chemistry

Furman offers new master’s degree in community medicine

Furman University is launching a Master of Science in Community Engaged Medicine (MS-CEM) this summer. The new degree program aims to narrow the gap between community health and the resources necessary to meet those needs....

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NSF awards grant to support undergraduate research

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $340,000 grant to Furman University through the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program. The REU site award supports the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during...

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In praise of faculty scholarship

Watch a video about the 2018 Faculty Scholarship Reception Faculty scholarship is happening all around Furman. Even on top of classroom requirements, advising, grading, serving on committees and attending meetings, professors from all disciplines are...

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Provost George Shields receives major award from Research Corporation

Furman University Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost George Shields is one of three professors from across the nation to be named a 2018 Cottrell Scholar TREE Award recipient. The Transformational Research and Excellence...

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Furman hosts TEDx talks Feb. 17

Furman University will host several speakers during its 6th annual TEDx event, which takes place Saturday, Feb. 17, 1-4:30 p.m. in Younts Conference Center on the Furman campus. TEDxFurmanU2018 is open to the public. Tickets...

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A great day for a debate

Not many college freshmen attempt to organize something as complex as a debate tournament. But not many are as passionate about speech and debate as Furman student Johnpaul Sleiman. On Saturday, Jan. 20, Sleiman, a...

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Furman again selected as a Beckman Scholar institution

Furman University’s Department of Chemistry has once again been selected to participate in the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation's Beckman Scholars Program. Furman is one of 12 institutions nationwide receiving the honor this year. The...

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Researchers develop plausible recipe for early life on Earth

Furman Chemistry professor Greg Springsteen and students in his lab recently published half a decade's worth of findings resulting from experiments they've conducted. The science journal Nature Communications reveals the study led by Springsteen and...

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University announces 2017 fall term Dean’s List

Here are the students who made the Dean’s List for the 2017 fall term. The honor is awarded to full-time undergraduates who earn a grade point average of at least 3.4 during the university’s fall...

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Studying the origins of life

Where did we come from? Probably few questions are as challenging to scientists as this one. But Furman students working with chemistry professor Greg Springsteen may have come a step closer to understanding the beginnings...

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The brothers Turlington

The three Turlington brothers—Mark ’06, Chris ’10 and Michael ‘16—all excelled in the classrooms and labs of Furman’s chemistry department. They also excelled in the competition for the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, which is the...

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Furman’s voices of the future

Peyton Roth ’19 had known for a while he’d be serving as master of ceremony for the 2017 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Voices of the Future Opening Ceremony, but he wasn’t nervous. That is, until...

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