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Understanding 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...
Continue ReadingLeading the charge
Chalk up another victory for the Shi Center for Sustainability. This summer, the Center held its first professional-development workshop since being selected as one of 13 U.S. hub institutions for sustainability by the Association for...
Continue ReadingCarolyn A. Day authors new book about tuberculosis and fashion
Furman History professor Carolyn A. Day has published a new book about the idealization of one of the worst diseases in history—tuberculosis. Her book, Consumptive Chic: A History of Beauty, Fashion, and Disease, is published...
Continue ReadingAnother top ranking
Furman University is ranked among the top 12 percent of American colleges and universities—and the highest among South Carolina institutions—in the 2017 rankings released today by The Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education. Furman...
Continue ReadingChristeson ’07 and Turner celebrate the art of smarter workwear for women
Furman alumna Sali Christeson (Class of 2007) and business partner Eleanor Turner will present Argent, an exhibition of women’s workwear, Oct. 20-Nov. 10 in Thompson Gallery, Roe Art Building, on the campus of Furman University....
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