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Baker’s “Circle Mirror Transformation”
FEBRUARY 6, 2012 by Tina Underwood, Media Relations The Furman Theatre will present Annie Baker’s Circle Mirror Transformation, Feb. 8-11 and 15-18 at 8 p.m., and on Sunday, Feb. 12 at 3 p.m. in the Furman...
Continue ReadingCivility in public discourse
FEBRUARY 3, 2012 By Shannice Singletary ’14, Contributing Writer Ill-mannered celebrities, games glorifying sex and violence, hazing, and outrageous public displays. Civility, it seems, is under assault. Why? Robert Hariman, a theorist of political style...
Continue ReadingComputer science professor Allen offers advice on security and passwords
In an technological era when everything from daily communication to shopping, networking and banking is done online, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the sheer number of passwords that are required. Furman computer science professor...
Continue ReadingArt by Daniel Marinelli
Art by Daniel Marinelli will be on display Aug. 30 through Sept. 29 at Thompson Gallery in the Roe Art Building on the Furman campus. Thompson Gallery hours are 9 a.m.–5 p.m., Monday through Friday....
Continue ReadingAlum Jessica Taylor talks politics
Jessica Taylor, a 2007 Furman graduate and senior analyst/reporter with The Rothenberg Political Report, recently appeared on MSNBC's “The Daily Rundown” with Chuck Todd to talk about the South Carolina Republican presidential primary. A native of...
Continue ReadingHealthcare reform and what it means to you
JANUARY 19, 2012 by Chloe Kowalski '12 Nine hundred and eighty-three billion dollars. That is the estimated overall cost of the Affordable Healthcare Act, but don’t panic. This act will not only pay for itself,...
Continue ReadingThe “best of” Furman’s music professors
Three of Furman’s music professors were involved in endeavors that made several “Best Of” lists in 2011. A CD by keyboardists Dan Koppelman and Ruth Neville was selected as one of the best new classical...
Continue ReadingMath professors Harris, Hutson crunch the college football numbers
Are the BCS computer ratings the best way to rank college football teams? Peter Keating, a writer with ESPN the Magazine, doesn’t think so, and he enlisted the help of Furman math professors John Harris and...
Continue ReadingProfessor helps study signals from space
DECEMBER 19, 2011 by Vince Moore, Media Relations Director Professor David Moffett played a key role in the process that led to two highly specialized receivers being mounted onto radio telescopes last week at the...
Continue ReadingRemembering Pearl Harbor
On Dec. 7, the United States commemorated the 70th anniversary of one of the most notable moments in the history of the nation. In an op-ed for The Greenville News, Furman history professor Courtney Tollison...
Continue ReadingTrees make us healthier, speaker says
By Chloe Kowalski '12, Contributing Writer DECEMBER 5, 2011 Imagine your city has a spare $1 million. Then, try telling the city commission the money should not go to improving education, roads, sewer lines, public...
Continue Reading2007 alum Michael Scullin receives graduate research award from APA
Michael Scullin, a 2007 Furman graduate who is finishing his Ph.D. work at Washington University in St. Louis, has received the 2011 Edwin B. Newman Graduate Research Award from the American Psychological Association (APA). The...
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