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Changing the World

This past February, Furman was rated among the nation’s top five schools for “making an impact” in the Princeton Review's 2016 edition of Colleges That Pay You Back: The 200 Schools That Give You the...

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Riley Institute selects new class of diversity leaders

Poised to join more than 1,700 Riley Fellows from across the state, 43 leaders from the Upstate and surrounding areas have been selected to participate in the Riley Institute at Furman’s Diversity Leaders Initiative (DLI)....

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A new leaf

Graced with an Asia garden, a rose garden, a spring-fed lake, and hundreds of trees—including 55 labeled species—Furman University’s 750-acre campus is justly lauded for its beauty. Of all the flora on campus, though, it’s...

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A Sustainable Model for Area Farms

As part of a $135,000 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture, Furman University Biology professor John Quinn, and Earth and Environmental Sciences professors Brannon Andersen and Courtney Quinn will tap area farms to...

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Furman names Corporate Sustainability Fellows

The Center for Corporate and Professional Development at Furman University recently recognized four executives as Corporate Sustainability Fellows (CSF). They are: Bill Flanagan (Leader, EcoAssessment Center of Excellence, General Electric) Mikee Johnson (CEO and President, Cox...

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Furman meets New York City

With fewer than 3,000 students, Furman is always going to face a climb when it comes to matching the size and influence of other alumni bases, and nowhere is that mountain steeper than New York....

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McKinney ’15 featured in early childhood journal

Sarah McKinney ’15 recently had an article published in Perspectives and Provocations in Early Childhood Education, a journal of The Early Childhood Education Assembly. The article, “Do Kindergarten Students Play Anymore?” discusses the conflict McKinney...

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Art by local creative stylist Brooker on display through Aug. 23

The Furman University Department of Art will present an exhibition by local creative stylist Jackie Shapiro Brooker through Aug. 23 in Thompson Gallery of the Roe Art Building on campus. Thompson Gallery hours are Monday-Friday,...

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BMC finale features three alumni

As the Brevard Music Center Festival (N.C.) comes to a close, three prominent Furman alumni will take the stage. Brevard’ s 80th Anniversary season rounds out with a triumphant performance of Beethoven's 9th Symphony, conducted...

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A Summer in New Zealand

Furman student Erin Mellor is one of nine American students participating in a pilot exchange program this summer at Massey University in New Zealand. In addition to having an internship with Te Rakau Theatre and...

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Discovering Psychology’s European Roots

Caroline Balling ’17 made a few surprising discoveries during her three weeks abroad as part of Furman May X course, “Discovering Psychology’s European Roots.” She absolutely loved the German version of macaroni and cheese topped...

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Brexit and Everything After

On June 23, residents of the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, the 28-nation bloc that was formed just after World War II. Furman political science professor Brent Nelsen, who joined the faculty...

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