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High Noon Lecture Series fall schedule
High Noon at the Upcountry History Museum 2017 Fall Schedule All lectures begin at noon on Wednesdays and last one hour. For more information, contact Furman’s University Communications office at 864-294-3107 or [email protected]. ...
Continue ReadingFurman Symphony Orchestra presents “Russian Masterworks” Oct. 27
The Furman Symphony Orchestra (FSO) will present a concert Friday, Oct. 27 at 8 p.m. in McAlister Auditorium on campus. The Cultural Life Program performance, “Russian Masterworks,” is a Sound Quality Concert Series event and...
Continue ReadingLane Harris publishes “Translations of the Peking Gazette Online”
Furman History professor Lane Harris has released an 8,500-page electronic database, Translations of the Peking Gazette Online, through Brill as part of a digital humanities project. The database includes English-language renderings of official edicts and memorials from...
Continue ReadingA summer to remember
[caption id="attachment_34490" align="alignright" width="282"] Sun Lee (left) and members of his cohort visited New York City in late August.[/caption] Earlier this year, Sun Lee, a health sciences major from South Korea, learned about the United...
Continue ReadingUnderstanding shooter’s motives may help prevent future violence
At last count, the death toll from Sunday's mass shooting in Las Vegas perpetrated by Stephen Paddock tops almost 60, and injuries from the violence number over 500. In an interview with a reporter at...
Continue ReadingGates: Race discussion must be deep, inclusive, fearless
Among the 600 who gathered to hear Henry Louis Gates, Jr. at Furman's Younts Conference Center Sept. 18 was the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Leroy Chapman who wrote an opinion piece for the AJC about Gates' remarks. Chapman...
Continue ReadingFacing the big question in Reasons to Be Pretty
It’s a struggle to maintain fulfilling love relationships, friendships and jobs. Although some will not want to admit it, Courtney Dorn ’18 says actors and audience members may be able to find some of themselves...
Continue ReadingFrom rebuild to resurgence
Golfweek wrote about the nationally-ranked Furman women's golf team, which is making its debut this week at the prestigious ANNIKA Intercollegiate Presented by 3M. The Paladins were invited to the elite, 12-team field that includes...
Continue ReadingConsumptive Chic
What happens when you marry microbiology, history and an insatiable drive to find answers? You get a new book by Furman History professor Carolyn Day, Consumptive Chic: A History of Beauty, Fashion, and Disease. Her...
Continue ReadingA family that plays together
Theatre has always been a family affair for Tony, Margaret, Elli and Mike Caterisano. Associate Professor of Theatre Arts Margaret Caterisano first came to Furman as a costume designer in 1986. Since then, she’s worked...
Continue ReadingLiveWell Greenville gets boost from Duke Endowment
LiveWell Greenville (LWG) announced it has received the Healthy People Healthy Carolinas grant from the Duke Endowment in partnership with Bon Secours St. Francis. The grant will further LWG's mission "to make the healthy choice the easy choice...
Continue ReadingAkwaaba! (Welcome!)
[caption id="attachment_34381" align="alignright" width="471"] Paige Flagge ’18, Ellie Erickson ’20, Janet Kwami, Yinglu Wang ’18, and Cynthia King try their hands at Adinkra stamping. The Adinkra cloth is a hand-printed fabric made by the Ashanti...
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