Events
Minority Business Holiday Jingle & Mingle
The City of Charlottesville and the Chamber Business Diversity Council cordially invite you to attend the Minority Business Holiday Jingle & Mingle. Enjoy an evening of food and fun as the community shows appreciation for minority-owned businesses. The event is FREE and open to all Charlottesville area minority-owned businesses and community supporters.
Center for Open Science 2019 Open House
Learn more about COS work to reduce friction in the discovery of knowledge, solutions, and cures. Meet with the Engineering, Policy, Product, and Metascience teams and participate in product demos.
Light hors d'oeuvres and beverages will be served.
Lighting of the Lawn 2019
il·lu·mi·nate /iˈlo͞oməˌnāt/ (verb): to supply or brighten with light; to bring clarity. For Lighting of the Lawn 2019, that is the goal for the UVA and greater Charlottesville community. Lighting of the Lawn was created in the wake of the attacks on September 11th 18 years ago in order to bring the Charlottesville community together. Today, Lighting of the Lawn still does this including over 15,000 attendees each year from the Charlottesville and UVA Community, Also known as LOTL, Lighting of the Lawn acts as both a reflective and celebrate event and an opportunity to merge the Charlottesville and UVA communities.
The event will be held December 5th at 7 PM with entertainment from several a capella and other student groups. Light show begins at 9 PM. This event is free and open to the public.
6th Annual Santa Fun Run
Be a Claus for a cause!
Check-in and pick up your Santa costume or elf ears beginning at 9:30am. Run/walk starts at 11am.
This one mile fun run is an Arc of the Piedmont fundraiser.
Toast the Town 2019
Celebrate the accomplishments of local tech and innovation-based businesses, the entrepreneurs, and people who power them! Enjoy unlimited networking to connect with fellow entrepreneurs, innovators, and tech enthusiasts.
Charlottesville Entrepreneurs and Espresso (CE2)
Charlottesville Entrepreneurs and Espresso, or C-E2, is a new monthly event series - a casual, caffeine fueled gathering of learning for entrepreneurs at all stages of venture creation. This is a free event open to the entire entrepreneurship community.
Renewing the American Dream: Expanding Education and Opportunity
A conversation with community leaders on expanding education and opportunity, facilitated by UVA President James E. Ryan.
The American economy is strong, but tens of millions of people are on the outside looking in, unable to overcome the struggles that mount from too little opportunity. There are communities that build ladders of opportunity so people can live better lives. Join us for a conversation about what we can do to include more people in the American dream.
Brennan Gould, Charlottesville Area Community Foundation | Angela Ciolfi, Legal Aid Justice Center | Andrea Copeland-Whitsett, Chamber Business Diversity Council | Hayes Humphreys, Devils Backbone Brewery | Alex Hernandez, UVA School of Continuing and Professional Studies | Allison Linney, Allison Partners | Austyn Nowell, Charlottesville High School
FREE COMMUNITY EVENT
Light appetizers and refreshments will be served
The University of Virginia School of Continuing and Professional Studies (SCPS) helps working adults finish their degrees and advance their careers. SCPS offers online and in-person programs, bringing high-quality, accessible, and affordable education to all Virginians.
Neither tickets nor registration are required for this event--just show up!
The Road from Data Commons to Data Ecosystems
Join the School of Data Science and School of Medicine for the initial Distinguished Biomedical Data Sciences Lecture Series
There are now several large-scale data commons supporting the biomedical research community and the beginnings of data ecosystems. In this talk, we discuss some of the emerging best practices around data ecosystems, as well as some of the challenges and opportunities. We also discuss some case studies of data commons and data ecosystems developing using the open source Gen3 data platform.
Charlottesville Entrepreneurs and Espresso (CE2)
Charlottesville Entrepreneurs and Espresso, or C-E2, is a new monthly event series - a casual, caffeine fueled gathering of learning for entrepreneurs at all stages of venture creation. This is a free event open to the entire entrepreneurship community.
Instagram for Small Business
From the Community Investment Collaborative:
Calling all entrepreneurs, brand-builders and up and coming influencers! It's time to improve your posts and increase your brand awareness.
Stop posting ineffectively to Instagram! It's time to plan content for your social media platforms and track your data so that you can grow your accounts and connect with new followers.
We'll guide you step-by-step to create a content strategy that gets your brand in front of more potential customers.
Bring your phone and/or laptop fully charged and join Destinee Wright for this workshop to break down how to create better content for Instagram.
We'll share with you some of the tools we use to create content strategies for our clients and increase awareness around your brand and your offerings.
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