021 from 7 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

VCU's Society of Women Engineers will host a trivia night. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Anisha Beladia at beladiaar@vcu.edu or (571) 208-6049 or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/j/94661916903.

Friday, Mar. 5, 2021 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

A selection of nearly 20 works covers nearly 10 years of work by Harold Mendez. Comprising sculpture, printmaking and photography, Mendez invites the viewer to explore the tension between fiction and truth, visibility and absence, and how history and geography shape our sense of self and our relationship to the world. The exhibit will be on display at the Institute for Contemporary Art at the Markel Center, 601 W. Broad St., March 5-June 27.

For more information, contact Stephanie Stanton at stantons@vcu.edu or visit https://icavcu.org/exhibitions/harold-mendez-let-us-gather/.

Thursday, Mar. 11, 2021 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Learn about VCU's Evening MBA program at a webinar hosted by the School of Business. This online presentation will provide applicants with an overview of the program, curriculum and admissions process. A Q&A session will also be included. Questions: Call (804) 828-4622 or email gsib@vcu.edu. Click on the Zoom link at https://vcu.zoom.us/j/95404294277. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Austen Gouldman at gouldmana@vcu.edu or (804) 828-6408 or visit https://business.vcu.edu/about-us/events/graduate-studies/webinar/evening-mba-program-webinar-031121.

Women in Science, Dentistry and Medicine Faculty Organization’s 29th annual leadership conference, “You Belong Here! Imposter Syndrome: What Is It, How to Recognize It and How to Overcome It” will be available via Zoom. Keynote speaker Jennifer Hunt, M.D., University of Florida, will discuss “A Secret Truth About the Gender Leadership Gap.” The conference will also feature two workshops and a spotlight session.

For more information, contact Deborah Stewart at deborah.stewart@vcuhealth.org.

Nominations are being accepted through March 8 for the 2021 WISDM Professional Achievement Award, which recognizes a School of Medicine woman who is a role model and mentor; promoting the professional development of other women faculty.

For more information, contact Deborah Stewart at deborah.stewart@vcuhealth.org or (804) 551-4122 or visit https://medschool.vcu.edu/about/deans-office/facultyaffairs/wims/.

The Dean of Libraries and University Librarian candidate forums are now available. For candidate privacy with Zoom, the forums were not presented to a live online audience but were recorded. The university community was asked to submit questions on the search webpage which were used during the Q&A period. Forum recording and feedback forms are available at the following URL. Feedback for this search will close at 5 p.m. on March 2.

For more information, contact Jenn Arce at jmarce@vcu.edu or visit https://provost.vcu.edu/searches/libraries/candidates/.

The Friends of VCU Libraries invite current students and alumni of the previous five years (2016-2020) to submit designs for a T-shirt and other uses. The deadline for submissions is March 28. The prize is $500. The design prompt is: What is your interpretation of VCU Libraries?

For more information, contact Sue Robinson at srobinson26@vcu.edu or visit https://www.library.vcu.edu/about/news/2021-news/fol-contest-2021.html.

Share with VCU REAL how the COVID pandemic and the demonstrations against racism and injustice impacted you and your career goals by filling out our National Survey of College Internships at the following URL. You’ll be in the running for a $50 gift card.

For more information, contact Erin Webster Garrett at elwebstergarr@vcu.edu or visit http://bit.ly/NSCIvcu.

VCU Libraries, the C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research and the VCU Postdoctoral Association will present the 2021 How-to Talks by Postdocs Series. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Stacey Wahl at swahl@vcu.edu or visit https://rampages.us/howtotalks/upcoming/.

The Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Inquiry is partnering with VCU's Student Opportunity Center to host its annual symposium as an online event. Asynchronous video presentations will make up the sessions for all presentation types and disciplines. Undergraduates from all disciplines are encouraged to present and participate. The deadline for submissions is April 12.

For more information, contact Herb Hill, Director of Undergraduate Research and Creative Inquiry at urop@vcu.edu or visit https://provost.vcu.edu/initiatives/urop/poster/.

The Institute of Drug and Alcohol Studies is inviting volunteers aged 18-70 to participate in a research study to add to the science for developing new treatments for people with alcohol use disorder. Study volunteers can be people who don’t drink, drink sometimes, drink every day, or used to drink but now don’t. The study is one to four visits at the CARI Clinic (free parking) and involves answering questions about yourself, playing games on the computer, a physical exam and an MRI scan. Research is private and respectful. Volunteers are paid for their time. To complete a brief interview to see if you may be eligible, call the following telephone number or email study4u@vcu.edu.

For more information, contact Mandy Adams at msadams@vcu.edu or (804) 827-3784 or visit https://idas.vcu.edu/research/.

Are you 18 years of age or above and self-identify as Black/African American? Consider the Race and Trust in Institutions Study. The purpose of the study is to explore how public incidents involving law enforcement and African Americans may affect mental health and institutional trust. All data will be held confidential. SONA Research credit is available for participants in this study. Non-SONA participants will be entered into a raffle for one of 10 gift cards for $25.

For more information, contact Shawn Jones, Ph.D., MHS, at scjones4@vcu.edu or visit https://upenn.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_exJm7tfXWwzyGxf.

VCU's ASPEN Lab (Advanced Signal Processing in Engineering and Neuroscience) is enrolling individuals for a study involving virtual reality and EEG brain signal measurements. Participants must be 18 years or older and in good general health with no pre-existing serious medical conditions. Dates and times for participating are flexible. Questions: Dean Krusienski, Ph.D., principal investigator, at djkrusienski@vcu.edu.

For more information, contact Meghan Kumar at kumarm2@vcu.edu or (804) 827-1890 or visit https://sites.google.com/vcu.edu/aspenlab.