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Furman’s Women’s Leadership Institute empowers women to flourish

Furman's Women's Leadership Institute receives a glowing review from Upstate Business Journal in an article by Jay King. The leadership series, which took place virtually in seven weeks spanning April to June, covered modules from...

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PHOTO GALLERY: Welcome, students!

Students moved in this week, surrounded by family, friends and Orientation Team members, in preparation for the beginning of the school year on Tuesday. About 850 students arrived early or were here for Summer Session 2,...

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How former golfer Carly Burkhardt overcame tragedy to become a nurse

With all the time Furman University alumna Carly Burkhardt spent in the hospital while being treated for a rare blood disease, she often questioned whether she'd follow her mother's footsteps into the nursing profession. But...

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‘How did we get here?’: StraightTalk series examines structural racism

Each year since 2011, The Riley Institute and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Furman – joined recently by South Carolina ETV – have collaborated to present a public discussion of timely issues for the...

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$1 million gift will fuel football program’s growth under Clay Hendrix

Just weeks before Furman kicks off its 2021 season, an anonymous donor has made a $1 million gift to the football program. It is the third $1 million gift made to the football program since...

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An ‘Our Town’ for our time, staged in the New England community that inspired it

Lighting and sound designer, Kevin Frazier '07, a Furman University theatre arts graduate, snags a mention in The Washington Post for his work in the Peterborough Players' (New Hampshire) production of "Our Town." The play,...

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Are some people born lucky? A UT psychologist argues inequality’s genetic roots

[caption id="attachment_51502" align="alignright" width="329"] Harden's book is available September 2021.[/caption] Kathryn Paige Harden, a 2003 Furman University psychology alumna, has written a new book, "The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality" (Princeton University...

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We need to build our way out of this mess

[caption id="attachment_51495" align="alignright" width="200"] Eli Dourado '02[/caption] In the wake of the passage of a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill by the U.S. Congress, Eli Dourado, a 2002 Furman University alumnus, pens an opinion piece in...

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‘Everything worth having takes a while’

The upcoming school year will be unprecedented for Furman’s Student Government Association for a couple of reasons. For one, the president-elect could not have even run last year, due to a constitutional hurdle. For another,...

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Balancing act

In Humanities, the flagship magazine of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Furman University professors Benjamin Storey and Jenna Silber Storey seek to give meaning to the popular but elusive "balanced life" ideal, and suggest...

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Stacy Capers ’18 knows the sound of success

Stacy Capers '18 will travel to Los Angeles, California, on Sunday, Aug. 15, to record a music video with singer-songwriter and producer Charlie Puth and the other three winners of a music contest. Capers' entry was...

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Summer Commencement set for Aug. 14

John M. Harris ’91, professor of mathematics, will deliver the address at Furman’s Summer Commencement ceremony scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 14, at 4 p.m. in Charles E. Daniel Memorial Chapel. The university will award approximately...

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