3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

This session with artist, activist and educator Emily Sara, whose work intersects at the crossroads between disability and design, will cover practical strategies for addressing accessibility needs while looking at design innovations developed by artists with disabilities. The event will be hosted by the VCU Libraries Workshop.

For more information, contact Gregory Kimbrell at kimbrellgg@vcu.edu or (804) 393-2951 or visit https://www.library.vcu.edu/about/events/2020-2021/wednesdays-in-the-workshop.html.

4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

VCU's Honors College will host Bernard Means, Ph.D., assistant professor of anthropology, for a Berglund seminar. Means will discuss the fossils owned by America's founding fathers through both a research approach and a graphic version in comic-book format. He will also explore how the presence of fossils of large animals shaped America's image as an academic leader on the global stage. Contact the following email for the event link.

For more information, contact Jared Johnson at jajohnson4@vcu.edu.

5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The Cultural Experience of Middle Eastern and South Asian Women at VCU will host a discussion about pregnancy and the stigma against Middle Eastern and South Asian women surrounding reproduction. Click on the following URL for the Zoom link.

For more information, contact Afsheen Ali at alia22@vcu.edu or visit https://us04web.zoom.us/j/75829269871?pwd=WmNxNVljQTB6eUNVVXBpU0NhQzJPUT09.

5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Shannon Eastwood, director of strategy at Mobelux and a 2018 MPI graduate, will participate in a Q&A at a general information session hosted by VCU's da Vinci Center about its cross-disciplinary graduate program. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Lloyd Young at youngel3@vcu.edu or visit https://connect.business.vcu.edu/register/mpi-april-21.

5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

William Burke of VCU's Pre-Professional Health Advising will discuss the requirements for the pre-dental track and its value in preparation for dental school applications at a general body meeting of the Dental Club at VCU. Click on the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Dental Club at VCU at Dentalclub.vcu@gmail.com or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/j/91841533923.

7 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.

Join Peer Health Educators from VCU's Health Promotion and Well-Being Center for an interactive session showing some tips for when you and your peers choose to drink alcohol. Sign up using RamsConnect.

For more information, contact Peer Health Advisors at peerhealth@vcu.edu or visit http://cglink.me/2dV/r1056665.

7 p.m.

United Healthcare Network will host an online opportunity to discuss current events and their long-term effects in the health-care field. The event will be open to all VCU students. VCU students who want to attend will be able to pick up free pizza before the event. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact UHCN at UHCNatVCU@vcu.edu or visit https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85051295094?pwd=QXB2VEpyR05oUDVpRzA0K2phOW8wdz09.

7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

VCU's Poetry Club will host a writing workshop for feedback on individual poems. 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/91221093309.

7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Rams in Recovery will host a session featuring Jan Brown, who will discuss the future of activism for people in recovery from addiction. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Emily Tompkins at tompkinsee@vcu.edu or visit http://bit.ly/3ofT5SB.

Thursday, Apr. 8, 2021 from 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Leila Christenbury, Ed.D, talks about how getting children excited about reading is a critical step toward academic success and life-long learning. Questions: https://www.library.vcu.edu/about/events/2020-2021/community-zooms.html or email libdevelop@vcu.edu. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Gregory Kimbrell at kimbrellgg@vcu.edu or (804) 393-2951 or visit https://forms.gle/RDxaKxY4opJEk6iJ9.

Thursday, Apr. 8, 2021 from noon to 1 p.m.

The Pace Center, 700 W. Franklin St., will feature Bánh Xèo, a Vietnamese stuffed rice pancake, at its community café. The cost is $1.

For more information, contact Cherie Vendiola at vendiolacfo@vcu.eduj or (571) 665-1953.

Thursday, Apr. 8, 2021 from 5 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.

VCU's Alexandrian Society will host a lecture by Justene Hill Edwards, Ph.D., assistant professor, Corcoran Department of History, University of Virginia. The lecture, free and open to all, will examine the development of capitalism in the South as well as the economic lives of enslaved people. Click on the following URL for the Zoom link.

