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Jazz Combos in Concert Dec. 4

  The Furman University Jazz Combos will present a concert Sunday, Dec. 4 at 8 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall on campus. Presented by the Furman Department of Music, the concert is free and open...

Moravian Lovefeast Service Dec. 4

Furman University will host its annual Moravian Christmas Lovefeast service Sunday, Dec. 4, at 5 p.m. in Daniel Memorial Chapel. The event is free and open to the public, and is part of Furman’s Cultural...

A Plea for Common Ground and Partnership

More than 100 college and university presidents, including Furman president Elizabeth Davis, signed a joint letter to President-elect Donald Trump on Friday urging him to “condemn and work to prevent the harassment, hate and acts...

An Enterprise Built with Bread

Markey Culver ’08 doesn’t tell the story you expect. “I had zero interest in going to Africa,” Culver said. But she did go. And within a few years of setting foot on the continent, she...

And Then There Were Four

Furman defeated Sacred Heart 68-31 and North Carolina State 41-19 to win USA Rugby’s Division II South Regional this past weekend and punched its ticket to the Final Four. In so doing, the Paladins paired...

Professor Ty Tessitore Appointed to New Faculty Chair

Furman University political science professor Aristide (Ty) Tessitore has been appointed to the newly established Jane Hipp Professorship in Western and American Political Thought at the university. The professorship was created in honor of the...

Furman Students Sing on Broadway with Kristin Chenoweth

A Broadway debut as a college student is what dreams are made of, but 16 Furman Singers got the chance to perform with Kristin Chenoweth Nov. 12 in her one-woman show, My Love Letter to...

Physically and Academically Fit

Research by Furman health sciences professor Julian Reed has consistently shown that physically active and physically fit children have greater academic performance, academic achievement, and enhanced cognition compared to their less active peers. Dr. Reed...

John Blevins of Emory to Address “What Really Matters?”

Dr. John Blevins of Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health will speak on the campus of Furman University Tuesday, Nov. 29, at 7 p.m. in Daniel Memorial Chapel. A reception follows his address. Blevins,...

A legacy of HOPE

Steve Grant ’80 doesn’t shy away from telling the story, and you know the ending before it starts. Still, when he’s finished no response seems possible. “My first son died in 2005 in October, which...

Furman Offers Haunting Staging of ‘Lockerbie’

Neil Shurley, contributor for The Greenville News, reviews Furman's staging of Deborah Brevoort's The Women of Lockerbie, a play based on the terrorist downing of Pan Am Flight 103 over the Scottish town in 1988 killing all...