11 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Join VCU's staff of immigration advisers to discuss the implications of the Department of Homeland Security's recent change to the F and J visa regulations, including the elimination of Duration of Status (D/S). This webinar is intended only for VCU F-1 and J-1 students. Advance registration with your VCU credentials is required. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Caitie Cavalier at cavalierc@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/meeting/register/OIEMCqZfR-ugbgssMv06YQ .

Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Join Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center to welcome Chidinma Ibe, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, to share her research via Zoom on the involvement of community members in the research process. She will share how she has partnered with community to create a tool to help monitor and evaluate community engagement in research. This session is geared for those who want to learn more about community engagement in research, become more involved in the research process and are interested in learning more about the scientific discoveries that are changing how groups work together to imagine a future without cancer. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Katelyn Schifano at engagemassey@vcu.edu or visit https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/T43ciYKZQUGFAtgN9dn3MA.

This online course developed by VCU's Department of Philosophy via Continuing and Professional Education (CPE) will return Tuesday, Sept. 8-Tuesday, Oct. 13. Prepare to tackle the challenges of AI within the modern workplace by exploring essential ethical considerations and challenges in privacy, accountability, transparency and fairness. VCU alumni, staff and faculty discounts are available. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Laura Wilson at wilsonl14@vcu.edu or visit https://www.continuingstudies.vcu.edu/CourseStatus.awp3?&course=27-LW-004.

Recruiting individuals ages 18+ who have had chronic pain and sleep disturbance for at least three months. Participants will be compensated up to $120 for participation in this treatment study.

For more information, contact Lara LoBrutto at inpact@vcu.edu or visit https://redcap.vcu.edu/surveys/?s=W48JM9TMYTCJEDWT.

The Research in Athlete and Military Health Sciences (RAMHS) group is seeking participants ages 14-30 years to complete a research study assessing hip muscle function following ankle sprains. You may participate if you either have a first-time lateral ankle sprain or have no ankle sprain history and are healthy (control group). This study will require one in-person study visit at our research laboratory at Biotech Eight (737 N. Fifth St.), an electronic questionnaire about your health and sport participation, ultrasound imaging assessments of your hip at rest (lying down) and during light activity (squatting, treadmill walking) and hip muscle strength assessments. Participants with ankle sprains will also be asked to complete remote, electronic surveys at three and six months after the in-person visit. Questions: Contact Crystal Figueroa.

For more information, contact Crystal Figueroa at crystal.figueroa@vcuhealth.org or (804) 827-0871.

This study is inviting individuals between the ages of 18 and 24 with poor sleep. Compensation is up to $50. The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of aerobic and resistance exercise on cardiovascular responses and vascular inflammation. This study will be conducted at 500 Academic Centre on VCU’s Monroe Park Campus. Principal Investigator: Lee Franco, Ph.D., Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences. For information, contact The KHS Healthy Heart Lab at healthyheart@vcu.edu.

For more information, contact Garrett Oehlert at healthyheart@vcu.edu.

The Translational Research on Eating and Affect (TREAT) Lab is recruiting adolescent girls and young adult women (aged 12 to 25 years) for a brain imaging study to understand risky decision-making in individuals who have concerns about their body shape/weight, or overeat, purge, use laxatives, diet severely or exercise excessively. We are also investigating these processes in individuals without a psychological disorder. There will be compensation for participation.

For more information, contact TREAT Lab (or Kelsey Hagan, Ph.D., PI) at treatlab@vcuhealth.org or (804) 827-4174 or visit https://redcap.vcu.edu/surveys/?s=48YEAYT8MK33E8EJ.