12:30 p.m.

VCU and community representatives will unveil four panels outside the Hermes A. Kontos Medical Sciences Building Auditorium, 1217 E. Marshall St., telling the history of the 19th-century human remains discovered in an abandoned well on the MCV Campus. Members of the VCU and VCU Health communities are invited to attend and stay for facilitated discussion/engagement afterward. Register to attend in person or watch the livestream at the following URL.

For more information, contact Ollie Carter` at cartero@alumni.vcu.edu or visit https://forms.gle/jkKcWM4ivfDfHi1p9.

1:15 p.m.

VCU's Muslim Student Association will hold Jummah (Friday) Prayer in the Virginia Rooms on the second floor of the University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. The first session will be at 1:15 p.m., the second at 2:15 p.m. Masks are required.

For more information, contact Muslim Student Association at VCU at vcumsa@gmail.com.

12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

VCU Biostatistics will present an online research seminar by Michael Love, Ph.D., Department of Genetics and Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Love will speak on "Isoform-Level Analysis, Auditable Transcriptomic Pipelines, and Single-Cell Allelic Imbalance: Swish, Tximeta, and Airpart Methods." Questions: https://biostatistics.vcu.edu/news/seminar/. To join, use the following 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.

6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

VCU's Institute for Contemporary Art at the Markel Center, 601 W. Broad St., will celebrate its new commissioned exhibition by South African artist Dineo Seshee Bopape, "Ile aye, moya, là, ndokh … harmonic conversations … mm." The event will feature music by Michael Demps and WRIR’s DJ Graybeard, an offering by poet and speaker Bayo Akomlafe and remarks by Bopape and curator Amber Esseiva. Refreshments and a cash bar will be available throughout the evening.

For more information, contact Stephanie Stanton at stantons@vcu.edu or visit https://icavcu.org/events/exhibition-opening-dineo-bopape/.

Thursday, Sep. 23, 2021 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Save $50 and earn $100. Stop by The Money Spot's table at The Commons on Linden Street on Sept. 23 or Sept. 24 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. to learn more about the Rams Rainy Day Fund initiative. A representative from Virginia Credit Union will be available to help you start your rainy day fund. Learn more about how you can earn $100 at themoneyspot.vcu.edu.

For more information, contact Carley Toney at finsuccess@vcu.edu or visit http://themoneyspot.vcu.edu.

Monday, Sep. 27, 2021 from noon to 1 p.m.

VCU Libraries, VCU's C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research and the VCU Postdoctoral Association will present a session via Zoom sponsored by the How-to Talks by Postdocs Series. Questions: https://vcu.libcal.com/event/8298703. Register at the following URL.

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

Tuesday, Sep. 28, 2021 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Demystify the college writing process by breaking it into manageable portions. This online workshop, sponsored by the VCU Writing Center, will also offer brainstorming and suggestions for staying ahead of deadlines. Register at the following URL.

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

Monday, Oct. 4, 2021 from noon to 1 p.m.

The Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research's Discovery Dialogues seminar will feature Lana Sargent, Ph.D., RN, assistant professor, Adult Health and Nursing Systems, via Zoom. 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://vcu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwpc-CprzgpG9zhlmHofAtqd1huszir-ft8.

Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021 from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

"Navigating Visibility at VCU and Beyond," a free IExcel Pop-up course for students, meets three times and explores the tensions surrounding issues of outness and visibility for LGBTQ+ people. Visibility is often considered critical for increasing awareness of and social acceptance for LGBTQ+ individuals, as it serves to disrupt and decenter cisnormative and heteronormative assumptions. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Jan Altman, Ph.D., IExcel Education executive director, at iexcel@vcu.edu or visit https://iexcel.vcu.edu/student-course-calendar/.

Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Pediatrics Interest Group at VCU School of Medicine will host the 13th Annual Pediatrics Conference at the James W. and Frances G. McGlothlin Medical Education Center, 1201 E. Marshall St. The keynote speaker will be Danny Avula, M.D., MPH, director of the Richmond and Henrico County Health Departments. Join us to develop clinical skills in suturing, airway management and childbirth, and network with clinicians, residents and students. Questions: Email vcusompig@gmail.com. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Sneha Krish at krishs2@vcu.edu or visit http://shorturl.at/jlJY6.

VCU Recreation and Well-Being will share the Resilience Lab's weekly guided meditation sessions at Cary Street Gym, 101 S. Linden St. Two 20-minute opportunities will be offered each week for live, guided practice which could include body scans, loving-kindness meditations and guided imagery. Sessions are suitable for all levels of practice. Registration required. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Mia Liadis at liadisa@vcu.edu or visit https://portal.recsports.vcu.edu/Program/GetProducts?classification=ba6719ad-670a-4fe6-b3ca-a2af495a3fb2.

VCU Libraries, VCU's C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research and the VCU Postdoctoral association will present the Fall 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/.

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 bimonthly 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) 628-6752 or visit https://redcap.vcu.edu/surveys/?s=NWWYMP4W44.

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.

VCU Health and Massey Cancer Center are conducting focus groups to understand the experiences of Black men who smoke or used to smoke and their opinions about lung cancer screening, smoking cessation and health care disparities in Virginia. Eligibility criteria: identify as a Black male, current or former smoker and 50 years old or older. If interested, contact Jasmine Blue at the following telephone number or email Blackchat@vcuhealth.org.

For more information, contact Rashelle Hayes at rashelle.hayes@vcuhealth.org or (804) 827-0000.