For more information, contact Aaron Pirnat, President, Alexandrian Society, at pirnatam@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/j/2380564489.

Thursday, Apr. 8, 2021 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Srinivasa Ramanujan, one of the most inspirational figures in the history of mathematics, was a gifted amateur mathematician from south India who left behind three notebooks that engineers, mathematicians and physicists continue to mine today. Ken Ono, D.O., Thomas Jefferson Professor of Mathematics, University of Virginia, will discuss why Ramanujan matters today and share clips from the film, “The Man Who Knew Infinity,” which starred Dev Patel and Jeremy Irons. Ono served as an associate producer and mathematical consultant for the film. The talk is part of VCU's Mathematics and Applied Mathematics Colloquium Series.

For more information, contact Nicola Tarasca at tarascan@vcu.edu or visit https://sites.google.com/vcu.edu/math-colloquium.

Thursday, Apr. 8, 2021 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Ashley Williams, yoga therapist and founder of Mindful On Life and BareSOUL Yoga, will discuss why inner work is necessary for civic action and how individual awareness and self-identity can be used to pursue collective resilience. The event is part of a speaker series co-sponsored and organized by VCU's Center for Community Engagement and Impact. Register at the following URL. Questions: http://rvaengage.org/civicaction.

For more information, contact Katie Elliot at elliottkl@vcu.edu or visit https://planrva-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_x025feKiRVyZxNXuwpePGA.

Thursday, Apr. 8, 2021 at 8 p.m.

The concert will feature the VCU Jazz Orchestra II, directed by Professor Toby Whitaker, and the VCU Small Jazz Ensembles, directed by Whitaker and Professor Tony Martucci. Music by Barnett, Bernstein, Carter, Coltrane, Eisenberg, Ellington, Golson, Harris, Hodges, Shorter, Stapleton, Strayhorn and Whitaker will be played. Admission to the livestream at the following URL is free.

For more information, contact Antonio Garcia at ajgarcia@vcu.edu or visit https://go.vcu.edu/concerthall.

Tuesday, Apr. 13, 2021 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Learn how to facilitate a collaborative presentation through an interactive lecture in VoiceThread. TakeBreakMake is a virtual hands-on workshop series, exploring creative and alternative uses of technology for instruction and is a joint program between the VCU Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence and Innovative Media at VCU Libraries. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL. Questions: https://www.library.vcu.edu/about/events/2020-2021/takebreakmake.html.

For more information, contact Gregory Kimbrell at kimbrellgg@vcu.edu or (804) 393-2951 or visit https://www.library.vcu.edu/about/events/2020-2021/wednesdays-in-the-workshop.html.

Wednesday, Apr. 14, 2021 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Greg Carey, Ph.D., University of Maryland, will be featured in this month’s Changing the Face of Science Diversity Speaker Series. The interactive question-and-answer session will be facilitated by Collective Corazón at VCU. Questions: https://healthdisparities.vcu.edu/. Click on the following URL for the Zoom link.

For more information, contact Ettora Burrell at ettora.burrell@vcuhealth.org or (804) 828-6890 or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/j/98731295826.

Thursday, Apr. 15, 2021 from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

As part of the MCV Campus Reunion Weekend, VCU Alumni will host a panel of alumni from diverse backgrounds who will share their stories and experiences as both students and practitioners, reflecting on the support and strategies they have used to thrive as health care professionals in spite of racial inequities. An informal follow-up discussion and networking session will provide those who attend the opportunity to converse in small groups with a panel member and school representative. This event is open to all and is co-sponsored by VCU Health Equity Initiative and is part of the History and Health: Racial Equity series. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Lauren Leavy at mcvaareunion@vcu.edu or visit https://web.cvent.com/event/2abb8bae-d00d-48af-b3a1-a72676de5c11/websitePage:645d57e4-75eb-4769-b2c0-f201a0bfc6ce.

