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Furman faculty members present chamber music concert

The Furman Faculty Chamber Music Series will present a concert Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 8 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall on campus. The event is open to the public, and is part of Furman’s Sound...

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Furman to host Debate Watch Wednesday night, Oct. 28

Furman will host a Debate Watch on campus Wednesday night in conjunction with the Republican presidential debate taking place in Colorado. The watch, which begins at 8 p.m. in Patrick Lecture Hall of the Townes...

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Kirby Funt ’16 spends summer in Shanghai developing marketing strategy for MeWe

For her first assignment as a summer intern, Kirby Funt was tasked with designing the main interface for a medical company’s online consulting platform. While she hadn’t designed a website before, Funt was willing to...

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Analyzing the diet of mountain lions

In the more than 10 years Furman’s Travis Perry has conducted research on mountain lions (puma concolor) in New Mexico, the biology professor continues to unearth answers about the big cats—their population density, hunting habits,...

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NIH awards Furman $1.3 million in funding to support biomedical research

Furman will use $1.3 million in new funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to provide resources for students and faculty engaged in biomedical research, K-12 outreach and science infrastructure. The funding is part of...

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President Davis is featured guest on “Carolina Business Review”

Furman President Elizabeth Davis will be the featured guest on the newest edition of “Carolina Business Review,” a television program which airs on 22 PBS stations in North and South Carolina. The half-hour program, which focuses...

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Duke Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience Elizabeth Marsh speaks October 27

[caption id="attachment_19567" align="alignright" width="214"] Duke University Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience Elizabeth Marsh[/caption] Duke University Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience Elizabeth Marsh will speak at 4:30 p.m. October 27 at Johns Hall 101...

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Women’s Leadership Institute accepting applications

Furman University’s Center for Corporate and Professional Development is accepting applications for the Women’s Leadership Institute (WLI), Class of 2016. Online applications are due by Nov. 13, 2015. Women who have demonstrated successful leadership, community involvement,...

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Riley Institute announces winner of education award

A program aimed at attracting the best and brightest South Carolina students to teaching has won the 2015 Dick and Tunky Riley WhatWorksSC Award for Excellence. Furman University’s Riley Institute and South Carolina Future Minds presented...

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South Carolina poet Meyers presents reading Nov. 3

Susan Laughter Meyers, a poet from Givhans, S.C., will present a poetry reading Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 7:30 p.m. in McEachern Lecture Hall on campus. The CLP reading is free and open to the public, and...

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Furman athletic director Mike Buddie to speak at High Noon Nov. 4

He was a pitcher for the 1998 New York Yankees team that won the World Series. He has taken the mound against fearsome hitters like Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa. He even taught actor Kevin...

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Hartness Organ Series presents Douglas Cleveland Nov. 5

Furman University will present a concert with organist Dr. Douglas Cleveland Thursday, Nov. 5, at 8 p.m. in Daniel Memorial Chapel on campus. The event is part of Furman’s 2015-16 Hartness Organ Series and Sound Quality...

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