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President Elizabeth Davis elected to CIC Board of Directors
Furman University President Elizabeth Davis has been elected to the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) Board of Directors. Davis will serve a one-year term from January 2018 to January 2019. The elections were held during...
Continue ReadingFurman listed in 200 Colleges “That Pay You Back”
Furman University is among the colleges and universities featured in the 2018 edition of The Princeton Review’s Colleges That Pay You Back: The 200 Schools That Give You the Best Bang for Your Tuition Buck....
Continue ReadingStudying the origins of life
Where did we come from? Probably few questions are as challenging to scientists as this one. But Furman students working with chemistry professor Greg Springsteen may have come a step closer to understanding the beginnings...
Continue ReadingFalling for Greenville
A reporter with The Washington Post comes to Greenville, South Carolina and writes about the city’s “wide-ranging (and well-priced) food scene; quirky boutiques; outdoor cafes on bustling, tree-lined, pedestrian-friendly streets; art galleries; bike trails; ample...
Continue ReadingThe brothers Turlington
The three Turlington brothers—Mark ’06, Chris ’10 and Michael ‘16—all excelled in the classrooms and labs of Furman’s chemistry department. They also excelled in the competition for the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, which is the...
Continue ReadingFurman’s voices of the future
Peyton Roth ’19 had known for a while he’d be serving as master of ceremony for the 2017 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Voices of the Future Opening Ceremony, but he wasn’t nervous. That is, until...
Continue ReadingSuccess in the lab
Research by Furman Chemistry Professor Greg Springsteen and two of his students have contributed to a new study that offers an explanation for how life on earth might have begun. The research, conducted in conjunction...
Continue ReadingCareer Trek: Where real-world experiences and self-discovery converge
Research Triangle Park (RTP) in Durham, North Carolina is North America’s leading and largest high technology research and science park, occupying 7,000 acres and employing 39,000 full-time and 10,000 contract workers at 170 companies. In...
Continue ReadingStudent spotlight: Nicholas Tuschak Basinger
Furman University Health Sciences graduate Nicholas Tuschak Basinger '09 thought he wanted to go into physical therapy. But a couple of farming internships and a little Appalachian Trail soul-searching changed his trajectory. Now he's working...
Continue ReadingField of dreams
As a member of the Furman baseball team, Jason Costa is used to performing in high-pressure environments. So he was prepared this past summer when he landed an internship with The University Financing Foundation (TUFF)...
Continue ReadingFurman receives $1 million grant from Rinker Foundation
[caption id="attachment_35089" align="alignright" width="401"] Ellen Chamblee '20 was among the Furman students who attended the Partners Luncheon in November.[/caption] Furman University has received a $1 million grant from the Marshall E. Rinker, Sr. Foundation that...
Continue ReadingShow and tell
In their quest to learn how to sell things, marketing students sometimes forget the biggest sale they’ll ever make: themselves. The good news is the internet age presents more opportunities than ever before to do...
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