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Tomiko Brown-Nagin named dean of Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study

Tomiko Brown-Nagin, a 1992 Furman graduate and a leading historian on law and society, has been named dean of Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. She will assume her new position on July 1. Brown-Nagin...

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U.S. Army combat veteran Brad Carraway shines light on mental health, PTSD

Art by South Carolina native son and U.S. Army combat veteran Brad Carraway will be on display May 8-June 15 in Thompson Gallery of the Roe Art Building on the campus of Furman University. Regular...

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Senior Lexie Harvey selected as student commencement speaker

Furman University senior Lexie Harvey, a politics and international affairs major from Brentwood, Tennessee, will be the student speaker at Furman’s spring commencement Saturday, May 5. [caption id="attachment_36131" align="alignright" width="270"] Lexie Harvey is a politics...

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Join the celebration at Fluor Field April 24

If you’re attending the University of South Carolina-Furman baseball game at Greenville’s Fluor Field Tuesday, April 24, be prepared to see plenty of purple, both on and off the field. And you might want to...

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Health sciences professor Julian Reed writes book about movement in classroom

Furman University Professor of Health Sciences Julian Reed has written a new book about integrating movement and curriculum in the elementary classroom. The book, “Activating the Modern Classroom,” is published by Information Age Publishers. [caption...

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Fulbright grant awarded to senior Claire Pullan

Claire Pullan, a Furman University senior from Aiken, has won a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award for an English Teaching Assistantship for the 2018-2019 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the J....

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BMW Charity Pro-Am announces celebrity roster

Fans of reality series juggernauts Duck Dynasty and Southern Charm will get the chance to see Willie Robertson and Shep Rose tee off alongside over 30 other celebrities— including Super Bowl Champion Aaron Rodgers— as...

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2018’s greenest states

WalletHub gauges the eco-friendliness of all 50 states using 23 metrics such as LEED-certified buildings per capita and percentage of renewable energy consumption. The group also talks to university experts about how to build environmental...

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Ending public servant loan forgiveness hurts S.C. communities

[caption id="attachment_36078" align="alignright" width="337"] Bryan Boroughs '02 is vice president and general counsel for Institute for Child Success.[/caption] Often, public servants are willing to sacrifice big paychecks to do the work of the people. What...

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Furman to host Democratic gubernatorial debate Sunday night

The Upstate Chamber Coalition, Furman University and WYFF News 4 will host Democratic and Republican gubernatorial debates this spring. The Democratic debate will take place Sunday, April 22 at Furman’s Younts Conference Center. The Republican...

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Chemistry professor Greg Springsteen wins SCICU teaching award

Furman Associate Professor of Chemistry Greg Springsteen has been awarded a 2018 Excellence in Teaching Award from the South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities, Inc. (SCICU). A faculty member from each of SCICU’s 20-member institutions...

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Individual impact

Furman political science graduate Alyssa Richardson '12 is one of a dozen individuals featured in a Business Officer magazine story about the value of a liberal arts education. Richardson, who graduated Harvard School of Law...

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