undergraduate-research
Hearing the voices of Appalachia
The accomplishments of Furman’s science students are well documented, but the university’s unique undergraduate research opportunities don’t end in Plyer Hall. Just ask seniors Maddie Allums, Lucy Lansing and Anna Lackey. Their work in a...
Continue ReadingFurman partners with Freeman Foundation to offer internships in Asia
Until this year, Austin Saggus ’18 had never traveled farther than the East Coast. All that changed when, as part of a new May Experience course at Furman, Saggus boarded a plane and flew 10,000...
Continue ReadingFurman awarded $1.3 million NSF grant to expand student/faculty research
[caption id="attachment_34211" align="alignright" width="431"] In addition to providing more research opportunities for students, the $1.3 million grant will be used to purchase new equipment and research tools.[/caption] Furman University has been awarded a $1.3 million,...
Continue ReadingDiscovery by design
As Chrissy Hicks ’20 clicked play on her laptop, music that has not been heard for centuries filled the quiet study area in Furman’s Special Collections. The product of ten weeks of meticulous study and...
Continue ReadingShaping the future of solar
If lab work takes classroom theory and applies it, then a conference takes lab work and places it firmly in the real world. Two Furman students traveled to Oxford this month and experienced that real-world...
Continue ReadingFurman Engaged! 2017 is one of the largest ever
When Robert Cushing ’20 sat down at the piano Tuesday at Daniel Recital Hall, it was an extra special moment, the climax of a semester-long effort. Cushing was one of four student composers, including Jay...
Continue ReadingCUR Honors Furman for Excellence in Undergraduate Research
The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) has named Furman University a winner of the 2016 Campus-wide Award for Undergraduate Research Accomplishment (AURA). Only three universities nationwide received the honor . The annual award recognizes institutions that...
Continue ReadingProfessor Receives $347,000 NIMH Grant
Erin Wamsley, an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Furman University, has received a $347,000 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to study the effect of waking rest on memory. The three-year Academic...
Continue ReadingIn Pursuit of Medicine’s Moral Code
Treating the human body like a machine has served western medicine well, but the solutions are simple when machines finally can’t be fixed anymore. Not so much when a mother of three lapses into a...
Continue ReadingEngaged! showcases student work
Student research, creative activity, performances, internships, study away, service learning -- spanning the natural sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities. The eighth annual Furman Engaged! Celebration on Tuesday, April 12 showcased all forms of engaged...
Continue ReadingResearch examines how liberal arts grads fare in the job hunt
Allison Hurst, Furman sociology professor, is working with two student researchers to analyze how recent liberal arts college grads are maneuvering through job searches and debt management in a challenging economy.
Continue ReadingChoosing not to cheat
Sociology professor Ken Kolb and his student researcher are investigating the impact of First Year Seminars on students' tendencies to cheat.
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