Fondren Library

Starting from the bottom: Grad student charts an unconventional path from Venezuela to Rice

'Everybody needs to learn from him that nothing in the world is impossible'

Friends of Fondren break bread

Rice University Representative Y. Ping Sun addressed the Friends of Fondren Library Oct. 21.

Design competition announced for Little Free Libraries

Jury of Rice judges will consider feasibility, durability, creativity and public impact

Rice remembers Hugh Davis, access services assistant at Fondren Library

Hugh “Hughy” Davis III, an access services assistant at Fondren Library, died Sept. 23. He was 30 years old.

Woodson Research Center team honored with Shapiro award

Library staff worked throughout pandemic to deliver invaluable documents, digitization and much more.

Jeffrey Kripal on how to think about the UFO phenomenon

To study the subject adequately is ‘to study pretty much everything’

World’s largest database on history of slave trade now housed at Rice

SlaveVoyages.org is the result of years of research, reengineered for the future by Rice and a newly formed consortium.

Translational Humanities for Public Health project captures worldwide scholarly responses to pandemic

Ostherr’s online database offers a ‘different framing of what an intervention can look like.’

Rev. William Lawson visits namesake grove at Rice for first time

"I hope that generations of students will look him up and see what he did to deserve such a hallowed spot on the campus here."

Special collections archivist Focke wins Elizabeth Gillis Award

Amanda Focke, head of special collections for the Woodson Research Center at Fondren Library, was recognized for her exemplary service.

Final Low-Fi films bid a fiery farewell to the Rice Media Center

The all-analog Low-Fi film series from the Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts (VADA) will conclude its weekly screenings with a bang May 6, marking the end of an era.

A new look at ‘The Red Book,' a 1915 artifact of Black life in Houston

A midwife named Annie Hagen “came to Houston with 50 cents and through her industry and thrift … accumulated a nice bit of property” around the turn of the 20th century.

Vince Bell, Sara Hickman to headline Fondren’s virtual homecoming concert

The famed folk musicians will be joined by Guy Clark biographer Tamara Saviano.

Fondren’s Green Team hosting sustainability-focused events thanks to ALA grant

The upcoming Oct. 28 'Houston Women on Climate Action' panel is open to the public.

Voter registration drive at Fondren Library finishes strong ahead of 2020 elections

Cross-campus collaborations made volunteer-driven event a success.