Thursday, Apr. 15, 2021 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

VCU P.R.I.M.E. will host a virtual event with speakers from Emerging Healthcare Leaders, HEAL @ VCU and Pre-health Shadowing to connect the organizations with minority students for shadowing opportunities.

For more information, contact Lugene Qawasmi at vcuprime@gmail.com.

Friday, Apr. 16, 2021 from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Share how your life is impacted in this time of continuing and cumulative crisis and change. As you witness, experience or relive racism, you may yearn for a safe space to reflect and share. RAMmalogues sessions include a short guided meditation, time for reflection and a braver/safer space for dialogue about living and learning amid racism during a pandemic. RAMmalogues is offered by Inclusive Excellence and led by trained facilitators provided by Kimbrough Consulting. RAMmalogues is now part of IExcel’s new Bridges to Inclusion project. Register at the following URL.

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

Friday, Apr. 16, 2021 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Alpha Kappa Delta, International Sociology Honor Society will host a social activism panel featuring Richmond community leaders at its induction ceremony. Panelists will include Chelsea Higgs Wise, Omari Al-Qadaffi and Zenobia Bey, who will discuss personal experiences in social justice and community organizing. Questions: Email Alexandra Quezada at arquezada@vcu.edu. Click on the following URL for the Zoom link.

For more information, contact Alice Quach at quacham@mymail.vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/j/98376573164.

Thursday, Apr. 22, 2021 from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Google has added many exciting features to Meet and Chat for team collaboration. Collaboration Services invites you to learn all about Meet and Chat to make you the master of team collaboration. Register at the following URL.

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

Friday, Apr. 30, 2021 from noon to 5:30 p.m.

VCU WISDM will present its 29th annual conference, featuring keynote speaker Jennifer Hunt, M.D., University of Florida, author of Amazon best-selling book “Unlocking your Authentic Self” and spotlight speaker Katherine Wintsch, author of Parade magazine award-winning book “Slay Like a Mother.” Those who register for this CE-approved activity will receive a copy of Wintsch’s book. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Deborah Stewart at deborah.stewart@vcuhealth.org or visit https://vcu.cloud-cme.com/course/courseoverview?P=0&EID=17466.

The Commonwealth Times' weekly newsletter features editor’s picks and choice reads of the week. The newsletter also includes a downloadable PDF of the week’s print issue and links to stories on the website. Subscribe at the following URL.

For more information, contact Sarah Elson at elsonsp@commonwealthtimes.org or visit https://commonwealthtimes.org.

Based on recent events impacting Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, the VCU Health Office of Diversity Equity and Inclusion and VCU Health Sciences academic units will host safe spaces for any VCU Health team member and VCU Health Sciences students, staff or faculty member to talk about recent events and share their lived experiences. Sessions will be moderated by trained counselors and facilitators and are completely voluntary. Register at the following URL for a session on April 7 or 8.

For more information, contact Adam Austin at acaustin@vcu.edu or visit https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C4BAEAB2AAAFCC16-diversity.

A draft of the policy for Preventing and Responding to Discrimination is available for public comment by April 19. The draft policy can be found at the following URL.

For more information, contact Jason Block at blockj2@vcu.edu or visit https://policy.vcu.edu/universitywide-policies/policies-open-for-public-comment/.

A study about mental health and related topics is being conducted by the Healthy Minds Study team at University of Michigan’s School of Public Health and VCU's Division of Student Affairs. Students who participate can enter to win one of 20 $100 credits to VCU RamTech and Barnes & Noble. Anonymously share your experiences with VCU's Health Promotion and Well-Being Center (The Well) at the following URL. Questions: http://thewell.vcu.edu.

For more information, contact Trisha Saunders at trsaunders@vcu.edu or visit https://umich.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2rzL4X2NoHbibHM.