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Furman plays role in NSF grant to advance women in STEM
The statistics from the National Science Foundation are sobering: Women across all ethnicities fall well behind men in the number who hold full professorships in science, technology, engineering and math. To target the gender gap, the...
Continue ReadingGive Back this Giving Tuesday
Furman University is gearing up for its seventh annual Giving Tuesday event on December 3. Last year, alumni, students and friends of the university celebrated the international day of philanthropy by contributing 744 gifts that...
Continue ReadingMoravian Love Feast Dec. 8
Furman’s Office of Spiritual Life presents its annual Love Feast, Sunday, Dec. 8, at 5 p.m. in Daniel Memorial Chapel. Based on shared feast traditions that date to the early church, the Love Feast celebrates...
Continue ReadingFurman Innovation and Entrepreneurship Hosts Venture Carolina Summit
Furman will welcome VentureSouth, a Top 10 angel investment group in North America, to campus Dec. 4-5, as they present the fourth annual Venture Carolina Education Conference. More than 200 VentureSouth members and community leaders...
Continue ReadingFurman professor elected fellow of AAAS
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has elected George C. Shields, a Furman University chemistry professor, to the rank of fellow in the organization. This year’s cohort includes 443 members; they will...
Continue ReadingImpeachment inquiry hardening political lines in Washington, expert says
Pressure from members of his own Republican Party was the turning point in President Richard Nixon’s decision to resign on Aug. 8, 1974. Nobody knows what will happen from here as President Donald Trump faces...
Continue ReadingWeaponized learning outcomes
A subpoena to appear in the Supreme Court of the Kingdom of Tonga inspires Furman's David Eubanks to opine on the subject of "learning outcomes" and official statements that attempt to measure the same. Eubanks,...
Continue Reading10 ways to a more sustainable Christmas
It’s the season of giving. And, giving. And … giving some more. Americans give each other so much between Thanksgiving and Christmas they throw away 25 percent more waste, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection...
Continue ReadingHolidays on the autism spectrum
For people on the autism spectrum, the festive trappings and traditions of the holiday season are potential pitfalls. Glaring lights, blaring music and bustling crowds can easily become stimulation overload, while changes in routine schedules...
Continue ReadingFurman to end exemption for off-campus fraternity houses
Since 2001, Furman has required all students to live in on-campus housing except for seniors who wish to live in off-campus fraternity houses. Furman University will eliminate off-campus fraternity houses by fall 2020. Several media...
Continue ReadingThe Montessori model and creativity
Can school environment impact creativity among schoolchildren? Furman University's Brooke Culclasure of the Riley Institute, David Fleming, Riley Institute researcher and professor in the Department of Politics and International Affairs, and Furman alumnus Daniel Zhang...
Continue ReadingProving that borders are fluid
A chilly wind swept across the plain as Melinda Menzer waded into the waters of Lake Amistad, a vast reservoir near Del Rio, Texas, formed when the Rio Grande and the Devil River were dammed...
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