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University watching weather; normal hours expected for Wednesday

While Furman expects to operate on its regular schedule on Wednesday, Jan. 17, the university is monitoring the weather for possible snow and ice overnight that could affect operating hours. Students, faculty and staff will...

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Fostering community unity

Greenville County is home to an impressive number of international companies, foreign-born residents, and foreign students and diversity leaders studying at Upstate higher education institutions. Daniel S. Sanders, Jr., a member of the Furman Board...

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Aspen String Trio in concert Jan. 23

The Furman University Department of Music will host the Aspen String Trio in concert Tuesday, Jan. 23 at 8 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall on campus. Free and open to the public, the performance includes...

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Purpose of the celebration

Furman University sponsored a Community Breakfast Jan. 12 as part of a series of events honoring the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr., “Building the Beloved Community.” The event featured a talk by...

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Tutu talks about truth at MLK Community Breakfast

Nontombi Naomi Tutu, daughter of South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, spoke at a Community Breakfast Jan. 12 as part of a series of events honoring the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr., "Building the...

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Shaping El Salvador

After the Trump administration’s decision to cancel a program that gave nearly 200,000 Salvadorans temporary status to live and work in the United States, many Salvadorans believe that the United States will once again shape...

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President Elizabeth Davis elected to CIC Board of Directors

Furman University President Elizabeth Davis has been elected to the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) Board of Directors. Davis will serve a one-year term from January 2018 to January 2019. The elections were held during...

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Furman listed in 200 Colleges “That Pay You Back”

Furman University is among the colleges and universities featured in the 2018 edition of The Princeton Review’s Colleges That Pay You Back: The 200 Schools That Give You the Best Bang for Your Tuition Buck....

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Black ice possible overnight

According to the National Weather Service, patchy black ice is expected to redevelop on roads across much of the western Carolinas tonight through Friday morning as temperatures fall back below the freezing mark. Furman expects...

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Studying the origins of life

Where did we come from? Probably few questions are as challenging to scientists as this one. But Furman students working with chemistry professor Greg Springsteen may have come a step closer to understanding the beginnings...

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Zachos of UC California Santa Cruz speaks about climate change Jan. 25

Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar James Zachos, professor of Earth & Planetary Sciences at University of California Santa Cruz, will speak Thursday, Jan. 25 at 5:30 p.m. in Plyler Hall, Patrick Lecture Hall on the...

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Truth and reconciliation

Truth is the only road to genuine racial reconciliation, Nontombi Naomi Tutu said Friday. And then she laid some ground rules: Truth with ourselves, truth with the community and truth with the next generation. “We...

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