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University announces 2019 spring term Dean’s List

Here are the students who made the Dean’s List for the 2019 spring term. The honor is awarded to full-time undergraduates who earn a grade point average of at least 3.4 during the university’s fall...

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Provost George Shields awarded $333,358 NSF-RUI grant

George Shields, vice president of academic affairs and provost and professor of chemistry at Furman University, has been awarded a $333,358 National Science Foundation (NSF) Research in Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) grant to support his research...

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16 students attend first Summer Business and Entrepreneurship Boot Camp

At the very heart of entrepreneurship lies the concept that anyone can have an idea, but without the skills to bring it to life, an idea will remain just that. Addressing this fundamental need for...

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Are the NCAA’s APR scores fair?

Monique Ositelu, a 2011 Furman graduate and senior policy analyst with the Education Policy program at New America, has written an opinion piece for “Diverse: Issues in Higher Education” about the NCAA and its Academic...

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Furman mourns death of longtime professor, administrator John Crabtree

John H. Crabtree, a longtime English professor and former vice president for academic affairs and dean at Furman University, died June 26 at age 93. A memorial service will be held Tuesday, July 9 at...

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Riding to the top

Cyclist Brendan Rhim, who graduated from Furman this spring with a degree in health sciences, has won the 2019 Tour de Beauce in Quebec, Canada after an outstanding performance on the race’s final day. While...

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Researchers uncover local history through Max Heller’s papers in Special Collections

Two Greenville natives are digging into their hometown’s history this summer, and Max Heller’s papers, held in Furman’s Special Collections and Archives, will be central to their work. Andrew Baker, a Ph.D. candidate at Auburn...

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Greenville’s ‘signature university’

A statement was made recently in a Greenville News story about how the city needs to “attract a signature institution, such as a university, downtown to anchor the district and create a collaborative hub of...

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New study shows Furman’s economic impact on Upstate more than $297 million

Furman University’s annual economic impact on Greenville County and the surrounding Upstate counties is more than $297 million, according to a new study conducted by the university’s Department of Economics. Furman’s economic contribution to Greenville...

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The Economic Contribution of Furman University to Greenville County and the Surrounding Area

  The Economic Contribution of Furman University to Greenville County and Surrounding Area   Introduction Furman University is a private four-year residential liberal arts institution located in Greenville, South Carolina. Its core mission is the...

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Emerging Public Leaders win awards for service projects

High school students participating in the Riley Institute at Furman’s® Emerging Public Leaders (EPL) program have been working over the past year to create service projects across the state. After presenting their projects to a...

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Health sciences professors advance guidelines for preventing injury, death

Furman University Health Sciences professors Tony Caterisano, Matt Feigenbaum and Ben Snyder contributed to a set of national guidelines aimed at preventing injuries and deaths related to college sports training. Their paper, written with other...

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