11 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Top Hat is now free for VCU students and can be used by instructors to increase student engagement, gauge student comprehension and foster a sense of community. Join VCU Academic Technologies and Top Hat specialists for an overview of classroom polling, slide presentations, gradebook sync and low-cost interactive textbooks. Questions: https://go.vcu.edu/tophat. Click on https://tophat.zoom.us/j/4468339464 for the Zoom link. To register visit the following URL (search keyword: Top Hat).

For more information, contact Jana Avery at jcavery@vcu.edu or visit https://training.vcu.edu.

7 p.m.

Richmond-based artist and VCU alumna Joan Gaustad will launch her new book, "Someone’s Missing ... and I Think It’s Me: Our Great Adventure with Dementia," a hybrid of memoir and art. Joining her will be her longtime friend and first reader, Sara Monroe, M.D., VCU emeritus professor of infectious disease. The event is free and open to all and will be held in person but will also be live-streamed through Zoom. The event will be sponsored by VCU Libraries. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Gregory Kimbrell at kimbrellgg@vcu.edu or (804) 393-2951 or visit https://www.library.vcu.edu/about/events/2021-2022/gaustad.html.

Thursday, Sep. 9, 2021 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

VCU's Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence will present a workshop on Jupyter Notebooks. The workshop will introduce participants to the use of the free online python coding tool implemented in the Google Colaboratory app to enhance student understanding of mathematical topics and scientific concepts primarily described by mathematical models. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Tiffany Freitas at freitast@vcu.edu or visit https://forms.gle/SNZyF2VVMXCeZreX6.

Friday, Sep. 10, 2021 from noon to 1 p.m.

VCU Biostatistics will sponsor an online seminar, "Statistical Methods for Analyzing Chromatin Conformation Data," by Yun Li, Ph.D., Department of Genetics and Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Questions: https://biostatistics.vcu.edu/news/seminar/. Click on the following URL for the Zoom link. The meeting ID is 923 1735 5766. The passcode is 364454.

For more information, contact Dipankar Bandyopadhyay at dbandyop@vcu.edu or visit https://zoom.us/j/92317355766?pwd=My9Ud2dXdU44OU9WTk92SnZobEFqUT09.

Monday, Sep. 13, 2021 from 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Join VCU Human Resources and Bill Giesen from Fidelity in this virtual session to learn about available investment options and how to get started. Questions: https://ramstrong.vcu.edu/. Register in Talent@VCU or at the following URL.

For more information, contact Cindi Phares at cphares@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1521 or visit https://bit.ly/3B5TKg8.

Monday, Sep. 13, 2021 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

VCU Online will sponsor an overview of synchronous or live sessions in online learning and how instructors can best organize their sessions for optimum student engagement. Questions: Email VCU Online Professional Development team at OnlinePD@vcu.edu. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Brianne Jackson at bljackson@vcu.edu or visit https://vcuonline.catalog.vcu.edu/browse/vcuonlineworkshops/courses/quality-live-sessions-for-online-courses.

Tuesday, Sep. 14, 2021 from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

What makes a group different from a team? VCU's Human Relations Office of Learning, Development and Organizational Culture will offer a virtual course to help design effective teams and diagnose issues of context, team process and structure. Register in Talent@VCU at the following URL. The course closes five days in advance of the session date to allow for time to view a preparatory video.

For more information, contact Penny McFarline at mcfarlinep@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.csod.com/samldefault.aspx?returnUrl=%252fDeepLink%252fProcessRedirect.aspx%253fmodule%253dlodetails%2526lo%253d2b8b16f4-2553-44f0-ac93-70dd50d3b12b.

Wednesday, Sep. 22, 2021 from noon to 1 p.m.

Digital archiving is important to organize, manage and preserve essential digital documents, data and other information. This online session of VCU Libraries' "Advance Your Research" focuses on strategies to organize and preserve your most important research information, with a special emphasis on the thesis and dissertation process. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Sue Robinson at srobinson26@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.libcal.com/calendar/workshops/lose.

Friday, Oct. 1, 2021 at 5 p.m.

VCU's Center for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Care is accepting abstracts for the 10th annual Emswiller Interprofessional Symposium: “Adapting and Advancing, Interprofessional Education in a Post-Pandemic World." The symposium will be held Feb. 5, 2022 at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, 1800 Lakeside Ave. Some online components will be available for those who cannot travel. Questions: Email ipecenter@vcu.edu. Abstracts should be submitted before 11:59 p.m. Oct. 1 to the following URL.

For more information, contact Melissa Burton at mhburton@vcu.edu or (804) 828-2898 or visit https://rampages.us/ipe-symposium/abstract/.

Private and semi-private swim lessons are conducted by water safety instructors who will tailor lessons to meet individual swimming and fitness goals for ages 3 and up. Instructors are assigned according to individual schedules, instructor availability and to best meet the individual's specific needs. Two-, four- and six-hour private and semi-private lesson packages are available. Classes are at Cary Street Gym Aquatic Center, 101 S. Linden St. RecWell does not offer participant matching for semi-private swim lessons, so participants who do not have a partner should register for private swim lessons.

For more information, contact Amanda Simmons at alsimmons@vcu.edu or visit https://recsports.vcu.edu/programs/aquatics/private-and-semi-private-swim-lessons/.

Join RecWell's Outdoor Adventure Program for trips throughout the fall semester. Explore spaces in and near Richmond on single-day trips. Venture out to Virginia’s coast and mountains on one- or two-night trips. Trips are beginner friendly. Learn new skills and make new friends.

For more information, contact Karl Schmidt at kmschmidt@vcu.edu or visit https://recsports.vcu.edu/programs/outdoor-adventure-program/trips-clinics-weekly-activities/.

Researchers are looking for volunteers who were recently diagnosed with COVID to participate in the COVID-CARE study. Volunteers must be aged 18 and older, have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the last 48 hours and be located within the Richmond area. Volunteers will be asked to review and electronically sign an informed consent document, complete online surveys, and complete two COVID tests at home provided at no cost. If you are selected for the study, you will be compensated for your time. To access the study’s website and see if eligible, go to the following URL.

For more information, contact Mandy Adams at study4u@vcu.edu or (804) 827-3784 or visit http://www.covidcarestudy.org/.

We are inviting male and female Type 2 diabetes patients with painful diabetic neuropathy ages 18-75 to participate in a research investigation of a new treatment to alleviate pain and examine its effects on pain perception. In addition to the new treatment, this study involves completing surveys and undergoing tests to evaluate perceptions of pain. Volunteers will be compensated for their time. Participants are only required to come once for the study. The study is conducted within the VCU Neuromuscular Rehabilitation Engineering Lab. Questions: Email Bhushan Thakkar at the following email address or Edmund Acevedo, Ph.D., FACSM, at eoacevedo@vcu.edu.

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