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Furman announces The Shi Institute for Sustainable Communities
We can have both – a healthy, thriving planet and a basic quality of life for all of humanity – and in fact, we must. That belief drives the new Shi Institute for Sustainable Communities at...
Continue ReadingTechniques for our times: Azar and company make theatre work
Agility, mental toughness, strength training, and overcoming adversity are terms often associated with athletes. But for members of Furman Theatre, who’ve had to find innovative ways to deliver performances, the language is just as appropriate....
Continue ReadingRawlings, students come closer to understanding how to fight infectious disease
Rawlings and 11 undergraduate researchers have invested eight years in attempting to better understand the mechanism that triggers an immune system response to dangerous intruders. In the battle against cancer and infectious diseases, the immune...
Continue ReadingDins Vote working to keep student voting on an upward trajectory
The good news for incoming Dins Vote student leader Erica Daly ’22 is that she’s inheriting a campus culture that has increasingly embraced election participation. The bad news is Furman still has a ways to...
Continue ReadingFurman monitoring Sally; will update campus as needed
Update, Thursday, Sept. 17, 10:50 a.m. The Greenville area is now expecting lower amounts of rainfall at 3-4 inches, according to the latest information from the National Weather Service. Most of the rainfall will occur today...
Continue ReadingFIRST EVER VIRTUAL #FURMANATHOME HOMECOMING STARTS MID-OCTOBER FOR ALUMNI
Editor's note: The campus community, including students, faculty, staff and alumni, received the following message on Sept. 10. Homecoming weekend is traditionally a special time for Furman alumni to return to Greenville and for the...
Continue ReadingFurman Alumnus Gives $4 Million to Support Student Experiences, Institute for the Advancement of Community Health
How do you get to the doctor when you don’t have a car? How do you pay the doctor or buy medicine when your low-wage job doesn’t offer health coverage? How do you communicate with...
Continue ReadingQuinn McConnell ’23 researches mental health resources in veterinary schools
Quinn McConnell ’23 spent the summer comparing the nation’s 38 veterinary schools – not on their approach to animal care, but rather their support for people. McConnell, who would like to go to veterinary school,...
Continue ReadingOn the front lines of Florida’s fight against Burmese pythons
Though he received far more screen time, wildlife biologist Matthew McCollister ’05 knew the star of the April 20 episode of ABC’s “Rock the Park” would be the Burmese pythons he helped hosts Jack Steward...
Continue ReadingAlumnus fights to keep his company alive amid unprecedented pandemic
In 2019, Archetype Brewing opened a second location in Asheville, North Carolina. That’s no small feat in a place known as “Beer City USA,” and the expansion represented the boldest step yet taken as a...
Continue ReadingCan’t stop the FUNC
While Furman’s campus closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic has caused many student clubs and organizations to be less active for the remainder of the semester, there are some that have adapted to the new...
Continue ReadingTaylor Griffin ’22 awarded prestigious Army internship
Taylor Griffin ’22 may be an incredibly driven rising star in the Army’s Reserve Officer Training Program (ROTC) at Furman, but she’s also only human. “I’ve become a night owl. It’s hard to wake up...
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