Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025 from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Mindful Mornings at the Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU’s Markel Center, 601 W. Broad St., is a free weekend program that pairs mindfulness practices with the goal of fostering well-being and a deeper connection to the natural world. This month’s Mindful Morning exercise explores architecture as muse, using the built environment as a lens for stillness, symmetry and storytelling. Through a camera lens, even the everyday becomes extraordinary.

For more information, contact Michael Lease at leasemk@vcu.edu or (804) 200-8859 or visit https://icavcu.org/events/mindful-mornings-mindful-photography-walk-observing-architecture/.

Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025 at 10 a.m.

VCU December Commencement will be held at the Stuart C. Siegel Center, 1200 W. Broad St. Be mindful of the increased number of visitors and traffic impacts in the area as a result.

For more information, contact Britt Dixon at dixonbd@vcu.edu.

Monday, Dec. 15, 2025 at 7 p.m.

Cheer the VCU men's basketball team as they play Niagara University at the Stuart C. Siegel Center.

For more information, contact Tavian Elliott at elliottt2@vcu.edu or visit https://vcutickets.evenue.net/event/B25/06.

Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025 at 6 p.m.

Cheer the VCU women's basketball team as they play American University at the Stuart C. Siegel Center.

For more information, contact Tavian Elliott at elliottt2@vcu.edu.

Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Learn more about the nation's top graduate program in advertising and branding. Jump-start your creative career at the Brandcenter's next virtual informational session. Join the chat about the early applicant awards, the Brandcenter experience, its four concentrations (art direction, copywriting, creative brand management and strategy), the admission process and more. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Emma Barone at brandcenter@vcu.edu or visit https://connect.business.vcu.edu/register/info-session-dec-2025?utm_source=TelegRam.

VCU's Division of Community Engagement invites faculty and staff to showcase their board service, association involvement and work group memberships in the university's partnership database. These roles demonstrate VCU’s commitment to leadership and community partnership. Collaboratory, the university’s platform for documenting community-engaged and public service activities, helps to capture the full breadth of VCU's collaborations and collective impact. See the submission form at the following URL.

For more information, contact Tani Washington at washingtot8@vcu.edu or visit https://forms.gle/qqBpDfF8rMGQUYFx7.

Black and Indigenous Design explores black and indigenous relationships to non-human others through the lens of decolonial design methods. Students will engage in soil studies, decolonial spatial design, black and indigenous science fiction texts and explore epistemological themes in Black and indigenous Science and Technology Studies asking how to create decolonial and community-oriented methods for architecture, urban design and art creation. Deliverables will include both creative artistic/design outcomes as well as written analysis. The class will meet Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8-9:15 a.m. 3 cr. On-line Synchronous.

For more information, contact Roberto Ventura at rlventura@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1713 or visit https://arts.vcu.edu/interior-design/.

The “Enterprise AI Accelerator Workshop" will be a day-long forum presented by Enterprise Convergence Labs scheduled for Feb. 20, 2026, in the Richmond Salon, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. The workshop's goals are to gather VCU scholars to identify future AI skills and needs relevant to specific fields and industries, develop synergies and accelerate collaborations and define new infrastructure requirements for integrating AI into our curricula. The event will consist of interdisciplinary panels synthesizing AI uses and breakout discussions focused on generating specific, future-ready skills for applying AI in work and society. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Tim Luckritz Marquis at tluckritzmarq@vcu.edu or visit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdjeGmt6ARplNIyhrUyf-bDuqp9CMrccO1ViVMI9c3uHPTwkg/viewform?usp=header.

This study is inviting individuals between the ages of 20 and 24 with poor sleep quality. The purpose of this research 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. Questions: Contact The KHS Healthy Heart Lab at healthyheart@vcu.edu.

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

Black parents/caregivers and their children (ages 8-12) are invited to share their experiences with race, family meal times and health through a small-group conversation in the Richmond area. This feedback will inform future community programming that promotes family discussions about race, nutritious meals and more. Participating caregivers and youth will receive compensation for their time and insights. If you are still interested, please complete our study screener at the following URL.

For more information, contact AYA Research Team at ayaresearch@vcu.edu or visit https://vcupsych.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2o4YLtcFE7mVnkq.