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Let the postseason begin

The men’s basketball team, which plays its opening game in the conference tournament Saturday night against Mercer, has had a great regular season. There were twelve consecutive victories to start the season, a road win...

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Dealing with change and tough conversations on campus

Furman University President Elizabeth Davis and Asian Studies and Politics and International Affairs Professor Kate Kaup are featured in a new guide published by The Chronicle of Higher Education, “Preparing for Tough Conversations: How to...

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Greenville County among finalists for health prize

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation announced that Greenville County is among the 12 American communities chosen as finalists for the RWJF Culture of Health Prize. The prize recognizes communities that are bringing partners together around...

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Delia Allen joins Riley Institute’s education research team

Delia B. Allen has joined the Riley Institute at Furman’s Center for Education Policy and Leadership (CEPL) as a research associate. “We are excited to have Delia join our staff,” said Don Gordon, executive director...

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Report reveals optimism, challenges of Hispanic community

A two-year study by the Hispanic Alliance and Furman University has produced a detailed, hopeful picture of the lives of Hispanics in the Upstate. The report, “Hispanics in Greenville,” uses data collected through interviews with...

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Symphonic Winds in concert March 15

Furman Symphonic Winds will present a concert Friday, March 15, at 8 p.m. in McAlister Auditorium on the Furman University campus. Presented by the Furman Department of Music, the event is open to the public....

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Core Insight

1982 Furman University graduate Nick Craig found his purpose at MIT. For the Furman computer science and math alumnus, it took enrolling in engineering school to learn that he was more gifted in people and...

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‘There is no feeling like being free’

Anthony Ray Hinton’s words kept a capacity crowd of more than 1,700 in Furman’s McAlister Auditorium spellbound for more than an hour Wednesday night. His words failed him, however, when he was asked earlier in...

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Furman joins effort to improve health outcomes in South Carolina

The Duke Endowment has awarded a $1.025 million, three-year grant to the University of South Carolina to support a statewide effort to improve patient and population health in South Carolina by eliminating legal barriers that...

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Paul L. Thomas authors book about teaching writing

Furman Department of Education Professor Paul L. Thomas has written a new book about teaching writing. [caption id="attachment_38126" align="alignright" width="283"] Thomas’ book is the culmination of his experiences spanning nearly 40 years as both a...

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First African-American recipient of the WWI Medal of Honor

While researching African-Americans who served in the WWI American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) from her community, oral historian and Furman History Professor Courtney L. Tollison Hartness discovered the compelling story of a soldier who perished Sept. 28, 1918...

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Furman Singers on tour, closing concerts set for March 11 and 12

The Furman Singers will wrap up their annual spring tour with two concerts on the Furman University campus Monday, March 11, and Tuesday, March 12, at 8 p.m. in Daniel Memorial Chapel. The concerts are...

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