Events Archive: 2025-26

GradFest 2025

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

Weeks of Welcome

VCU Weeks of Welcome Run from Aug. 16-Sept. 7. Visit VCU Libraries for programming on both campuses.

Constitution Day 2025

VCU Libraries presents …. Constitution Day 2025

Levis Reading Prize Night

Weijia Pan is the winner of the 2025 Levis Reading Prize for his debut full-length poetry collection, Motherlands.

Free to Read Week

During Free to Read Week, VCU Libraries offers activities in support of freedom of expression and access to information for all. The libraries especially acknowledge books and other materials that have been banned or challenged based on their content, and uplift the importance of unfettered access to reading materials.

Food For All

Jurgen Comics Contest Information Session

Learn about the Jurgen Banned Art Comics Contest.

Humanities and AI: Large Language Models and the Returns of Critical Theory

VCU Humanities Research Center with VCU Libraries present Humanities and AI: Large Language Models and the Returns of Critical Theory with Wendy Chun at VCU Libraries.

Climate Action Workshop

VCU’s Institute for Sustainable Energy and Environment, VCU Libraries, Green Action!, Sunrise RVA and the School of World Studies present an Environmental Justice Workshop.

Our Land, Our Art: Virginia Native Artists Reclaim Space

The Humanities Research Center in collaboration with VCU Libraries presents a lecture and conversation with Becky Hill (Pamunkey) and Siera Hyte (Cherokee), highlighting the dynamic landscape of contemporary Native art in Virginia.

Cabell First Novelist Award 2025

Anne de Marcken, winner of the 2025 VCU Cabell First Novelist Award for It Lasts Forever And Then It's Over, gives a reading and participates in a moderated Q&A session about the writing and publishing of her book.

Copyright for Artists Workshop

As a part of the annual Jurgen Comics Contest, VCU Libraries is offering a pair of Copyright for Artists workshop for VCU students.

Just Write!

Finding the time and space to focus on writing is challenging with the fast pace of graduate study. Mark your calendar for Just Write! sessions to jump start your writing process and learn more about the research and writing resources available for graduate students.

"On Native Ground": Virginia Native Nations, Sovereignty and Persistence

The VCU Provost Lecture Series, co-sponsored by the VCU Humanities Research Center, presents Chief Stephen R. Adkins Sr. of the Chickahominy Indian Tribe, who will provide insights into the complex journey of Virginia's Native nations toward federal recognition and sovereignty.

GIS Day

To explore 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 Nov. 19.

Beyond the Gender Binary

Massey Pride, Equality VCU, and VCU Libraries invite you to a Transgender Day of Remembrance book talk.

GradFest Spring 2026

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

StudyWell Fall 2025

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.

Virginia Conservation Association January Meeting

The Virginia Conservation Associations (VCA) January Member’s Meeting will be hosted in Richmond at VCU Libraries and feature presentations from three Graduate Conservation Interns.

Global Game Jam at VCU Libraries

Join The Workshop at VCU Libraries, RVA Games, Game Creators Coalition, the Communication Arts Department, and the Kinetic Imaging Department for a local version of Global Game Jam 2026.

Reading A Dress: Fashioning Black Women’s Histories

Join VCU Libraries for the 2026 Black History Month Lecture featuring Elizabeth Way, curator of costume and accessories at The Museum at Fashion Institute of Technology.

VCU Visiting Writers Series: Edgar Kunz & Devon Walker-Figueroa

The VCU Visiting Writers Series hosts a joint-reading by acclaimed authors Edgar Kunz and Devon Walker-Figueroa

This Lead Is Killing Us: A History of Citizens Fighting Lead Poisoning in Their Communities

Lead exposure has long been recognized as a serious public health hazard, capable of causing neurological damage and, in severe cases, death.

Love Data Week 2026

The 2026 Love Data Week theme is “Where’s the Data?” to get people thinking about data’s journey from collection through storage and preservation.

VCU Visiting Writers Series: MFA Alumni Spotlight

An Evening with Chris Burnside

Chris Burnside, a leading light for many years in the Richmond dance scene, returns to campus in a new role–author. 

Voices of Change: Stories from Alumni

As a companion to the ongoing exhibit, “Voices of Change: Student Advocacy and Action from the Archives,” this event will bring together alumni to explore VCU’s history and legacy of student activism.

Hiding in the Walls

Hiding in the Walls sheds light on the hidden crisis of lead poisoning in America, a problem affecting millions today.

Artistic Mansions VIII: Mysterious Mansions

This rendition of Artistic Mansions has been rescheduled to April 2027

VCU Visiting Writers Series: Melissa Faliveno

The VCU Visiting Writers Series hosts a reading by acclaimed author Melissa Faliveno.

Creative Inquiries Presents: Zach Blas

Creative Inquiries Speaker Series organized by The Workshop at VCU Libraries presents Zach Blas artist, filmmaker, and writer whose practice contends with computational technologies, their industries, and the powers that constitute and animate them.