10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Levels Up Academy is a free, community-inspired, audio storytelling program for Richmond’s rising generation. Come have coffee and cookies with students at the ICA Café, 601 W. Broad St. They will be conducting interviews while they learn about the art of audio storytelling.

For more information, contact Hannah McHugh at icacmc@vcu.edu.

Tuesday, Jul. 8, 2025 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

The event, hosted by Ivy Bell, VCU Health Hub’s certified community health worker, will be at 1330 N. 25th St., Suite A. The Hub Club is a wellness group which offers participants the opportunity to share stories, listen to music, practice mindfulness and build connections. Hub Club is held every second and fourth Tuesday.

For more information, contact VCU Health Hub at vcuhealthhub@vcu.edu.

Monday, Jul. 7, 2025 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

VCU Psychology invites participation in two studies. One - A study on including video materials in school teaching to make classes more engaging. Two - A study on how people react to fictional characters. Participants will fill out a 10-minute online questionnaire and complete both studies in one lab session that will take about an hour. See details and find out if you are eligible at the following URL.

For more information, contact VCU HSS at vcuhss@gmail.com or (804) 554-0584 or visit https://redcap.vcu.edu/surveys/?s=3AJY3KMHN7NF87TY.

Join the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs Team. Looking to become involved and gain valuable experience this upcoming year? OMSA is hiring and has multiple part-time student positions open for passionate, creative and community-minded students. Current openings include graduate assistant for Multicultural Student Affairs, graphic design and marketing graduate assistant, Federal Work Study office assistant, FWS marketing/social media manager and FWS photographer/videographer. Applications must be submitted through the Handshake App. Links for all positions can be found at the following URL.

For more information, contact David Brown at dgbrown@vcu.edu or visit https://linktr.ee/vcuomsa.

VCU is offering Introduction to Conversational Spanish I and II (online, one-credit courses) this fall for individuals at any level (Aug. 26 to Dec. 12, 2025). VCU and VCU Health employees may be eligible to use tuition benefits; employees should check with their HR representative to confirm eligibility. Learn more and register at ocpe.vcu.edu/languages. Offered in collaboration with VCU Continuing and Professional Education and the VCU School of World Studies.

For more information, contact Shelly Schuetz at ssschuetz@vcu.edu.

The Translational Research on Eating and Affect Lab is recruiting adolescents and young adults assigned female at birth (aged 12-25) for a brain imaging study to understand risky decision-making in individuals who have concerns about their body shape/weight, overeat, purge, use laxatives, diet severely or exercise excessively. The project will also include an investigation of these processes in individuals without a psychological disorder. Participants will be compensated. For more information, email the TREAT lab at the following address. See the survey at the following URL.

For more information, contact the TREAT Lab (or Serena Gu, Sam O'Brien, Clinical Research Coordinator, or Kelsey Hagan, Ph.D., PI) at treatlab@vcuhealth.org or (804) 827-4174 or visit https://redcap.vcu.edu/surveys/?s=48YEAYT8MK33E8EJ.

Black women ages 18-35 are invited to share their experiences or lack of experience with resistance exercise (e.g., lifting weights, resistance bands, body weight exercises) along with their desired features of a mobile app aimed to help guide and track their exercise regimens. Women will be invited to complete a one-time interview plus two surveys at a local library of their choice. Compensation is available. Check for eligibility at the following URL.

For more information, contact Chloe Jones at jonesc53@vcu.edu.

The Mid-Atlantic Twin Registry (MATR) is a group of twins and their families who are willing to consider taking part in twin-based, health-related research. The MATR welcomes twins of any age, ethnicity and zygosity (identical or fraternal). All twins (triplets, etc.) in the VCU community are invited to register and encouraged to pass on information about the group to other twins.

For more information, contact Mid-Atlantic Twin Registry at matr@vcu.edu or (804) 828-8116 or visit https://matr.vcu.edu/.

This study seeks adult participants who have given birth in the last 24 months and have experienced perinatal depression. A diverse set of participants are sought who are at least 18 years old and who access social media for information related to mental health. The purpose of this study is to understand birthing people’s use of social media for information related to perinatal depression. Participants may benefit from increased self-understanding. In-person focus groups will require approximately two hours and will be held at a location to be determined later. This study explores the connection between social media use and perinatal depression. The principle investigators are Mariam Alkazemi, Ph.D.; Susan Bodner-Deren, Ph.D.; and Bushra Shah, M.D. Its IRB protocol number is HM20029210. For more information, reach out to Susan Bodner-Deren at smbodnar@vcu.edu. Sign up at the following URL.

For more information, contact Susan Bodnar-Deren and/or Maggie Bertsche at smbodnar@vcu.edu or visit https://vcurobertsonschool.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0rM0IA9nIDESzL8.

The Research on Excessive, Persistent and Emotion-Based Actions and Traits (REPEAT) Lab at VCU is conducting a brain imaging study to understand decision-making processes in adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Participants will be compensated for participating in this study.

For more information, contact REPEAT Lab at repeat@vcu.edu or (804) 828-2658 or visit https://tinyurl.com/25wnkh7z.