Rice’s Fondren Library establishes Indian American Community Archives
Rice took a significant step toward expanding its documentation of Houston’s diverse communities June 1, hosting a ceremony to formally establish an Indian American Community Archives initiative within the Houston Asian American Archive.
Rice students uncover Houston’s hidden histories through Fondren Fellows program
Fondren Fellows pairs Rice undergraduate and graduate students with faculty mentors and library staff to pursue original research projects grounded in Fondren Library’s collections and digital infrastructure.
Now a senior in the Shepherd School of Music, Hazel Landers is majoring in music history while also pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in German studies through the School of Humanities and Arts.
Fondren Library marks 59th anniversary of Federal Depository program
Students, faculty and staff gathered at Fondren Library March 27 to celebrate nearly six decades of the library’s participation in the U.S. Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).
From arena to archive: Black Houston(s) reframes sport as lived experience
“One of the reasons that we have this symposium in the community is because we want the community to feel like they’re also part of Rice,” university historian Portia Hopkins said.
What sports can teach us about Houston: Black Houston(s) Symposium returns to Rice
The fourth annual event will take place over March 26-27, bringing scholars, athletes, artists and community members together to examine sports as a social and cultural force.
Lunar New Year celebration brings crafts, culture and community to Fondren Library
Red lanterns, bright paper crafts and the click of chopsticks filled the first-floor lobby of Fondren Library Feb. 17 as Rice students, faculty and staff gathered to celebrate the Lunar New Year and welcome the Year of the Horse.
Friends of Fondren celebration honors Rice authors, artists and composers for 2025 works
Rice's Friends of Fondren Library gathered the campus community Jan. 29 to celebrate a year of creative and scholarly achievement, honoring faculty, staff, alumni and supporters whose books, journals, musical compositions and artistic works were published or presented in 2025.
Books that shaped a universe: Reiff reflects on science, curiosity and imagination
For more than five decades, Patricia Reiff has explored the forces that shape Earth’s place in space. But when the Rice professor of physics and astronomy took the stage Jan. 15 for Friends of Fondren Library’s Books That Shaped My World series, her focus shifted from spacecraft and data to the books and people that have influenced how she thinks, teaches and lives.
Fondren Fellows document Fifth Ward’s toxic history through archive
Seniors Catherine Cook and Shay Olaifa are building a public archive that preserves decades of community stories, environmental records and lived experiences surrounding creosote contamination in Houston’s Fifth Ward.
The Friends of Fondren Library at Rice hosted its annual membership celebration and dinner at Cohen House Sept. 17, bringing together alumni, donors and campus leaders to celebrate a year of achievements and continued support for one of the university’s most vital academic resources.
Rice’s Fondren Library awarded Joseph Goetz the 2025 Shapiro Staff Innovation Award during a moving ceremony recognizing his inventive contributions to library education and student creative work Sept. 17.
‘Imaginative inner world’: Rice anthropologist shares books that shaped her life at Fondren Library
Rice anthropologist Gökçe Günel traced her path from childhood novels in Turkey to groundbreaking ethnographic research during a Sept. 10 talk at Fondren Library
Family flight: A legacy of aviation comes full circle at Rice
When Frank Abell walked into the Woodson Research Center at Rice’s Fondren Library this summer, he wasn’t just stepping into an archive — he was stepping into his family’s history.
Houston high schoolers uncover Jewish history through Rice’s South Texas Jewish Archives
The Joan and Stanford Alexander South Texas Jewish Archives at Rice welcomed four high school students June 9-13 as inaugural STJA Archival Fellows, offering them a unique, hands-on dive into the rich tapestry of Houston’s Jewish history.
