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University to host meeting of physics teachers
Furman will host the fall joint meeting of the North Carolina and Southern Atlantic Coast Sections of the American Association of Physics Teachers Oct. 25-26. The meeting will also include the Society of Physics Students,...
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Furman will host the fall joint meeting of the North Carolina and Southern Atlantic Coast Sections of the American Association of Physics Teachers Oct. 25-26. The meeting will also include the Society of Physics Students,...
Continue ReadingTo the Metropolitan Opera and back again
Elizabeth Bishop was a student at Furman when she decided she wanted to become an opera singer. A few decades later, she was singing the leading role of Fricka in “Das Rheingold” at Metropolitan Opera...
Continue ReadingTo the Metropolitan Opera and back again
Elizabeth Bishop was a student at Furman when she decided she wanted to become an opera singer. A few decades later, she was singing the leading role of Fricka in “Das Rheingold” at Metropolitan Opera...
Continue ReadingThe real life of a Roman soldier
Jonathan Zarecki, professor of Classics at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, will speak about the life of a Roman soldier Thursday, October 24 at 5:30 p.m. on the Furman University campus. Zarecki’s talk,...
Continue ReadingClassics professor speaks about Roman soldiers
Jonathan Zarecki, professor of Classics at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, will speak about the life of a Roman soldier Thursday, October 24 at 5:30 p.m. on the Furman University campus. Zarecki’s talk, “The...
Continue ReadingFurman 0 ECU 19
Supported by a strong pack, East Carolina muscled past Furman 19-0 Saturday to hand the Paladins their first loss of the season. The contest was played under wet conditions in Greenville, North Carolina. The Pirates...
Continue ReadingDay speaks about TB, fashion and beauty
Carolyn Day, scholar of British history, medicine and disease, will speak Tuesday, Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. in the theater of Upcountry History Museum–Furman University. Day’s talk, “Drop Dead Gorgeous,” explores the effects of tuberculosis and...
Continue ReadingDavey keeps running and running and….
A lot can be done in 1,600 days. As for math-sociology major Allison Davey ’14, running has been one of those things. Davey has run at least once a day for a minimum of 30...
Continue ReadingFurman hosts Chinese Culture Night
Furman will host a night of Chinese opera with internationally renowned bass-baritone Sun Yu at 7 p.m., Tuesday, October 29 at the Younts Conference Center. Sun Yu, accompanied by pianist Dewitt Tipton, will present three...
Continue ReadingFall Festival of Choral Music Oct. 26
The Furman Fall Festival of Choral Music will close with a concert on Saturday, Oct. 26 at 3 p.m. in McAlister Auditorium on campus. The concert is free and open to the public. For the festival, singers...
Continue ReadingStudents serve as delegates to APEC summit
While the U.S. debt crisis and a government shutdown prevented President Barack Obama from attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Indonesia last week, four Furman students made the trip. The summit, a meeting...
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