Beth Fraser ’20 presents research at top professional conferences

Furman University rising senior Beth Fraser of Shelby, North Carolina, has won the respect only few undergraduate-level researchers receive in the world of literature and Romanticism. This summer she presented her research at the Association...

Furman listed in 2020 Princeton Review’s ‘Best Colleges’ guide

Furman University has once again been selected for inclusion in the newest edition of The Princeton Review’s college guide, “The Best 385 Colleges.” Among the featured lists the publication cited as being especially important to...

Chemistry professor Anderson receives Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award

Furman Associate Professor of Chemistry Mary Elizabeth (“Beth”) Anderson has been granted a 2019 Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award by the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. The annual awards program supports the research and teaching...

A significant contribution

In an interview with Mike Switzer of South Carolina Business Review, a South Carolina Public Radio program, John Warner talks about Furman’s nearly $300 million economic impact on the Upstate. Warner, co-founder of Accessible Diagnostics...

Food truck promises summer meals

Greenville County school children in Berea and Travelers Rest have new reasons to celebrate this summer. A food truck was gifted to the school district by a group of Riley Fellows from Furman University's Riley...

Ken Peterson assumes position of Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost

Ken Peterson, who has served as Dean of the Faculty at Furman University since February 2017, is the university's new Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost as of Aug. 1. Furman President Elizabeth Davis...

In praise of Olson’s ‘789 Miles’

Matt Olson's latest CD project "789 Miles" wins praise from Mark Gilbert of Jazz Journal. For the trio project, the Furman professor of saxophone and jazz studies director enlisted the artistry of his current and...

Meet your campus troubleshooter

Furman Professor of Biology Victoria Turgeon had already earned the trust of her fellow faculty members, so it was no surprise that she agreed to become the university’s faculty ombudsman four years ago. In a...

Music Professor Laura Kennedy receives Fulbright award

Laura Kennedy, Furman University associate professor of musicology, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar award to conduct research in Russia during the 2019-20 academic year. [caption id="attachment_39851" align="alignright" width="340"] Associate Professor of Musicology Laura Kennedy[/caption]...

Former Furman football player opens Old Europe Pastries

In 1988, he helped lead the Paladin Football team to sweet victory in Furman's only NCAA Division I-AA Championship. Now, economics graduate Bobby Daugherty '90 is making strides on an entirely different turf--the world of...

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MS-CEM Program welcomes new class

When Furman’s Master of Science in Community Engaged Medicine (MS-CEM) program welcomed its second class in June, very little had changed from the year before. Same 34-credit course mix of hard science and public health...