Black History Month celebration begins at Furman

February is Black History Month, and Furman got the celebration started Friday morning on the front steps of the Trone Student Center with music, an informational table and free pastries that were available to all...

University announces 2018 fall term Dean’s List

Here are the students who made the Dean’s List for the 2018 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...

2018: The year in review

Professors participate in faculty development program in China

Sixteen Furman University faculty members will participate in a Faculty Development Program in China this June as part of the Luce Initiative on Asian Studies and the Environment (LIASE) grant awarded in 2016 from the...

Moore, Pierce represent Furman on All-SoCon Faculty and Staff Team

Furman Director of News and Media Relations Vince Moore, who has been a member of the University Communications office since 1982, and Professor of Health Sciences William J. "Bill" Pierce, who joined the Furman faculty...

A summer peppered with experience

For years, members of the Furman women’s golf team have dreamed of walking in the footsteps of former LPGA star and current television golf analyst Dottie Pepper ’87. But nobody has done it quite so...

Let the new academic year begin

Furman University President Elizabeth Davis gave a special welcome to the Class of 2022, and alum Keith B. Johnson ’05 talked about his journey from the Paladin football field to becoming one of the youngest...

Grants from SC INBRE support biomedical research on campus

Three Furman University Department of Biology faculty have each received research grants of $72,000 from the South Carolina IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (SC INBRE) program for the 2018-2019 fiscal year. Biology professors Adi...

Uncovering Greenville’s public health issues

Most Furman students are new to Greenville and see it through the eyes of a college student living in the city. Last month 11 participants, including myself, were given a different perspective through the Current...

One of the cruelest twists in youth sports

[caption id="attachment_36400" align="alignright" width="340"] Bill Pierce, Furman University Department of Health Sciences[/caption] Female distance runners tend to hit their stride in their teens. Whether they can sustain top speeds as they reach their early 20s...

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...

Hardly scraping by: Norwich’s Rhim picks himself up, looks ahead

It will take more than a bad case of road rash and a fractured collar bone to keep Norwich, Vermont native Brendan Rhim off the bike. Bouncing back from injuries suffered in a mid-May race...