Japanese migrants’ experiences in Texas celebrated in award-winning exhibit
Completed in time to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Month in May 2023, Fondren Fellows project “History of Japanese Farmers in Texas” recently won the 2024 Texas Digital Library’s Trailblazer Award.
June serves as LGBTQ+ Pride Month, and to celebrate, Rice University and many campus affiliates will host events to spread awareness about the LGBTQ+ community and educate on sexual and gender diversity.
Rice University’s Center for Engaged Research and Collaborative Learning and Fondren Library have partnered with the Houston Public Library and the CCM Foundation to help present the “‘Straight Flexin’, No Plexin’” hip-hop exhibit.
Rice’s South Texas Jewish Archives hosts local high schoolers for educational program on campus
About 80 high school seniors from The Emery/Weiner School visited Rice University’s Joan and Stanford Alexander South Texas Jewish Archives (STJA) earlier this month for an educational program focusing on the history of refuseniks in the Soviet Union and the Houston Action for Soviet Jewry.
Rice At Large spring issue now available online
Rice At Large, the quarterly newsletter that showcases Rice University’s outreach programs, is now available online.
Rice’s Fondren Fellows program displays projects at showcase event
The Fondren Fellows program at Rice University hosted its annual Fondren Fellows Showcase event April 15, where Rice students showcased their inquiry-based projects through lightning talks at the Kyle Morrow Room.
Woodson’s First Folio makes guest appearance at HSPVA’s ‘Book of Will’
Before the curtain rose on opening night of the Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts ’ (HSPVA) performance of “The Book of Will,” the actors, technical team and faculty advisors gathered on stage to greet a special visitor: a part of the First Folio, the first published collection of Shakespeare’s plays, from Rice University’s Woodson Research Center.
A decade of discovery: 10 years of Rice’s Archives of the Impossible
It all started with a conversation during a ride to the airport in December 2014. Jeffrey Kripal, Rice University’s J. Newton Rayzor Professor of Religion, was wrapping up a trip to Berkeley, California, where he’d spent time with Jacques Vallée.
Owls flock to central quad to view solar eclipse
Hundreds of Rice students, faculty and staff could be seen sporting special solar eclipse glasses and gazing into the sky at the central quad during the afternoon April 8 as much of the campus gathered to view the historic solar eclipse.
Melissa Cohen-Nickels, an experienced educator with a passion for history, has been named the new curator of Rice University’s Joan and Stanford Alexander South Texas Jewish Archives, starting this role in March.
Friends of Fondren holds 42nd annual gala and auction
The 42nd annual Friends of Fondren Library Gala was held March 15, honoring Karen ’77, ’78 and Larry George.
Celebrate National Poetry Month with Rice’s Cherry Reading Series
In celebration of National Poetry Month, Rice University’s Cherry Reading Series will host an April 2 reading and conversation event featuring two award-winning poets: Ishion Hutchinson and Valzhyna Mort.
After a successful inaugural event in 2023, the Black Houston(s) Symposium returns this year with an event slated for March 21-22, which will bring together scholars, community members and thought leaders to explore the multifaceted narratives of Black life in Houston.
Fondren Library redesigns, upgrades digital repository platform
Fondren Library is relaunching the digital platform it uses to make accessible and preserve Rice University research under a new name and with new features.
In a corner of Rice University’s Fondren Library reserved for the special, rare and historic, a relatively new addition with centuries old roots is making an impression at Woodson Research Center.
