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Trent Stubbs ’20, Professor Greg Springsteen published in Nature Chemistry
The large majority of scientists end long and successful careers with their names never appearing on a paper published by Nature Chemistry. The number who did it while an undergraduate? Well, let’s just say Trent...
Continue ReadingInventor, professor, mentor Fran Ligler ’72 honored by National Academy of Engineering
When the National Academy of Engineering met Oct. 4 for its annual meeting, awards were presented to two individuals for their extraordinary impact on the engineering profession. One of the recipients was Furman University alumna...
Continue ReadingOf brains and mummichogs: David Hollis leads team in quest to understand how fish brains self-repair
Here’s what biologists know – the brain of mammals is woefully limited in its ability to repair itself. In the face of traumatic brain injury, there is precious little, if any, repair with regard to regenerating...
Continue ReadingFurman moves up in WSJ/THE rankings
Furman University moved up 13 spots in the Best Colleges 2021 rankings released this week by The Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education. The rankings place Furman as the top college or university in...
Continue ReadingFurman awarded two NSF grants totaling $720,000
The National Science Foundation’s Major Research Instrumentation program provides funding for equipment and infrastructure for labs across the country, and rarely does it issue two awards to the same university in the same year. But...
Continue ReadingFurman awarded Diversity & Inclusion Grant by Associated Colleges of the South
Furman has been awarded a collaborative Diversity and Inclusion Grant by the Associated Colleges of the South (ACS), marking a significant step toward the university’s goal of creating an inclusive campus environment. “It's super exciting,...
Continue ReadingEntrepreneurship-In-Residence Program expands to increase mentor diversity
Innovation is, by definition, the introduction of something new. To Furman Innovation and Entrepreneurship Executive Director Anthony Herrera, that means providing students that his office serves with mentors who are as diverse as they are....
Continue ReadingJohnPaul Sleiman ’21 awarded S.C. Space Grant to study conditions on Mars
JohnPaul Sleiman ’21 is confident people will set foot on Mars in his lifetime. In fact, he’d very much like to be one of them. “(I would) definitely go. No questions asked,” Sleiman said. “Even...
Continue Reading$1 million NSF grant focuses on increasing diversity in STEM fields
Daniela Mesa ’17 is working toward her Ph.D. at Purdue University. But that might not have come to pass without the support – financial, relational and academic – that she received at Furman. Mesa is...
Continue Reading‘Voting in America’ StraightTalk Lecture Series begins Sept. 1
It wasn’t hard to predict that voting would be a topical subject to explore in an election year. With questions and uncertainty swirling as Nov. 3 approaches, however, topical will be an understatement when "Voting...
Continue ReadingFurman Focused website provides guidance for fall return
In preparation for returning to in-person instruction for the Fall 2020 semester, Furman University announced today a new website, Furman Focused: Fall 2020, that lists policies and procedures put in place to increase safety and...
Continue ReadingCommitted to First-Generation College Students
Furman was elected to join NASPA’s Center for First-generation Student Success’ inaugural cohort of First Scholars Network institutions for advancing the outcomes of first-generation students through improving both first-generation student success initiatives and institution-wide approaches....
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