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ZoomUni podcast offers constructive take on hot-button issues

It’s not unusual for Evan Myers ’21 and Brent Nelsen, professor of politics and international affairs, to discuss campus issues, and higher education more broadly. Today, the two host ZoomUni, a podcast that explores issues...

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Furman students selected for Millennium Fellowship

Fourteen Furman University students have been selected for the Millennium Fellowship, a program of the United Nations Academic Impact and Millennium Campus Network. Launched in 2018, the Millennium Fellowship convenes, challenges and celebrates student leadership...

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Celebrating a basic and treasured right

Like many other celebrations during the coronavirus pandemic, events commemorating the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution have gone by the wayside. But Furman’s Distinguished University Public Historian and Scholar Courtney Tollison and...

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With SPURS experience, Brittany Austin ’21 gains a window into medicine

Furman senior Brittany Austin remembers the exact moment she realized medicine could be a suitable career for her. “The apostle at my church told me, ‘You’re going to be a doctor one day,’” she recalled...

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Community steps up to help Bridges to a Brighter Future component go virtual

Missing loved ones has been one of the most difficult feelings to experience during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and Carrie Silver is no exception. Well, technically there is one exception: Few people have so many...

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Speaking for the oceans

Richard Hyman’s affinity for the ocean can be traced to the 1970s, when he had opportunities to work with famed French explorer and filmmaker Jacques Cousteau. Today, through his nonprofit organization Future Frogmen, Hyman ’77...

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Shields named to the 2020 class of Fellows of the American Chemical Society

Furman Chemistry Professor George C. Shields has been selected as a member of the 2020 class of Fellows of the American Chemical Society. The ACS Fellows Program, created in 2008, is one component of the broader...

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Justicia fights for COVID-19 protections for people who are incarcerated

While nursing homes and meatpacking plants were the early epicenters of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, the five largest outbreaks are now in correctional facilities, according to an analysis by The New York...

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After the protests: Book describes how communities can make systemic change

[caption id="attachment_45700" align="alignright" width="265"] "Between Remembrance and Repair" is publishing on the 56th anniversary of the "Mississippi Burning" murders.[/caption] The Black Lives Matter movement skyrocketed after the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud...

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Maegan Azar receives a 2020 Excellence in Teaching Award

Furman Associate Professor of Acting & Directing Maegan Azar has received a 2020 Excellence in Teaching Award from the South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities Inc. (SCICU). The awards are given annually to a faculty...

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Maddux takes reins at SACUBO

Furman University Vice President for Finance and Administration Susan A. Maddux has been appointed president of the Southern Association of College and University Business Officers. Her tenure began June 1. SACUBO is one of four...

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Cothran Center launches virtual book club

The registration deadline to join the Cothran Center for Vocational Reflection in reading "The Power of Meaning: Finding Fulfillment in a World Obsessed With Happiness" by Emily Esfahani Smith is Wednesday, May 27. The book...

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