earth-environmental-and-sustainability-sciences
Meet the 2014-15 Furman Fellows
[caption id="attachment_13923" align="alignright" width="558"] This year's Furman Fellows are (from left to right) Emily Vontsolos, Cassie Chee, Kris Hajny, Orlin Sergev and Luke Christie.[/caption] Furman Fellows Class of 2015 Cassie Chee is a Spanish and...
Continue ReadingSustainability and collaboration
Furman is well known for its beautiful campus, commitment to sustainability and opportunities for deep undergraduate student research. These three components came together when the campus was recently designated as a Level I arboretum through...
Continue ReadingTracking Lights
There were some nerves for Furman physics professor John Conrad and his students when they sent their DJI Phantom 2 drone into the air for the first time—and that was on a sunny day over...
Continue ReadingFurman lauded for doing “green” right
Furman is featured on a new nationwide list of 100 colleges that do an outstanding job of teaching sustainability and promoting it in their communities. The university was included in Teaching Sustainability: 100 Colleges Doing “Green” Right,...
Continue ReadingProfessor Andersen receives Fulbright to teach in Croatia
Furman Earth and Environmental Sciences professor Brannon Andersen has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship for teaching and research at the University of Zadar in Croatia during the 2014-15 academic year. Through the grant, Dr. Andersen will...
Continue ReadingWagenknecht receives NSF grant
Paul Wagenknecht, Furman University Professor of Chemistry, has been awarded a $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to support investigations into cheaper ways to convert solar energy into electricity. Says Dr. Wagenknecht, “Basically, our research...
Continue ReadingThe geology of landslides
Mountaintops across the Upstate are at risk from landslides, and local geologists warn that if a landslide occurred in certain high-risk spots, it could wipe out mountain homes and endanger lives. Several professors in Furman’s...
Continue ReadingAndersen receives Fulbright Scholarship
Furman University Earth and Environmental Sciences professor Brannon Andersen, Ph.D., has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship for teaching and research at the University of Zadar in Croatia during the 2014-15 academic year. Through the grant,...
Continue ReadingFurman listed in Princeton Review’s Guide to Green Colleges
Furman University is listed in the fifth edition of The Princeton Review's Guide to 332 Green Colleges: 2014 Edition, a guidebook saluting the most environmentally responsible “green colleges.” The new edition of the free guidebook...
Continue ReadingVote now for best sustainability video
In January, Furman University was selected as a finalist in the Second Nature Climate Leadership Awards for exemplifying the mission of the American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) of addressing sustainability through education,...
Continue ReadingIt’s trash day
Clad in Tyvek suits and rubber gloves, earth and environmental sciences professor Wes Dripps, Ph.D., and his students scaled the library steps to face the task of sorting through trash from North Village garbage cans....
Continue ReadingBottled vs. tap
Does bottled water really taste better than tap water? Furman’s Environmental Action Group (EAG) sought to answer this question and more through a water tasting activity in the Trone Center which lasted from 11:30 am...
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