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Task Force on Slavery and Justice releases report for campus discussion

After more than a year of intensive study, the Furman University Task Force on Slavery and Justice released its findings today. The report includes a history of Furman’s early ties to slavery and makes a...

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The phenomenal Mr. Eaddy

The Chronicle newspaper interviewed Randy Eaddy ’76 as he prepares to assume his new position as CEO and president of The Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County in North Carolina. Eaddy, a summa cum...

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Top Mock at Furman—no ordinary courtroom simulation

Rising high school juniors and seniors with a serious penchant for mock trial took their skills to a whole new level when they participated in Top Mock at Furman University July 15-20. At Top Mock,...

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Riley Institute announces afterschool and expanded learning policy fellows

The Riley Institute at Furman University has selected 16 leaders in the field of afterschool and expanded learning to participate in the White-Riley-Peterson (WRP) Policy Fellowship. A partnership with the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the...

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Riley Institute announces promotion, adds new staff

The Riley Institute at Furman University has promoted team member Megan Dodgens to director of diversity leadership strategies and has added two new staff members, including Sally Morris Cote, Ph.D., as director of planning and...

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Prototype: An opera festival that earns its name

Known for addressing more daring themes, the New York City festival Prototype: Opera/Theatre/Now, will present its seventh season Jan. 5-13, 2019. The New York Times reports that among the operas earning a spot in the...

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Music by the Lake celebrates 50 years

"There’s a little something for everyone,” says Furman University Professor of Music Leslie W. Hicken about the Music by the Lake Summer Concert Series. He spoke to Chris Worthy who contributed an article about the...

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Overturning Roe v. Wade would send issue back to states

With President Donald Trump's nomination of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, speculation swirls around the prospect of overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark decision handed down by the United States Supreme Court on the issue...

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93 yards to the house

What is the greatest play in the history of National Football League’s Cincinnati Bengals? According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, it was the 93-yard kickoff return by Furman alum and trustee Stanford Jennings ’84 in Super...

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A closer look at the economy

At the start of 2018, Furman Business and Accounting Professor Thomas Smythe spoke with GSA Business about what the economy would hold in 2018. The publication checked back with him in July for a mid-year...

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Sgt. Holliday sings anthem

Class of 2004 Furman University piano performance major Stacey Holliday appeared front and center at the 2018 T-Mobile Home Run Derby in Washington D.C. July 16 when she performed an a cappella rendition of "The Star-Spangled...

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Trump and Putin in Helsinki

Alexander Stubb, a 1993 Furman graduate and the former prime minister of Finland, talked with CNN prior to President Trump’s meeting on Monday with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki. Stubb, who graduated from Furman with a...

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