Events Archive: 2022-23

Grad Fest 2022

Grad Fest is an overview of resources and services for graduate students.

Opening the Library: Humanities Accelerated Workshops

A series of workshops in August especially geared for undergraduates in the humanities, including students majoring, minoring or doing substantial coursework in English, gender, sexuality, and women’s studies, history, philosophy, world studies.

Health Sciences Library 90th Anniversary Event

September 14 marks 90 years of the Health Sciences Library Building and 125 years of library service.

Film Series: "Hidden Heart"

The Health Sciences Library is partnering with the USC&A to present a screening of the documentary film “Hidden Heart: The Story of the First Human Heart Transplant, Hamilton Naki and Christiaan Barnard."

Constitution Day 2022

Why did Prohibition Succeed and Fail?

Levis Reading Prize Night

Devon Walker-Figueroa, winner of the 2022 Levis Reading Prize for "Philomath," reads from her poetry collection.

Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation

Journalist, author, editor and educator Linda Villarosa will be the inaugural speaker in a new VCU Libraries lecture series on social justice. 

Common Book Film and Discussion Series

In collaboration with the VCU Common Book program, VCU Libraries presents The Organ Thieves Film and DiscussionSeries.

Cabell First Novelist Award 2022

Dawnie Walton, winner of the 2022 VCU Cabell First Novelist Award for "The Final Revival of Opal & Nev," gives a reading and participates in a moderated Q&A session about the writing and publishing of her book

GIS Day

In celebration of the importance of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and maps and their ability to connect people, regions and systems, VCU Libraries joins with hundreds of organizations around the world to mark GIS Day on Wednesday, November 16, 2022.

Jurgen Banned Art Comics Contest Info Session

Learn about the Jurgen Banned Art Comics Contest.

StudyWell

StudyWell sessions focus on student wellbeing. Events highlight all types of health and wellness, including physical, financial, emotional and social health, in addition to academic success.

Spring 2023 Welcome Table at HSL

Spring 2023 HSL Welcome Table

Explore the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Explore the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. featuring resources from the VCU Libraries Collections

Love Data Week 2023

International Love Data Week is celebrated annually the week of Valentines Day. It is sponsored by the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, or ICPSR. 

VCU Libraries Black History Month Lecture featuring the Smithsonian's expert on black music Dwandalyn Reece, Ph.D

The 23rd Black History Month Lecture features the Smithsonian's Dr. Dawandalyn Reece

VCU Visiting Writers Series: A reading by SJ Sindu and Geoff Bouvier

The VCU Visiting Writers Series is presented on behalf of VCU's M.F.A. in Creative Writing Program in partnership with the James Branch Cabell Library Associates and VCU Libraries. Additional sponsors are the VCU Department of English, Barnes & Noble @ VCU and the VCU College of Humanities and Sciences.

Climate Teach-in

VCU’s Institute for Sustainable Energy and Partnership, in partnership with the School of World Studies, and VCU Libraries present the 2023 Climate Teach-in.

Artistic Mansions V: Adorning Mansions II

The Brownells return to VCU Libraries for an encore lecture on the historic architecture and interior design featuring the persistence of the classics on VCU’s Monroe Park Campus. Following the one-hour lecture, attendees may participate in a self-guided walking tour.

Opening Night Reception for: DEEPER An Illustrative Experience of the Mind and Body

Join VCU Libraries for the opening night of Nikolai Walko's exhibit, "DEEPER"

Celebrating Blackbird, VCU's journal of literature and arts

Blackbird: an online journal of literature and the arts, has been one of the web's premiere literary magazines. In advance of its late 2023 relaunch, VCU Libraries and the MFA in Creative Writing Program will devote two days–April 13 and 14—to celebrate its achievements.

Creative Inquiries Presents: Podcaster Bridget Todd

Workshops @ The Workshop

The Workshop hosts a series of interactive workshops about various creative technologies that can support your personal and academic projects.

VCUarts Library Tours

Learn about the resources, services, and expertise available at Cabell Library, with a focus on the arts.