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Furman student Ryan Boyle ’18 has had a pretty good 2014. In May he won a World Cup cycling gold in Italy. In July, he matched the feat at the national championships held in Madison,...
Continue ReadingRiley Institute selects fellows to develop state-level afterschool policy
Sixteen leaders in the afterschool and expanded learning fields nationwide have been selected as White-Riley-Peterson Policy Fellows as part of a partnership between the Riley Institute at Furman University and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. In...
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Furman graduate Mary-Mitchell Campbell is a Broadway musical director who's regularly balancing shows and benefit concerts while also serving as founder and executive director of ASTEP, a nonprofit that works internationally to change the lives...
Continue ReadingMultiplying opportunities
Retired mathematics professor John Poole began his career at Furman University in 1969, the same year that what was then known as the Furman Drama Department moved into The Playhouse. From the beginning, Poole said...
Continue ReadingThe good neighbors
Breaking the cycle of poverty is not an easy task and will require systemic changes, deep interpersonal relationships with the poor, and a major investment of state and federal resources, said one of the speakers...
Continue ReadingAlums Dover, van Rensburg to coach Furman rugby
[caption id="attachment_13475" align="alignright" width="300"] Van Rensburg (left) and Dover will pick up the coaching whistle this fall.[/caption] Greg Dover ’05 and Shaun van Rensburg ’09 have both joined the Furman Rugby coaching staff. Dover, a...
Continue ReadingCrisis of the Working Poor series continues Tuesday
The Riley Institute and Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Furman University present Straight Talk SC, their fourth annual weekly series. The third session in the series, “Can’t Win for Losing: The Crisis of the Working...
Continue ReadingHappy 99th birthday to Dr. Charles Townes!
Furman graduate and Nobel Laureate Charles H. Townes turns 99 on July 28, a day which is being celebrated in both California and South Carolina. Townes, who received the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics for...
Continue ReadingThe power of a story told well
Furman journalism instructor Lyn Riddle has “no idea” how many awards she has won over her nearly four-decade journalism career, and she also has no idea how many people she’s helped. What she does know,...
Continue ReadingA most influential scientific mind
Allison Aiken, a 2002 Furman graduate and scientist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, has been named to Thomson Reuters list of “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds.” Aiken, who works in the...
Continue ReadingHappy 99th Birthday to Dr. Charles Townes!
Furman graduate and Nobel Laureate Charles H. Townes turns 99 on July 28, a day which is being celebrated in both California and South Carolina. Townes, who received the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics for...
Continue ReadingFurman lauded for doing “green” right
Furman is featured on a new nationwide list of 100 colleges that do an outstanding job of teaching sustainability and promoting it in their communities. The university was included in Teaching Sustainability: 100 Colleges Doing “Green” Right,...
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