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Photo Gallery: Homecoming 2021

Although it ended with East Tennessee State University Buccaneers outscoring the Furman Paladins 17-30, the hundreds of students, alumni and community members who visited campus for Homecoming Oct. 22-24 would have to call the weekend...

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Photo Gallery: Fifth annual Fiesta Hispana caps off Hispanic Heritage Month

Furman celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, and last Friday’s Fiesta Hispana on the Trone Student Center patio was the perfect closer. Sponsored by the Hispanic Organization for Latinx Awareness (HOLA)...

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Is there life beyond Earth? Amy Williams ’07 seeks answers

Does life exist elsewhere in the universe? It’s a question as old as time. And Amy Williams ’07 is trying to find the answer through her work with NASA’s Mars rover project. “I have always...

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Students soar in ‘Wings of the City’ Instagram challenge

When Furman Spanish Professor Angélica Lozano-Alonso asked her students to participate in the #WingsoftheCityGVL Instagram photo challenge, she no doubt would’ve been thrilled with a single winner from her class. Turns out her students swept...

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Courtney Clarke ’17 finds dual calling in veterans affairs and children in need

[caption id="attachment_52385" align="alignleft" width="350"] Courtney Clarke '17[/caption] On the surface, her pharmacy career and volunteer work seem unconnected. But for Courtney Clarke ’17, life is about seeing needs and stepping up. In both the veteran...

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Rise Against Hunger sends care packages from Furman with love

On Sept. 1, the Heller Service Corps partnered with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes in Timmons Arena to benefit the Rise Against Hunger program. Students – including quarterback Hamp Sisson ’22 – packed approximately 45,000...

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Tim Hanks named Fellow of the American Chemical Society

Furman University’s Tim Hanks, chair and professor of the Department of Chemistry, has been named a fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS). Hanks and 2020 ACS Fellow George Shields, professor of chemistry, will be...

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‘How did we get here?’: StraightTalk series examines structural racism

Each year since 2011, The Riley Institute and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Furman – joined recently by South Carolina ETV – have collaborated to present a public discussion of timely issues for the...

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Are some people born lucky? A UT psychologist argues inequality’s genetic roots

[caption id="attachment_51502" align="alignright" width="329"] Harden's book is available September 2021.[/caption] Kathryn Paige Harden, a 2003 Furman University psychology alumna, has written a new book, "The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality" (Princeton University...

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Shi Institute earns international acclaim from UN program

For more than a decade, Furman’s Community Conservation Corps has been making a local impact, improving the lives of hundreds of residents. Now, that local impact has spread globally with recognition from the United Nations...

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Students study race, COVID-19 in tweets

For more stories about student research, click here. For their Research and Evaluation in Health Sciences class in the fall of 2020, Samantha Norton ’23 and Imaya Virani ’22 wanted to know if they could...

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‘Lead bold and thrilling lives’ – Furman celebrates Commencement for the class of 2021

View a gallery of photos from commencement Read commencement speech by Angela Walker Franklin '81 Read commencement speech by Jacqueline Elizabeth Faustin '21 2021 student and faculty awards 2021 Senior Spotlights View the archived livestream...

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