health-sciences
Furman partners with Freeman Foundation to offer internships in Asia
Until this year, Austin Saggus ’18 had never traveled farther than the East Coast. All that changed when, as part of a new May Experience course at Furman, Saggus boarded a plane and flew 10,000...
Continue ReadingThe Furman-Gallup and The Duke Endowment study
Furman University will partner with global analytics firm Gallup to study more deeply the impact of the university’s undergraduate experience and measure the effectiveness of its signature approach to education, The Furman Advantage, thanks to...
Continue ReadingA summer to remember
[caption id="attachment_34490" align="alignright" width="282"] Sun Lee (left) and members of his cohort visited New York City in late August.[/caption] Earlier this year, Sun Lee, a health sciences major from South Korea, learned about the United...
Continue ReadingLiveWell Greenville gets boost from Duke Endowment
LiveWell Greenville (LWG) announced it has received the Healthy People Healthy Carolinas grant from the Duke Endowment in partnership with Bon Secours St. Francis. The grant will further LWG's mission "to make the healthy choice the easy choice...
Continue ReadingAkwaaba! (Welcome!)
[caption id="attachment_34381" align="alignright" width="471"] Paige Flagge ’18, Ellie Erickson ’20, Janet Kwami, Yinglu Wang ’18, and Cynthia King try their hands at Adinkra stamping. The Adinkra cloth is a hand-printed fabric made by the Ashanti...
Continue ReadingFurman awarded $1.3 million NSF grant to expand student/faculty research
[caption id="attachment_34211" align="alignright" width="431"] In addition to providing more research opportunities for students, the $1.3 million grant will be used to purchase new equipment and research tools.[/caption] Furman University has been awarded a $1.3 million,...
Continue ReadingHealth gap widens between Greenville and rest of the U.S.
People who live in rural Appalachia, which includes six South Carolina counties, generally suffer from poorer health than other Americans, according to a new report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky,...
Continue ReadingArmy Airfield commander, injured as Green Beret, inspires by action
Lt. Col. Kenneth Dwyer and his U.S.-Afghan unit found themselves outnumbered during a 2006 ambush in Afghanistan. Dwyer lost a hand and an eye as a result of the firefight, but not his life. Extensive...
Continue ReadingA FUEL fit for every body
It’s not easy to fuel your body properly when your primary food source is through donations. But it’s also not impossible—and Furman’s Sarah Mixon is helping people learn how. Mixon ’18 completed an independent study...
Continue ReadingBoard of Trustees approve promotions, tenure for faculty
During its spring meeting Saturday, the Furman University Board of Trustees approved promotions and/or tenure for 17 faculty members and heard that seven new members will join the board on July 1. The trustees also...
Continue ReadingWelcome to Phi Beta Kappa
GREENVILLE, S.C.—Sixty-six 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 and...
Continue ReadingFurman part of newly designated academic health center
Greenville Health System was not only named an academic health center this week; it joined with partners Clemson University, Furman University and the University of South Carolina to announce a unique “clinical university model” that...
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