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Making the spring term Dean’s List
Among the more prestigious honors that Furman students can earn during their time at the university is being named to the Dean's List. Those making the grade for the 2015 spring term represent 40 states, the District...
Continue ReadingTrustees approve faculty promotions, tenure
During its spring meeting Saturday, the Furman Board of Trustees approved promotions and/or tenure for 12 faculty members and granted emeritus status to six professors who are retiring this summer. The trustees also recognized the...
Continue ReadingA little bird told me
[caption id="attachment_17920" align="alignright" width="600"] Image courtesy of Shutterstock.com[/caption] The degree to which we humans can adapt to noise is many and varied. Let’s say we live in a quiet neighborhood where the only sounds we...
Continue ReadingUniversity welcomes newest members of Phi Beta Kappa
Forty-nine Furman students have been elected to the school’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious academic society. The newest members were inducted during a special initiation ceremony and dinner on...
Continue ReadingFilm festival explores the realities of China’s environmental crisis
High on a hillside in southwest China, a handful of elderly residents cry out, pleading for the protection of the mountains, trees, and streams around them. For many generations, protecting their environment has been a...
Continue ReadingA step closer to understanding cancer and other diseases
About a year ago, we learned students in Jason Rawlings’s lab were honored at a conference with the Council Award, given to the most outstanding graduate student poster. That’s right—graduate poster. At the 53rd Midwinter...
Continue ReadingEarth Week Teach-In takes place March 25
Furman will sponsor an “Earth Week Teach-In” event on Wednesday, March 25, from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Hill Atrium of the Trone Student Center. The public is invited to attend. According to...
Continue ReadingHigh Noon spring series begins March 18
Furman biology professor Wade Worthen will examine the state of scientific literacy in America when he opens the university’s High Noon spring lecture series Wednesday, March 18 at the Upcountry History Museum-Furman. The lecture, “Science...
Continue ReadingPartnership creates new environmental research opportunities in China
It’s a region of China that boasts both rich biodiversity and immense ethnic cultural diversity. Thousands of plant and animal species can be found in the Yunnan province on snow-capped mountains in the north to...
Continue ReadingCan we put a price tag on nature?
Placing a dollar value on the benefits that American society receives from nature is a controversial and complex effort. But as high quality forests and pristine habitat become scarce, it is important to quantify and...
Continue ReadingGradual changes for lasting victories
Test tubes, Bunsen burners, petri dishes, centrifuges, microscopes, safety goggles . . . the stuff of labs for students immersed in summertime undergraduate research or internships in the sciences, right? Not always. Biology major Sonya...
Continue ReadingFarming for the future
The Furman University Earth and Environmental Sciences and Biology departments are steps closer to a better understanding of how sustainable agricultural practices can help both area farmers and the environment. The departments have received a...
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