1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

VCU's College of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering will host Shanshan Yao, Ph.D., as a guest seminar speaker for its Graduate Student Seminar Series. Yao is an assistant professor at Stony Brook University in New York. Click on the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact the MNE Department at mneoffice@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/j/94738963000.

9 a.m.

Attend via Zoom the Fall 2021 Biostatistics Student Research Symposium (Day II) hosted by VCU's Department of Biostatistics. Students enrolled in the Biostatistics graduate program will present their research conducted during Summer 2021. The Zoom link is https://zoom.us/j/95733658725?pwd=OFBRaUdJd2RwdU9QUWNPY0RWRmxUdz09. The meeting ID is 957 3365 8725. The passcode is 373907.

For more information, contact Dipankar Bandyopadhyay at dbandyop@vcu.edu or visit https://biostatistics.vcu.edu/news/student-research-symposium-2021/.

Wednesday, Sep. 1, 2021 from noon to 1 p.m.

Drop by the University Counseling Services Prize Wheel in the lobby of the University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave., to meet counseling staff and peer health educators. Learn about suicide prevention, how to support a friend in distress and get information about helpful resources within UCS and across campus. Prizes and giveaways for all participants.

For more information, contact Caroline Coffill at cscoffill@vcu.edu or (804) 828-6200 or visit http://counseling.vcu.edu.

Tuesday, Sep. 7, 2021 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Adrienne Loker, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, will explain the link between trauma and substance use and what you can do as a person in recovery, ally, friend or family member to understand trauma and work with it. This online event will be sponsored by Rams in Recovery. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Emily Tompkins at tompkinsee@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/j/97668962610.

Tuesday, Sep. 14, 2021 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

VCU's Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence will present a workshop to explore practical applications of Zoom through the lenses of digital equity and accessibility. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Tiffany Freitas at freitast@vcu.edu or visit https://forms.gle/ujzUJj6Fm5TUWLP49.

VCU RecWell's Outdoor Adventure Program offers climbing clinics, free to VCU students and RecWell members, for all levels of experience. The clinics are held at the Cary Street Gym climbing wall, 101 S. Linden St., throughout the semester. Clinics include sport climbing, gym to crag, climbing technique and request-a-clinic.

For more information, contact Christina Spohn at spohncl@vcu.edu or visit https://recsports.vcu.edu/programs/outdoor-adventure-program/climbing-and-bouldering/.

Are you a health-care clinician or student who practices or trains in Virginia? If so, then you are likely eligible to participate in a survey study conducted by faculty at VCU. We are interested in how health-care professionals have learned behavioral health counseling, specifically motivational interviewing. Those who complete the 20-minute survey will be entered into a bi-monthly gift-card drawing. Click on the following link to participate.

For more information, contact Rashelle Hayes, Ph.D., at rashelle.hayes@vcuhealth.org or (804) 827-3695 or visit https://redcap.vcu.edu/surveys/?s=NWWYMP4W44.

We are inviting male and female patients with diabetic neuropathy ages 18-75 to participate in a research investigation into the effects of noninvasive brain stimulation on pain perception. This study involves transcranial magnetic stimulation, which is a noninvasive and widely used brain stimulation technique. It also involves completing surveys and undergoing tests to evaluate perceptions of pain. Volunteers will be compensated for their time. You are only required to come once for the study and it will take approximately two to two-and-a-half hours to complete the study. The study is conducted within the VCU Neuromuscular Rehabilitation Engineering Lab at 737 N. Fifth St. Questions: Email Edmund Acevedo, Ph.D., at eoacevedo@vcu.edu or Bhushan Thakkar at the following address.

For more information, contact Bhushan Thakkar at thakkarbs2@vcu.edu or (804) 300-5578.