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Authors and academics take a look at the evolution of Philadelphia, MS
"Confederate Reckoning," a collaborative series from the USA TODAY Network and newsrooms spanning the South, explores the legacy of the Confederacy, Reconstruction and the Jim Crow era and their influence on communities today. Furman University's...
Continue ReadingA passage way is opening into the world of dreams
Researchers have long pondered the liminal space between wakefulness and dreaming. A new study out of Northwestern University about lucid dreaming has captured the attention of The Boston Globe. Lucid dreaming is a phenomenon in...
Continue ReadingA Guy’s Guy: Edmund White in the 1950s
Furman University's Nick Radel, an English professor, offers a glimpse into his upcoming biography of Edmund White, one of America's most renowned gay writers. In Los Angeles Review of Books, Radel describes the uncommon allyship...
Continue ReadingLillian Brock Flemming celebrates 40 years on Greenville City Council
One of the first Black women to enroll at Furman University, Lillian Brock Flemming '71, M'75, H'14 has enjoyed a front-row seat for witnessing decades of change in Greenville, South Carolina. Now celebrating 40 years...
Continue ReadingLegalized marijuana and the SC governor’s race
Could a campaign built on legalizing marijuana entice South Carolina Republicans and Independents to vote for gubernatorial candidate Joe Cunningham, a Democrat? Nigel Robertson of WYFF News4 spoke to Brent Nelsen, a professor of politics...
Continue ReadingShi Institute earns international acclaim from UN program
For more than a decade, Furman’s Community Conservation Corps has been making a local impact, improving the lives of hundreds of residents. Now, that local impact has spread globally with recognition from the United Nations...
Continue ReadingWardens’ love of learning creates opportunities for scholars
Joseph ’68 and Carolyn ’67 Warden are lifelong learners, forever delighting in the thrill of discovery and the equal enjoyment of sharing their knowledge and themselves with others. Though both are retired – Joseph as...
Continue Reading9 ways to cure (and prevent) shin splints
[caption id="attachment_49182" align="alignright" width="200"] Bill Pierce[/caption] Former Furman health sciences professor Bill Pierce has words of advice when it comes to annoying and painful shin splints. The veteran running coach and co-author of "Run Less,...
Continue ReadingCarmel sculptor Steven Whyte awarded grant for body of work
He is known in Furman University circles as the sculptor behind the Joseph A. Vaughn statue that now resides in the same-named plaza in front of the James B. Duke Library on campus. But Steven...
Continue ReadingMore than 200 public US colleges are requiring COVID vaccines. In SC, that’s illegal.
Wofford College and Furman University are the only colleges in South Carolina mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for students enrolling for fall classes. For state-supported institutions, there is no such requirement despite the American College Health Association's...
Continue ReadingWhy this former Kingsford analyst is launching an activist short fund
Known for calling out American Addiction Centers for widespread negligence, Chris Drose, a 2016 Furman University alumnus, is in the news again. The English major and former analyst at short-biased hedge fund Kingsford Capital is...
Continue ReadingEleanor Beardsley, reporting from Paris
Before she landed at NPR as an international correspondent, Eleanor Beardsley, a 1986 Furman University alumna, threw herself into myriad experiences to make a living and home in on her eventual career. Each occupation proved...
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