Have teaching award, will travel

A trip to Norway and Finland is in Furman grad Steve Ahn's future. A biology and earth science teacher at Abingdon (Va.) High School, Ahn received the 2013 McGlothlin Award for Teaching at the secondary...

Church and state and Justice O’Connor

At a legal symposium in Charleston, former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor said issues dealing with church and state will always be among the toughest the nation's courts deal with and there's no...

A recognized commitment to green

Furman is among the schools selected for inclusion in fourth annual addition of The Princeton Review’s Guide to 322 Green Colleges: 2013 Edition. Published in partnership with the U.S. Green Building Council's Center for Green Schools,...

An evening of Shakespearean wonder

The Furman Theatre opened its ethereal production of William Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale” to an appreciative audience last week. Shakespeare’s play, one of his last, is alternately labeled a comedy and a pastoral romance, and...

Who regulates online education?

An organization led by Furman graduate and former U.S. Education Secretary Richard Riley released a report Thursday which said institutions that offer online education programs should not be forced to answer to regulators in each...

Discussions about school safety

After the tragedy at Sandy Hook, Furman students and professors say it was time to open up the discussion about school safety. “Can We Make Our Schools Safe and Violence Free?” was the topic of...

Alumnus engages Supreme Court on gay marriage

Alumnus engages Supreme Court on gay marriage

As the U.S. Supreme Court considers the Defense of Marriage Act, a Furman graduate and his husband have submitted an open letter to Justice Antonin Scalia asking the Court to consider equality of laws and...

Don’t kill all the lawyers…

At age 85, Furman graduate Jack McIntosh has published his first book, Don’t Kill All the Lawyers: I’ll Give You a Short List. The book is illustrated by award-winning editorial cartoonist Robert Ariail and was...

The chances of a perfect game

There is one statistic from the 2012 Major League Baseball season that may be difficult to improve upon in 2013: the number of perfect games pitched.  Of all the major league games played since 1900,...

Supreme Court and affirmative action

The United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear a second case involving affirmative action in higher education—even before it has issued a ruling on the other case it has considered this term. An article...

The Dames of Broadway

When Kristin Chenoweth performed in the "Live From Lincoln Center" series broadcast, “The Dames of Broadway…All of Them,” 1996 Furman graduate Mary-Mitchell Campbell was there to serve as musical director and accompany the Broadway star...