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A splash of color

OCTOBER 5, 2012 by Jenn Summers ’13, Contributing Writer Been wondering about the students spray-painting a trailer in front of Roe Art Building this week? The project is the next phase of Furman’s Poinsett Project....

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Putting on a Good Show

The Furman mock trial team didn’t fulfill its dream of winning the American Mock Trial Association national championship over the weekend, but in pretty much every other way the University’s inaugural foray into hosting the...

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Laughs and Ideas Abound on Stage

According to Greenville News reviewer Neil Shurley, the Furman Theatre’s production of Tom Stoppard’s “Arcadia” is definitely worth seeing.  “Well cast and full of intriguing ideas, it’s a thoughtful production of a play that contains witty...

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Taking a New Look at Obesity

Furman student Grace Ellen Hanna says obesity is a serious problem that must be addressed. But anti- obesity campaigns, as they are currently being implemented, do not work. In an ideal situation, we would shift...

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Welcome to Phi Beta Kappa

GREENVILLE, S.C.—Sixty-one Furman University students have been elected to the school’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious academic society. The newest members were inducted during a special initiation ceremony and...

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Live Streaming the Finale

Nearly 500 college students from 48 schools around the country will be coming to Greenville this weekend to wage daylong legal battles on the Furman campus and in three of the downtown courthouses. The students...

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26.2 Miles and Counting

In an article about the 2016 Boston Marathon, arguably the country’s premier long-distance running event, Furman Health Sciences professor Bill Pierce provides tips on how to survive the grueling challenge.  His first piece of advice:...

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Greenville, Furman Set to Host Mock Trial Championship

The field is set. Forty-eight teams, a veritable Who’s Who of America’s top colleges and universities, will converge on Greenville beginning Friday for a weekend tournament to decide the best team in the country. They won’t...

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Sexual identification perceptions vary by culture

In 1474 in Medieval Europe, a rooster (a male chicken) was put on trial for “the heinous and unnatural crime of laying an egg”. Inside the egg, the villagers believed was a cockatrice, a mythical...

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Hutson Receives SCICU Excellence in Teaching Award

Dr. Kevin Hutson, Professor of Mathematics at Furman University, has been awarded a 2016 Excellence in Teaching Award from the South Carolina Independent Colleges & Universities (SCICU) organization. SCICU annually recognizes one faculty member from...

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Engaged! showcases student work

Student research, creative activity, performances, internships, study away, service learning -- spanning the natural sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities. The eighth annual Furman Engaged! Celebration on Tuesday, April 12 showcased all forms of engaged...

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When Laws are Bad for Business

Last month, North Carolina joined a growing number of state legislatures that have either passed or tried to pass bills that could enable discrimination against members of the gay, lesbians and transgender communities. The reaction...

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