Refreshments and reception at 3:30 p.m
Program from 4:00-5:00 p.m.
What are some of the landmark events in the history of the natural sciences at Rice? What can we discover about Snipe, Texas, a Black community dating to the late nineteenth century that has now nearly disappeared? Through the Fondren Fellows program, undergraduate and graduate students are examining these and other questions in collaboration with faculty and library mentors. Learn about the exciting work done by members of the Summer 2024 cohort at the Fondren Fellows Showcase.
Speakers include:
- Akpan Ubong-Abasi, Chelsea Burnett, and Michael Oppong Asenso, "Investigating the Historical Black Community of Snipe, TX through Archival Research"
- Ishani Kaul and Sage Lee, "Milestones in Science: 50 Years of Natural Sciences at Rice"
- Dru Sanders, "Descriptive Enhancement of the Digitized Rice Family Papers"
- William Wang and Xing Chen, "Understanding data practices in the Soil Sciences in relation to emerging federal Public Access requirements"
- Amanda Nedham and J. Tyler Odle, "Pilot for Large Scale Analysis of the Impossible: Ethical Research Model Planning for Highly Sensitive Data"
The Fondren Fellows program enables Rice undergraduate or graduate students to work on experiential learning projects focused on library and archival collections, services, spaces, or skills.