All Latest News

Governor McMaster’s refugee plan is wrong

Furman English professor Melinda Menzer takes a stand on the idea of barring refugees from the United States based on national origin. In a Greenville Journal opinion piece, Menzer, of Jewish heritage, describes the plight...

Continue Reading

Payton Isner ’19 invited to CNN headquarters for “New Day” segment

History major Payton Isner (Class of 2019) likely never dreamed his May 15 post on Odyssey would land him at CNN headquarters in New York this week. But it did. His whirlwind, all-expense-paid jaunt to...

Continue Reading

Meredith Green ’05 named general counsel at Furman

Meredith E. Green, a 2005 Furman University graduate, has been named general counsel at the university. Green will report to the president and serve as legal counsel on all university matters.  She will begin her...

Continue Reading

Alum Phoebe Ferguson ’17 receives high praise for research video

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a video is worth thousands more—especially when it comes to understanding scientific concepts and experiments. The Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE), a scientific journal in video format, held...

Continue Reading

New York Times’ Maureen Dowd and Carl Hulse speak Oct. 19 downtown

The American History Book Club and Forum, Upcountry History Museum and Furman University will host The New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd Thursday, Oct. 19 at 7 p.m. at The Poinsett Club in downtown Greenville....

Continue Reading

Chris and Andrea Borch give $1 million to Furman running program

Furman University graduate Chris Borch ’78 and his wife, Andrea, have given more than $4 million over the past decade to support the university’s track and cross-country program. Now, the Borchs have pledged another $1...

Continue Reading

University experts should speak out on big issues of the day

Do professors have a special responsibility to speak out publicly about political, environmental and social issues? That was the question aired in a Furman Cultural Life Program event held Sept. 21 on campus. Moderated by...

Continue Reading

Author, BYU professor Ralph Hancock opens Tocqueville series Oct. 2

Brigham Young University political science professor Ralph C. Hancock will open the Tocqueville Program lecture series Monday, Oct. 2 at 5 p.m. in Johns Hall 101 on the Furman University campus. His talk, “Christianity and...

Continue Reading

Big gains and tragic setbacks

Harvard professor and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Henry Louis Gates, Jr., was on campus Monday to present a program titled “Black America Since MLK.” The Greenville News was there to cover his talk. "To paraphrase Dickens,...

Continue Reading

Top colleges and grateful grads

In the 2017 Forbes listings of “America’s Top Colleges,” Furman is ranked No. 96 among all colleges and universities in the U.S.  The university was also ranked 99th in the category of “Grateful Grads Index:...

Continue Reading

Furman awarded $1.3 million NSF grant to expand student/faculty research

[caption id="attachment_34211" align="alignright" width="431"] In addition to providing more research opportunities for students, the $1.3 million grant will be used to purchase new equipment and research tools.[/caption] Furman University has been awarded a $1.3 million,...

Continue Reading

Coach Hendrix, Paladins get first victory at Colgate

After losing its first two contests on the final plays of each game and then falling to 0-3 after a loss to ACC member North Carolina State, the Furman football team was more than ready...

Continue Reading