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Riley Institute announces winner of Dick and Tunky Riley WhatWorksSC Award

Make Summer Count, a program of Public Education Partners in Greenville that combats summer learning loss, has won the 2017 Dick and Tunky Riley WhatWorksSC Award for Excellence. The Riley Institute at Furman University and...

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Paintings by Nishiki Sugawara-Beda on display Nov. 20-Dec. 12

Paintings by Nishiki Sugawara-Beda will be on display Nov. 20-Dec. 12 in Thompson Gallery, Roe Art Building, on the campus of Furman University. The artist will present a talk during a reception Wednesday, Nov. 29,...

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You can go home again

The weather was perfect and the Paladin football team did exactly what it was supposed to do as more than 3,000 Furman alums returned to campus this past weekend for Homecoming. In addition to a...

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Innovators are transforming S.C. schools

Former South Carolina Governor Richard Riley praises the state for its progress in public education. From New Tech schools along the I-95 corridor to self-paced learning and other innovations, Riley enumerates the wealth of programs...

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Theatre presents musical “If/Then” by Kitt and Yorkey

Furman University Theatre will present the musical If/Then Nov. 8-11 and Nov. 15-18 at 8 p.m., with matinee performances Nov. 12 and Nov. 19 at 3 p.m. All performances take place in The Playhouse on...

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New SAT, but same old problems

Too often, SAT scores are equated with school quality. But Furman Education professor Paul Thomas says scores have more to do with socioeconomics. The new SAT, which aims to narrow score gaps along race, social...

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High Noon on Nov. 1: “Are You Fake News?”

[caption id="attachment_34833" align="alignright" width="265"] John Armstrong[/caption] Furman Communication Studies professors John Armstrong and Brandon Inabinet will discuss “fake news” and the new media environment when they speak at the university’s High Noon fall lecture series...

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Award-winning historian to speak at Furman Nov. 7

Award-winning author and historian James W. Loewen will speak on the Furman University campus Tuesday, Nov. 7 at 6:30 p.m. in Younts Conference Center about the rise of the neo-Confederate South in the 1890s and...

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Attention students: Furman Connections happens Nov. 9

There aren't too many places you can find upwards of 300 Furman students, alumni, parents, faculty and employers in the same room. But Thursday, Nov. 9 at 5-6:30 p.m., the Watkins Room in Trone Student...

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Protecting the Dreamers

Furman President Elizabeth Davis is among nearly 800 college and university presidents and chancellors who have signed a letter to U.S. Senate and House leaders urging Congress to pass legislation to permanently protect the nation’s...

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Carolyn Day explores one of the strangest fashion trends in history

While pursuing her postgraduate history degree, Furman History professor Carolyn A. Day kept finding references to tuberculosis as “an easy and beautiful way to die,” which didn't line up with her understanding of the disease...

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Furman professor receives Mentor of Year award from CUR

Brannon Andersen, professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Furman University, has received the 2017 Geosciences Undergraduate Research Mentor Award from the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR). The award is given annually to an individual...

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