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Grants from SC INBRE support biomedical research on campus
Three Furman University Department of Biology faculty have each received research grants of $72,000 from the South Carolina IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (SC INBRE) program for the 2018-2019 fiscal year. Biology professors Adi...
Continue ReadingSpreading the word on undergraduate research
Three members of the Furman University faculty were invited to give presentations at the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) Biennial Conference 2018, “Creating Collaborative Connections in & Through Undergraduate Research,” July 1-3 in Arlington, Va....
Continue ReadingFurman athletics program enjoys record-setting year
How good was Furman’s overall athletics performance in 2017-18? The Paladins finished 73rd among 291 NCAA Division I qualifying schools in the Learfield Sports’ Directors’ Cup competition. That was not only the best finish among...
Continue ReadingChen excited about her golfing future
Alice Chen '18, a Furman University psychology graduate, is on course to continue a theme she has carried since her high school days in Somerset County, New Jersey. Having posted a 21st-place individual finish at...
Continue ReadingUncovering Greenville’s public health issues
Most Furman students are new to Greenville and see it through the eyes of a college student living in the city. Last month 11 participants, including myself, were given a different perspective through the Current...
Continue ReadingNews media usually show immigrants as dangerous criminals
Political science and government alumna Emily Farris '06 has written an article in The Washington Post about how immigrants are depicted in the news media. The article is an offshoot of a study she and...
Continue ReadingHow important is your state to U.S. history?
This news release was written and provided to Furman by Washington University in St. Louis. As the United States celebrates its founding on July 4, new research on “collective narcissism” suggests many Americans have hugely...
Continue Reading$50,000 in scholarships from Osher Foundation benefit adult reentry students
Furman University Undergraduate Evening Studies (UES) has received a $50,000 grant from the Bernard Osher Foundation. The grant supports UES Osher Reentry Scholarships for the 2018-19 academic year, enabling nontraditional adult learners (NALs) to continue...
Continue ReadingColleges replace plastic straws with paper
Before Furman's move to replace plastic straws with paper ones in 2017, the university was tearing through about 22,000 straws per month--a fraction of the 500 million straws used each day in America. University Business...
Continue ReadingMeasuring the college experience
In a “Future U Podcast,” Brandon Busteed, executive director of Education & Workforce Development at Gallup, discusses what college graduates think about their higher education experiences. As part of his discussion with co-hosts Jeff Selingo...
Continue ReadingMenzer named to board of South Carolina Council on the Holocaust
Furman University English professor Melinda Menzer has been appointed to the board of the South Carolina Council on the Holocaust. The South Carolina Council on the Holocaust was established by the South Carolina Legislature in...
Continue ReadingFurman installs epinephrine kits
"Twenty-five percent of people who suffer from life-threatening allergies don’t know it, and those who do often engage in risky behavior by not carrying their prescribed epinephrine auto-injectors," reports Cindy Landrum of the Greenville Journal....
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