psychology
Furman announces 2018 spring term Dean’s List
Here are the students who made the Dean’s List for the 2018 spring 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 and...
Continue ReadingBoard of Trustees approves faculty promotions, tenure; four new trustees to join board July 1
During its spring meeting Saturday, the Furman University Board of Trustees approved promotions and/or tenure for 13 faculty members; four new members will join the board July 1. The trustees also granted emeritus status to...
Continue Reading2018 Senior Spotlight
Our Senior Spotlights illuminate - from the lab to the links, the classroom to the stage, study away to activism - the unique journeys that lead to graduation.
Continue ReadingFurman bids farewell to class of 2018
List of graduates with honors Check out Senior Spotlight [caption id="attachment_36207" align="alignright" width="371"] Furman held a baccalaureate service for the graduating seniors earlier Saturday.[/caption] Furman University awarded 623 undergraduate and master’s degrees and presented its...
Continue ReadingFurman remembers professor Charles Brewer
A celebration of the life and legacy of Charles L. Brewer, legendary professor of psychology at Furman, will be held Sunday, May 6, from 2-4 p.m. at the Melvin and Dollie Younts Conference Center. Brewer,...
Continue ReadingFulbright grant awarded to senior Claire Pullan
Claire Pullan, a Furman University senior from Aiken, has won a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award for an English Teaching Assistantship for the 2018-2019 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the J....
Continue ReadingEnding public servant loan forgiveness hurts S.C. communities
[caption id="attachment_36078" align="alignright" width="337"] Bryan Boroughs '02 is vice president and general counsel for Institute for Child Success.[/caption] Often, public servants are willing to sacrifice big paychecks to do the work of the people. What...
Continue ReadingFurman’s 10th Engaged! happens April 10
Furman University will hold its annual Furman Engaged! Day on Tuesday, April 10 at various locations on campus. Furman Engaged! celebrates the wide-ranging research, scholarship and creativity of Furman University undergraduates. The exhibits and performances...
Continue ReadingMeet the newest members of Phi Beta Kappa
Seventy-four Furman University students have been elected to the school’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious academic society. The newest members were inducted during a special initiation ceremony on campus...
Continue ReadingUniversity mourns death of professor Charles Brewer
Charles L. Brewer, William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Psychology Emeritus at Furman University, died on March 30 at the age of 85. He joined the Furman faculty in 1967 and retired in 2014 after...
Continue ReadingWWE’s Xavier Woods says New Day’s book has ‘power of positivity’
Xavier Woods, also known as Austin Watson, not only had his sights set on earning degrees in philosophy and psychology at Furman. He aspired to become a professional wrestler. So, well before graduating Furman in...
Continue ReadingForesee and forget: how to remember the future
An article appearing in Scientific American draws on research by Furman psychology professor Gil Einstein and Mark McDaniel of Washington University (Saint Louis). The article unpacks the difference between retrospective memory and prospective memory, the latter...
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