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Painting the town with kindness

“If you think of artists, they’re really edgy, they have piercings and tattoos and I’m rolling in with Lilly Pulitzer and I just didn’t think that I fit in. What’s crazy is that what makes...

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Former white nationalist Derek Black to speak at StraightTalk Series

Derek Black was a white nationalist to the core and an active advocate for its ideology, his identity shaped from birth by living in a world where white people are the true victims of racism...

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Furman Monitoring Dorian; Regular Schedule Expected

***Update Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019, 5 p.m. Hurricane Dorian is still expected to have minimal impact on the Furman University campus and Greenville area, according to the National Weather Service. For tomorrow, when Hurricane Dorian is...

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MayX and OLLI students bridge the decades

On the first day of class, Lorraine DeJong, associate professor of education, asked the students enrolled in her "Intergenerational Learning with Seniors" May Experience course to draw a picture of a 75-year-old. One student's drawing...

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Furman wins gold for being green

Furman University has once again ranked among the top-10 baccalaureate universities for sustainability and has tied for second among all universities for sustainability research, according to the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher...

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Music department hosts Dave Pietro Quintet in concert Sept. 13

The Furman Department of Music will host the Dave Pietro Quintet Friday, Sept. 13, at 8 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall on campus. The jazz concert is open to the public and is sponsored by...

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Furman boosts preparedness with trauma kits

Furman University Police Chief John Milby stresses that the odds of anyone ever having to use the trauma kits that the police department began installing this summer are slim. However, slim is not the same...

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Furman celebrates start of 2019-20 academic year with opening Convocation

Once a homeless high school dropout, LaDavia Drummond Just ’02 today possesses four college degrees and is a Fulbright Scholar teaching pharmacology to second-year medical students at Uganda Christian University School in Kampala, Uganda. That...

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Furman is certified StormReady by National Weather Service

Furman has been certified as StormReady by the National Weather Service. Furman is the only institution of higher education in the Upstate to achieve the certification and one of only two universities in the Western...

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Furman’s Michael Brodeur opens 2019-20 exhibitions in Thompson Gallery

Furman University Associate Professor of Art Michael Brodeur opens the university’s 2019-2020 exhibitions with a show of paintings and other works Monday, Aug. 26, through Thursday, Sept. 26, in Thompson Gallery, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday....

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SGA President Jesse Tompkins committed to ‘sense of belonging’

For many teenagers, there is no bigger decision than the college decision. Jesse Tompkins ’20 was not an exception, but he faced an even more significant choice as he prepared to start the next phase...

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New equipment grant will give faculty, students a look inside molecules

Furman University has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) grant to acquire a 500 MHz nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer for interpreting the composition of molecules. This is the second major...

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