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A survivor of Rwanda
At the start of April each year, Jonathan Kubakundimana gets a familiar feeling of sadness in the pit of his stomach. The feeling has descended on the 21-year-old Furman student and Rwanda native each year...
Continue ReadingFilm festival explores the realities of China’s environmental crisis
High on a hillside in southwest China, a handful of elderly residents cry out, pleading for the protection of the mountains, trees, and streams around them. For many generations, protecting their environment has been a...
Continue ReadingJazz Ensemble and Combos in concert April 10
The Furman Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combos will present a concert Friday, April 10, at 8 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall on campus. A Sound Quality Concert Series event, the concert is open to the...
Continue ReadingFurman Percussion Ensemble in concert April 11
The Furman University Percussion Ensemble will present its annual spring concert Saturday, April 11, at 8 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall campus. The concert is open to the public. Tickets are $5 for adults and...
Continue ReadingReaching out to grandmothers
When Furman student Christina Sturgeon met Ginny Simmons in an elevator at The Woodlands, a nearby retirement community, you could say it was a grandmother-granddaughter connection at first sight. That was the start of their...
Continue ReadingDaniel Mahoney speaks about “Christianity & the Religion of Humanity”
Daniel J. Mahoney, Professor of Political Science at Assumption College (Worcester, Mass.), will speak on the Furman University campus Thursday, April 9, at 5 p.m. in Watkins Room of the Trone Student Center. The CLP,...
Continue ReadingStratton awarded Furman Standard research grant
Furman University professor Jeanine Stratton, Ph.D., (Business & Accounting) has been awarded a Faculty Research Grant through The Furman Standard program. The grant is valued at $3,000 annually over three years and is designed to...
Continue ReadingBlackwell receives Furman Standard research grant
Furman University professor Christopher W. Blackwell, Ph.D., (Classics) has been awarded a Faculty Research Grant through The Furman Standard program. The grant is valued at $3,000 annually over three years and is designed to support...
Continue ReadingLooking back on moving forward
Two Furman University alumni and a retired faculty member who were at the school during the time it was desegregated by Greenville native Joseph Vaughn told the story of that event and the years...
Continue ReadingA step closer to understanding cancer and other diseases
About a year ago, we learned students in Jason Rawlings’s lab were honored at a conference with the Council Award, given to the most outstanding graduate student poster. That’s right—graduate poster. At the 53rd Midwinter...
Continue ReadingDr. James McGaugh discusses the keys to memory
Dr. James L. McGaugh, a Research Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior in the School of Biological Sciences and Fellow at the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory at the University of California, Irvine,...
Continue ReadingIt’s one game he doesn’t mind sitting out
Three years had passed, and Jake Kinsley had forgotten all about participating in a bone marrow drive during his freshman year at Furman. He had submitted his information to “Be The Match,” a national marrow...
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