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‘God save the queen’: Upstate locals respond to queen’s death, life and legacy

Local news stations tap British history expert and Associate Professor of History Carolyn Day in the wake of Queen Elizabeth II's passing.

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Dins help feed the world during Rise Against Hunger

Hundreds of Furman students headed to Timmons Arena on the evening of Aug. 30 to pack more than 30,000 meals for Rise Against Hunger, an international hunger relief organization. The Heller Service Corps joined the...

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Flags on campus honor 9/11 first responders

Genevieve Mahoney '24 leads effort to plant nearly 3,000 flags on campus to honor 9/11 first responders.

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Furman ranks third in AASHE’s nationwide sustainability index

The 2022 Sustainable Campus Index, a publication of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), recognizes top-performing colleges and universities overall and in 17 sustainability impact areas, as measured by the...

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Harford living a dream on LPGA tour

Haylee Harford '19 speaks about the ups and downs of LPGA tour life.

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Buffalo lawyer plans Food Equity Summit to lead in closing ‘grocery gap’

Ken Kolb is tapped for a Food Equity Summit in Buffalo, New York, where 10 were slain at a Tops supermarket on the city's East Side.

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Fungi focus of student’s simulation

Just like bacteria, fungi can develop resistance to drugs used to treat infections, a “growing threat” across the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. With only three classes of anti-fungal medications,...

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Business titan Herb Kohler, former Furman Paladin and executive chairman of Kohler, dies at 83

Billionaire Herbert V. Kohler, best known for luxury plumbing fixtures, golf courses and hotels, attended Furman briefly in 1962 and finished at Yale. He passed away at the age of 83.

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Clemson, Furman universities partner to create SC ‘Black Archive’

Hecimovich on the SC "Black Archive" - “We can’t smoke a pipe and sit in a tweed jacket in a library and get to the story.”

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Lockhart conducts Greenville Symphony in classical music, jazz and a bit of Led Zeppelin

Furman University alumnus Keith Lockhart '81 will help the Greenville Symphony celebrate its 75th anniversary when he returns to town to conduct "A Night of Pops."

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Ambrose ’83 on ‘Student Success at Henderson State University’

Charles Ambrose, chancellor of Henderson State University in Arkansas, was a guest on the "Complete College America" podcast.

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Philanthropist and former Fountain Inn City Attorney Melvin Younts dies at 93

The Younts family contributed to several projects and causes, including the Melvin and Dollie Younts Conference Center and Paladin Plaza on the Furman campus.

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