CBR: ‘The Assault on College Financing’

Furman University President Elizabeth Davis appeared on "Carolina Business Review" in a virtual panel discussion about the financial impact of COVID-19 on higher education in "The Assault on College Financing." She joined leaders from Elon...

SC party leaders trade jabs over gunshot fired into local GOP office

After an unoccupied Lancaster County Republican Party office took a bullet to its glass facade on Sept. 20, a war of words erupted between SC GOP Party Chairman Drew McKissick and Democratic Party Chairman Trav...

Furman awarded $1.2 million for biomedical research

New biomedical research awards put Furman students and faculty on the leading edge of work that ripples far beyond its campus. With the goal of increasing biomedical research capacity in states where it is most...

Julia Tyson and the art of racing

You could call her a Renaissance woman. Julia Tyson ’22 is a studio art and communication studies double major with a penchant for auto racing. When she’s not working on her studies, you’ll find her...

The South’s most beautiful colleges

Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina, again makes Southern Living magazine's list of the "South's Most Beautiful Colleges." Other Palmetto State colleges making the 2020 list include The Citadel in Charleston and, just up the...

Furman moves up in WSJ/THE rankings

Furman University moved up 13 spots in the Best Colleges 2021 rankings released this week by The Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education. The rankings place Furman as the top college or university in...

Dins Vote working to keep student voting on an upward trajectory

The good news for incoming Dins Vote student leader Erica Daly ’22 is that she’s inheriting a campus culture that has increasingly embraced election participation. The bad news is Furman still has a ways to...

Paladin Pivots: Turning crisis into opportunity

It isn’t the crash course in agility training anyone would have wished for, but for all its chaos, COVID-19 has produced masters of the entrepreneurial pivot. In a new virtual speaker series, “Paladin Pivots: Stories...

Furman monitoring Sally; will update campus as needed

Update, Thursday, Sept. 17, 10:50 a.m. The Greenville area is now expecting lower amounts of rainfall at 3-4 inches, according to the latest information from the National Weather Service. Most of the rainfall will occur today...

Furman awarded two NSF grants totaling $720,000

The National Science Foundation’s Major Research Instrumentation program provides funding for equipment and infrastructure for labs across the country, and rarely does it issue two awards to the same university in the same year. But...

Furman awarded Diversity & Inclusion Grant by Associated Colleges of the South

Furman has been awarded a collaborative Diversity and Inclusion Grant by the Associated Colleges of the South (ACS), marking a significant step toward the university’s goal of creating an inclusive campus environment. “It's super exciting,...

Who will be LGBTQ Nation’s Up & Coming Politician of the Year?

Furman University history alumna Kimberly Jackson '06 has been nominated by LGBTQ Nation as an "Up and Coming Politician of the Year." Rev. Jackson is seeking a bid to become Georgia's first LGBTQ state senator....

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CBR: ‘The Assault on College Financing’

SC party leaders trade jabs over gunshot fired into local GOP office

Furman awarded $1.2 million for biomedical research

Julia Tyson and the art of racing

The South’s most beautiful colleges

Furman moves up in WSJ/THE rankings

Dins Vote working to keep student voting on an upward trajectory

Paladin Pivots: Turning crisis into opportunity

Furman monitoring Sally; will update campus as needed

Furman awarded two NSF grants totaling $720,000

Furman awarded Diversity & Inclusion Grant by Associated Colleges of the South

Who will be LGBTQ Nation’s Up & Coming Politician of the Year?

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