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Upcoming Courses

All classes limited to 15 participants 

  • February 12, 2026, 12:00pm-1:00 pm, User Experience Office (B-37) (Basement)  (lunch provided)
  • March 5, 2026, 5:00 pm-6:00 pm, User Experience Office (B-37) (Basement)
  • April 8, 2026, 12:00pm-1:00 pm, User Experience Office (B-37) (Basement) (lunch provided) 

Overleaf is a collaborative cloud-based LaTeX tool which makes writing, editing and publishing academic papers much easier than other editors available.  

All Rice University students, faculty, and staff have access to a free Overleaf Pro account. You can sign in at the Rice University home page for Overleaf to access your account.

This course will provide you with a quick start overview of Overleaf, including the following topics:

  • LaTeX (The Beginning)
  • Leveraging Overleaf Professional
  • Templates
  • Downloading Packages
  • Overleaf Integrations: Git, Github, Zotero and others
  • Using the Visual Editor
  • Getting support: Webinars from Overleaf, Fondren Library Libguide 

This series is being taught in the User Experience Office (B-37), and participants will need to bring their own laptap. 


Contact: 
Debra Kolah

Debra Kolah, Fondren Library Head of User Experience and Physics, Math, Astronomy Librarian. dkolah@rice.edu

Jordan Traylor

Jordan Traylor, Research Services Librarian, Science & Engineering jt68@rice.edu

You can also consult Fondren’s Overleaf research guide, the Overleaf documentation, or ask for support at welcome@overleaf.com.

Fondren Library Overleaf Support Libguide

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