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Join us for our flagship event of the semester: The Common Book Keynote! CB author Chip Jones will discuss medical ethics, systemic racism and personhood. Free/open to all! More info➡️commonbook.vcu.edu
Keynote Lecture from Chip Jones, Author of the 2022-2023 VCU Common Book, The Organ Thieves: The Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in the Segregated South. Wednesday October 12, 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m. at the Singleton Center, 922 Park Avenue. Visit commonbook.vcu.edu

ALT Keynote Lecture from Chip Jones, Author of the 2022-2023 VCU Common Book, The Organ Thieves: The Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in the Segregated South. Wednesday October 12, 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m. at the Singleton Center, 922 Park Avenue. Visit commonbook.vcu.edu

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VCU@VCU23 Jan 2024
“Memory Wars,” a six-part podcast series that explores how societies confront their difficult histories and sin, has been selected as the 2024-25 #VCU Common Book. It is the first podcast selected in the decade-plus history of the VCU. Read more: news.vcu.edu/article/2024/01…
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VCU@VCU31 Jan 2023
‘Seek You’ selected as VCU’s 2023 Common Book. The graphic nonfiction text explores the ‘silent epidemic’ of loneliness in America and seeks to offer solutions as to how people can connect with those around them. news.vcu.edu/article/2023/01…

‘Seek You’ selected as VCU’s 2023 Common Book

The graphic nonfiction text explores the ‘silent epidemic’ of loneliness in America and seeks to offer solutions as to how people can connect with those around them.

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“Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness,” a graphic nonfiction book by award-winning author @KristenRadtke that documents the “silent epidemic of loneliness” in American society, has been chosen as the 2023 @VCUCommonBook. news.vcu.edu/article/2023/01…

‘Seek You’ selected as VCU’s 2023 Common Book

The graphic nonfiction text explores the ‘silent epidemic’ of loneliness in America and seeks to offer solutions as to how people can connect with those around them.

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And a reminder: After you finish your projects and exams and give a deep exhale, muse on your entry for the Jurgen Comics Contest. Deadline is February 9, 2023. All #VCU students are encouraged to enter! go.vcu.edu/JurgenContest
Image of King Jurgen peering over a wall. "Jurgen Comics Contest"

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VCU University College. Common Book Focus Groups. In person in the FILL (Harris 5116) Thursday December 1st 5pm-6pm. Online on Zoom Monday December 5th 5pm-6pm. Talk about the impact this year's Common Book, The Organ Thieves, and related programming has had on your academic experience as well as share your views about attending on-campus events.

ALT VCU University College. Common Book Focus Groups. In person in the FILL (Harris 5116) Thursday December 1st 5pm-6pm. Online on Zoom Monday December 5th 5pm-6pm. Talk about the impact this year's Common Book, The Organ Thieves, and related programming has had on your academic experience as well as share your views about attending on-campus events.

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Join us and @VCUOMSA tomorrow (10/27) for a screening of Jordan Peele’s ground-breaking 2017 film, “Get Out.” This is Part 1 of the Black Body Politics series. 📍Commons Theatre ⏰1 pm- 3pm
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Join us and @VCUOMSA tomorrow (10/27) for a screening of Jordan Peele’s ground-breaking 2017 film, “Get Out.” This is Part 1 of the Black Body Politics series. 📍Commons Theatre ⏰1 pm- 3pm
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Come join us in the Commons Theatre to watch "Get Out" tomorrow 10/27 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. for Part 1 of Black Body Politics.
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VCU FI@VCU_FI23 Oct 2022
Sometimes you just need a visual aid. As FI students processed what happened to Bruce Tucker in this year’s @VCUCommonBook Organ Thieves, a timeline of events helped them identity their biggest concerns in the case. #vcu2026 #vcu #organthieves #focusedinquiry
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Join us Wednesday 10/26 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. for a film screening, "Until the Well Runs Dry" with Dr. Shawn Utsey in the Egyptian Building Auditorium.
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A very special thank you again to Common Book author Chip Jones for an amazing keynote address last week around his book, The Organ Thieves. Read the recap of the address➡️ bit.ly/3MF9Tjq 📸: VCU University Relations
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“It’s humbling to be the Common Book author…Students have the energy and power to be the agents of change.”-Chip Jones
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“You cannot heal what you cannot acknowledge.” —Chip Jones
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Our keynote is underway! If you can’t be here in person, tune into the livestream. Livestream➡️ rvav.com/commonbook-keynote/
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Chip Jones is taking some time to talk with @VCU_FI students today about writing and research! “You really are a kind of detective [as a writer and researcher].”
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“The hard part is the writing. The fun part is the research.”
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“When you challenge authority, it will challenge you back.”
Today is the day!
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Join us for our flagship event of the semester: The Common Book Keynote! CB author Chip Jones will discuss medical ethics, systemic racism and personhood. Free/open to all! More info➡️commonbook.vcu.edu
Keynote Lecture from Chip Jones, Author of the 2022-2023 VCU Common Book, The Organ Thieves: The Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in the Segregated South. Wednesday October 12, 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m. at the Singleton Center, 922 Park Avenue. Visit commonbook.vcu.edu

ALT Keynote Lecture from Chip Jones, Author of the 2022-2023 VCU Common Book, The Organ Thieves: The Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in the Segregated South. Wednesday October 12, 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m. at the Singleton Center, 922 Park Avenue. Visit commonbook.vcu.edu

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“Until we bring peace to our ancestors we cannot bring peace to ourselves.” Dr. Joseph Jones Watch the livestream of the panel: mssvideo.vcu.edu/CommonBook
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