Falvey Library Blogs
Celebrating Pride Month with our LGBTQIA+ Community
Today is June 1, the first day of Pride Month, a celebration of LGBTQIA+ people and their positive impact on society. “The first Pride March in New York City was held on June 28, 1970, on the one year anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising,& ...
Falvey Works with Campus Partners to Benefit Future Students
By Shawn Proctor Falvey Library staff collaborated with partners across campus to boost sustainability efforts while benefiting students in the Center for Access, Success and Achievement (CASA) as well as College of Professional Studies ...
Recent Donation to the Mendel Collection with a Fascinating Provenance
A Mutually Beneficial Relationship between Religion and Science “There is no conflict between religion and science” – Abbé Lemaître Popular culture today frequently portrays Science and Religion as two opposing forces that understand the ...
Distinctive Summer Reading 2023
Here are the books that top the reading piles of the Distinctive Collections and Digital Engagement staff this summer. Most if not all of these titles can be found via stocked online booksellers while some are also available in digital and audio ...
Falvey Scholars 2023: Becca Jacobson ’23 CLAS
The Falvey Scholars Program is an annual program established by Falvey Library to recognize outstanding undergraduate research. Now in its 21st year, the program is a collective initiative of the Library and the Center for Research and Fellowships. ...
Villanova Remembers Our Veterans
This Memorial Day we join our campus community in remembering our country’s heroes: Veterans who have died while in service to the United States. We honor their sacrifice and thank them for protecting our freedoms. Note: This photo was taken ...
Foto Friday: I Can See Clearly Now the Plexiglass is Gone
We removed the plexiglass around the service desk. Stop by and say “hello!” Kallie Stahl ’17 MA is Communication and Marketing Specialist at Falvey Library. ...
Weekend Recs: Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month
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. This new, relevant, and thought-provoking content will challenge ...
Cataloging the James Wheeler Collection of Polar Exploration
Two letters from Sir John Franklin (1786-1847) John Franklin was an English admiral and explorer who led the infamous ‘Franklin expedition’ (c. 1845-1848) in search of a Northwest Passage through Canada. This ill-fated expedition resulted in ...