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Furman presents climate change panel discussion March 14

Furman University’s David E. Shi Center for Sustainability will host an Alumni Climate Change panel discussion Wednesday, March 14 from 7-8:30 p.m. in Burgiss Theater of the Trone Student Center. The discussion is free and...

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In praise of faculty scholarship

Watch a video about the 2018 Faculty Scholarship Reception Faculty scholarship is happening all around Furman. Even on top of classroom requirements, advising, grading, serving on committees and attending meetings, professors from all disciplines are...

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Furman Symphonic Winds in concert March 16

Furman Symphonic Winds will present a concert Friday, March 16, at 8 p.m. in McAlister Auditorium on the Furman University campus. The CLP concert, “A Pocketful of Posies,” is open to the public. Tickets for...

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Two Furman student-athletes are NCAA Postgraduate Scholars

Furman cross country/track athlete Allie Buchalski and football player Andy Schumpert have been awarded NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships. Buchalski is the third member of the Paladin women's cross country/track and field program to receive the prestigious...

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Furman begins Southern Conference tournament play Saturday

Junior Andrew Brown featured in The Greenville News It’s been nearly 40 years since the Furman basketball team has enjoyed this kind of success. The Paladins finished the 2017-18 regular season with a 22-9 record,...

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Follow 10 Furman soccer players on a journey in Haiti

Ten Furman University soccer players will be aiming for a new kind of goal next week when they play the game in a different country. The players will work to make an impact on the lives...

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Tikhonovsky named University Innovation Fellow by Stanford design school

Furman University sophomore Natalie Tikhonovsky has been named a University Innovation Fellow by Stanford University’s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design.  She is the daughter of Sergey and Oksana Tikhonovsky of Marietta, Georgia. Tikhonovsky joins a...

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Alumna and students organize “Walk for Refugees”

  With the help of her fifth-grade class at As-Sabeel Academy, Furman University alumna Johnna Malici organized “Walk for Refugees,” a community-based walk aimed to spread awareness on the more than 65.3 million refugees worldwide....

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Well, it’s complicated: How to stop living by what you think …

A review of Harvard University professor Steven Pinker's Enlightenment Now sparks education professor Paul Thomas to sound off about gun violence in a blog post on Medium. In essence, the book reviewer and, subsequently, Thomas...

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Furman presents awards at Bell Tower Ball

Furman University presented a number of major awards at its annual Bell Tower Ball Saturday, Feb. 24. The event, which took place at the TD Convention Center, celebrated the accomplishments of members of the Furman community,...

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Statement supporting rights of high school students

Statement from Furman Admissions Office: Furman University supports the rights of high school students—and others—to participate in peaceful forms of protest and to exercise our constitutional freedom of expression. Participation in such events will not...

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Public Montessori schools on the rise across South Carolina

For states looking to adopt the Montessori model for public schools, they need look no further than South Carolina. Having adopted the approach early on, South Carolina now has more public Montessori schools than any...

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