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Furman to participate in Greenville Fan Fest
As a host institution of the NCAA Men's Basketball March Madness, Furman will participate in Greenville Fan Fest on Saturday, March 19, 2022. Fan Fest is being organized by VisitGreenvilleSC and the City of Greenville...
Continue ReadingHow will sanctions against Russia affect South Carolinians?
GSA Business Report interviewed Jason Jones, professor of economics at Furman University, about the role of sanctions against Russia for its war against Ukraine. Sanctions against Russia will be felt economically in the United States....
Continue ReadingA letter from Poland: A Chicago native gives a Ukrainian woman shelter while war rages
John Banka, a 1977 Furman University urban studies alumnus who works in Warsaw, has a front-row seat to the scene unfolding in Ukraine and the flood of refugees into Poland the Russia attack has spawned....
Continue ReadingInterview with Dr. Kenneth Kolb, sociology professor and author of ‘Retail Inequality’
[caption id="attachment_52348" align="alignright" width="200"] Kolb's book was released in December 2021.[/caption] Ken Kolb, professor and chair of the Department of Sociology at Furman University, goes on record about the country's "exclusionary" food economy in an...
Continue ReadingFurman’s Hartness Organ Series presents free concert on March 17
Furman University alumnus Jamarcus Gaston '07 (music and communication studies), host of "Your Carolina," paid a visit to his alma mater to get a preview of Charles Tompkins' upcoming recital, which takes place Thursday, March...
Continue ReadingSecretary Riley receives lifetime achievement award
The American Bar Foundation (ABF) has presented the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award in Law and Education to former Secretary of Education and South Carolina Governor Richard “Dick” W. Riley ’54, for whom The Riley Institute...
Continue ReadingFor Laina Wilson ’23, the art is in the data, too
Laina Wilson ’23 has always loved art as a creative outlet. “Once it starts to become work, it doesn’t feel like fun,” she said. So instead of making art her profession, she plans to combine...
Continue ReadingFall 2021 Dean’s List
More than 1,000 students made the Dean’s List for the 2021 fall term. The honor is awarded to full-time undergraduates who earn a grade point average of at least 3.4 during the semester. The students,...
Continue ReadingPanel: Expectations are different for female academics
Furman opened Women’s History Month on March 1 with a panel discussion featuring six women faculty members at Hartness Pavilion. Representing a diverse range of academic disciplines, years at Furman and life experiences, the faculty...
Continue ReadingFurman math professors help model NCAA Bracket Busters
Once again, math professors Liz Bouzarth, John Harris '91 and Kevin Hutson have modeled the math that powers the prognostications of college basketball journalists for the NCAA men's basketball tournament. The Athletic says the Paladin...
Continue ReadingThe horrors of war: Tending peace, sending support for Ukraine
In a piece she contributed to the Tallahassee Democrat, Candace (Carter) McKibben '77 reflects on the "heartbreak and violence of war" from reading about it during her freshman year at Furman University, to 9/11 and...
Continue ReadingCharleston mayor’s real estate connections spawn heated ethics debate
Furman University's Glen Halva-Neubauer weighed in on a piece appearing in The Post and Courier about how elected officials separate their personal, professional and public lives. In a hotly contested back-and-forth between Charleston City Council...
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