Falvey Library Blogs
eBook available: The Presidential Snapshot
In the early years of the 20th century, author Bertram Lebhar wrote a series of novels for publisher Street & Smith about Frank Hawley, an adventurous photojournalist known as “the Camera Chap.” Our latest Project Gutenberg release, ...
Celebrate Transgender Day of Visibility
Today, March 31, is International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV) which honors the trans community and celebrates transgender, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming people. While TDOV is a day to celebrate the lives and contributions of trans ...
Meg Piorko’s Friday Falvey Favorites
“The Oracle” of Mystery Magazine This Friday Favorite from the Distinctive Collections at Falvey Library is the pulp magazine series Mystery Magazine. One of the earliest examples of the ‘crime pulp’ genre, Mystery Magazine published a ...
“Bridging Cultures: A Celebration of Arab and Palestinian Music” on 4/19
Faculty, staff, students, and friends are cordially invited to join us on Wednesday, April 19 at 4 p.m. in Villanova University’s Connelly Cinema for a special event titled, “Bridging Cultures: A Celebration of Arab and Palestinian.” ...
Weekend Recs: Puzzles and Mysteries
Happy Friday, Wildcats! Falvey Library is delivering you another semester of Weekend Recs, a blog dedicated to filling you in on what to read, listen to, and watch over the weekend. Annie, a graduate assistant from the Communication department, ...
Curious Cat: Fascinating Facts
By Anna Jankowski, Ethan Shea, and Annie Stockmal Happy Thursday, Wildcats! The Curious Cat is back with more impromptu interviews and hard-hitting questions. This week we asked a few Falvey patrons to tell us an interesting fact they learned ...
TBT: Warm Weather and Rainy Days
Spring is finally here! Warm weather and rainy days are on the way. Don’t forget your umbrellas, Wildcats! Kallie Stahl ’17 MA is Communication & Marketing Specialist at Falvey Library. ...
Cat in the Stax: “I too, dislike it”
By Ethan Shea In just a few days, National Poetry Month will begin. This celebration is the perfect opportunity to return to your favorite poems, discover some new ones, or even write one for yourself! Poetry comes in many forms. You could channel ...
A Faculty Perspective on Using OER in the Classroom
Dr. Alicia Strandberg, a recipient of the 2022-23 OER Faculty Adoption Grant, shared reflections about using open educational resources in MSA 8115, a graduate level course on Multivariate Data Analysis. The questions I asked her about are in ...