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For Jordan Harris ’20, an up-close look at the power of community
Jordan Harris ’20 knows something about interconnectedness. While interning at United Ministries, a Greenville, South Carolina, nonprofit that empowers those struggling with poverty to achieve self-sufficiency, he learned about the many ways opportunity and our...
Continue ReadingFurman named among U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools
Furman University has been named a 2020 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools Postsecondary Sustainability Awardee. Furman is one of only five higher education institutions in the country and is the only university in...
Continue ReadingSC colleges bracing for drop in revenue
Ariel Gilreath of The Greenville News contacts several colleges in the Upstate about how they will weather the COVID-19 storm and the lower revenues expected in its wake. Brad Pochard, associate vice president for enrollment at...
Continue ReadingFurman Reopens Applications
Furman University has re-opened applications for admission to allow prospective students additional time to apply for the 2020-21 academic year. The university announced Wednesday, April 22, that submissions are open through the Common Application and Coalition Application....
Continue ReadingRacism: The other virus sweeping America during pandemic
In a commentary published in the Chicago Tribune, author Julie Morita writes about the surge in negative speech directed toward Asian Americans on Twitter in the wake of COVID-19. Morita cites an analysis of nearly...
Continue Reading12 ways past epidemics changed everyday life
In a Reader's Digest article published by MSN, the author looks at historical epidemics and how they shaped building practices and materials, beauty, fashion, vaccines and more. In at least one of the "12 ways" disease...
Continue ReadingWhen plants contain metal, Haley Disinger ’20 wants to know why
Haley Disinger ’20 hardly noticed the tropical heat of Izabal, Guatemala, in July – so immersed was she in botanical questions. “When you’re in another country and you’re there to do research, things like heat,...
Continue ReadingWho gets a bed during coronavirus crisis? SC task force creates plan
It's not a question of if, but when, says Carmela Epright with regard to the possibility of an overwhelming COVID-19-like pandemic in the Palmetto State. Epright, a Furman University philosophy professor, is part of the...
Continue ReadingShi Center offers Earth Day Tips
April 22 marks the 5oth anniversary Earth Day, but for the staff and faculty of the Shi Center for Sustainability at Furman every day is an opportunity to celebrate protecting the planet and rethinking ways...
Continue ReadingFurman, home to 40 students during COVID crisis
Angelia Davis of The Greenville News pens an article about the clusters of students that remain on shuttered Upstate college campuses during the COVID-19 crisis. Forty Furman students, mostly international, continue to call Furman home....
Continue ReadingAmid pandemic, new interest in telemedicine
As the coronavirus increasingly confines people to their homes, there is growing interest in telemedicine as an alternative to visiting a doctor’s office, urgent care or emergency room. Susan Ybarra, director of institute operations for...
Continue ReadingMultiplying the test to flatten the pandemic curve
When Colin Rogers ’99 was majoring in history and playing football at Furman, having a hand in potentially slowing a pandemic was not in his career plan. Rogers planned to teach or head to law...
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