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Humanities virtual lecture series intends to bring people together

The novel coronavirus has spent the last three months driving people apart. This summer, Furman Associate Professor of English Literature Michele Speitz hopes the humanities can help bring them back together with “Tolle, Lege,” a...

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Criss included in women’s suffrage special

Shaniece Criss, assistant professor of Health Sciences, is one of 11 women in South Carolina to be profiled in a one-hour video special on SCE TV celebrating the 100th anniversary of women's right to vote....

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Bridges Announces Summer Program and Newest Class

The Bridges to a Brighter Future 2020 summer program will have a very different look due to COVID-29 pandemic. Instead of the traditional four-week residential program on Furman University’s campus, students will experience academic classes,...

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Unfounded fear helps fuel police violence

[caption id="attachment_45680" align="alignright" width="400"] Brittany Arsiniega[/caption] As Congress and local governments across the United States consider police reform, one important question is why police use excessive force, even after scores of protests across the country...

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Paladins give $1.4 million on Dins Day

The Furman University community came together June 16 for the sixth annual Dins Day, a 24-hour celebration of Paladin pride and philanthropy. This year, alumni, students, parents and friends of the university contributed 2,227 gifts...

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Justicia fights for COVID-19 protections for people who are incarcerated

While nursing homes and meatpacking plants were the early epicenters of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, the five largest outbreaks are now in correctional facilities, according to an analysis by The New York...

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Eyes and hearts opened, voices raised amid national BLM movement

Furman Women’s Basketball Coach Jackie Carson '00 could not remain silent after the death of George Floyd on May 25. In an emotional letter on social media, she wondered how much longer she could wait to...

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After the protests: Book describes how communities can make systemic change

[caption id="attachment_45700" align="alignright" width="265"] "Between Remembrance and Repair" is publishing on the 56th anniversary of the "Mississippi Burning" murders.[/caption] The Black Lives Matter movement skyrocketed after the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud...

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A doubleheader at the Met

For any opera singer, one performance can be enough to put a strain on her vocal cords. But what about performing two major roles in the same day? Betsy Bishop, a 1989 graduate of the Furman music...

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Ending systemic racism

On the fifth anniversary of the Mother Emanuel murders by a white supremacist, recent deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery remind us that we still need to have difficult conversations about ending...

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Joseph Vaughn statue taking shape

Steven Whyte, a Carmel, California-based sculptor, is recreating an iconic image of Joseph Vaughn, Furman University’s first African American undergraduate student, as a bronze statue that will forever commemorate Vaughn’s walk up the steps to...

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Deepening the Furman Experience

"The Furman Advantage has been embraced on campus 'because it is authentic to what Furman has always been,'" President Elizabeth Davis said in this June 12 Greenville News profile. Although the pandemic is challenging, Davis said...

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