Mass Shooters and Mental Illness

In a presentation for TEDxGreenville, Furman philosophy professor Carmela Epright argues that most mass shooters are not mentally ill. In addition to teaching at Furman, Dr. Epright is a member of the clinical faculty at...

Luce Foundation Awards Furman $400,000 Grant

Furman University will host four new innovative study away and international exchange programs starting in July, thanks to a $400,000 Luce Initiative on Asian Studies and the Environment (LIASE) grant from the Henry Luce Foundation...

Cary Fontana ’10 receives Fulbright EU Fellowship

Cary Fontana, a 2010 Furman University political science and economics graduate, has won a Fulbright-Schuman grant from the U.S. State Department. Also known as the European Union (EU) Fulbright, the honor is awarded to only...

A New Director for the Shi Center

You’ve just started as director of the Shi Center, but you’ve had some time to think about how you will approach your new role. Can you tell us about your vision for the Shi Center?...

Going High Tech in the South

Since they graduated from Furman in 2013, Brooks Buffington and Tyler Droll have developed one of the more popular apps on the planet, Yik Yak. Their company has raised a good deal of money from...

Veterans Day ceremony to honor Furman war dead

Five Furman alumni will be honored during a special November 11 Veteran's Day ceremony with a new memorial plaque that will be dedicated at 11 a.m. Monday, November 11, at Childers Plaza. Guests for the...

Kelsey Orr selected as Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellow

Kelsey Orr, a rising senior at Furman University, is one of 10 undergraduates from across the country to be selected as a 2016 Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellow. Managed and funded by the U.S....

Teeing It Up with the Guys

When the GolfBC Championship begins this week at Gallagher’s Canyon Golf & Country Club in Canada, there will be 155 men and one woman playing in the tournament. The lone female will be Jacqueline Bendrick,...

Blackwell to work with Leipzig University as part of Mellon grant

Furman University Classics professor Dr. Christopher W. Blackwell will collaborate with faculty at Leipzig University (Germany), which was awarded a $204,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The grant will fund research on tools...

Music by the Lake Concert Series Begins May 26

Furman University’s Music by the Lake Summer Concert Series, a Greenville tradition since 1968, will begin Thursday, May 26, at 7:30 p.m. in the university’s amphitheater. The series opens with a performance by the Lakeside...

Seven New Members Elected to Furman Board of Trustees

Robert E. Hill, Jr., chair of the Furman University Board of Trustees, announced today that six new trustees and one trustee emeritus have been elected to the board. The new trustees are Yendelela Neely Anderson...

What a Difference a Century Makes

Research by Lane Harris, an Asian Studies and history professor at Furman, helped a writer learn more about his grandfather’s life in China. The writer, Ian Gill, found Harris’ research online about the modern Chinese...

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Mass Shooters and Mental Illness

Luce Foundation Awards Furman $400,000 Grant

Cary Fontana ’10 receives Fulbright EU Fellowship

A New Director for the Shi Center

Going High Tech in the South

Veterans Day ceremony to honor Furman war dead

Kelsey Orr selected as Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellow

Teeing It Up with the Guys

Blackwell to work with Leipzig University as part of Mellon grant

Music by the Lake Concert Series Begins May 26

Seven New Members Elected to Furman Board of Trustees

What a Difference a Century Makes

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