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Furman’s Darren Hick goes on record about AI and plagiarism

Darren Hick, a philosophy professor, has seen firsthand how machine learning tools like ChatGPT come with cautionary tales. He spoke with WSPA's Diane Lee about the changing face of plagiarism.

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Furman’s David Eubanks describes the folly of the F

What if the F doesn’t mean what we think it means? Eubanks unpacks what it means when a student “fails.”

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Furman earns No. 12 spot for ‘making an impact’ in Princeton Review’s ‘Best Value Colleges’

Furman is listed among the top 20 private schools "making an impact" in The Princeton Review's 2023 "Best Value Colleges" guide.

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Andrew Womack receives Early Career Fellowship in China Studies

Through the Luce/ACLS fellowship, Womack will further his research on the Tao River Archaeological Project at Stanford University and in Gansu Province, China.

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Furman’s David Moffett on the northern lights

Professor of Physics David Moffett talks about the aurora borealis and the rare Southern show it has presented in recent weeks.

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Legacy honor societies combine ranks, elect new members

Quaternion and Senior Order merge to form QSO. Selection to the society is one of the highest honors bestowed upon Furman students.

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Kilstofte’s compositions to be performed near and far

Mark Kilstofte's compositions will be performed across the U.S. and beyond. Three performances benefit relief efforts in Ukraine and Uganda.

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Tomiko Brown-Nagin ’92 will address Class of 2023 at Commencement

An award-winning legal historian and an expert in constitutional law and education law and policy, Brown-Nagin is the dean of Harvard University’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.

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Help for Ted Lasso and Nathan Shelley; A Furman psychology professor weighs in on the strained relationship

Ted Lasso and Nate Shelley have a complicated relationship on the show Ted Lasso. Grace Binion, assistant professor of psychology at Furman, breaks down their issues and says therapy can help.

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LDOC gets local news coverage

A time-honored tradition at Furman, the senior fountain plunge, was one of the LDOC festivities covered by local news stations.

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Furman professor gets James Beard nomination for food desert book

Ken Kolb's book, “Retail Inequality: Reframing the Food Desert Debate,” is nominated for a James Beard Foundation Media Award in a new category recognizing books covering food issues and advocacy.

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Class of 2023 dives in to LDOC festivities

Seniors continued the tradition of fountain-hopping and enjoyed food, games and Elvis as the Spring 2023 semester winds down.

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