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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...

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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...

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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....

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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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:...

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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,...

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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...

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Furman makes “Top 50” in Princeton Review’s “Green Colleges” guide

Furman University is listed among the “Top 50 Green Colleges” in the most recent edition of The Princeton Review’s Guide to 375 Green Colleges. Furman is ranked No. 36 in the 2017 edition of the...

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A magical, musical year in Leipzig

Furman University had always been in the back of Logan Campbell’s mind. Worried about how he would pay for college, he started his undergraduate studies at a large public university, but it simply wasn’t a...

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