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Colvin presents “Wrangling the Information Universe”
SPRING, 2012 Jenny Colvin presented "Wrangling the Information Universe: Moving from Institutional Portals to a Shared Resource for Online Music Sources" at the Music Library Association meeting in Dallas, Texas, in February. The plenary session...
Continue ReadingChing and Fuentes co-author “Modernizing Minds in El Salvador”
Erik Ching and Hector Lindo Fuentes are co-authors of Modernizing Minds in El Salvador: Education Reform and the Cold War, 1960-1980, published by the University of New Mexico Press in April.
Continue ReadingSvec presents papers at National Science Teachers Association
SPRING, 2012 Michael Svec presented two papers at the National Science Teachers Association conference in Indianapolis, including "Evolving elementary science teaching: Inclusion of students with special needs" with Judy Stuart. In April, Svec presented a...
Continue ReadingGoess and students publish “A Multi-Step Synthesis”
SPRING, 2012 Brian Goess, along with his research students Brooks Duff and Tyler Abbe, published “A Multi-step Synthesis Featuring Classic Carbonyl Chemistry for the Advanced Organic Chemistry Laboratory” in The Journal of Chemical Education. This...
Continue ReadingWiniski and student present “Landscape for Remembrance”
Mike Winiski and student Drew Woten presented “Landscape of Remembrance: Spatial Distribution of New Orleans Katrina Commemorations” at the Association of American Geographers national meeting. Winiski also received a Blended Teaching and Learning Grant from...
Continue ReadingWatkins presents “Film in Focus-Opera”
SPRING, 2012 Marie Watkins presented the life and times of artists and historical events related to Tosca for the series “Film in Focus – Opera in Cinema Pre-Show Conversations” at the Gunter Theatre, part of...
Continue ReadingFurman ranks 3rd in national “Recyclemania” contest
APRIL 27, 2012 by Tina Underwood, Contributing Writer Furman University has ranked third in per capita recycling in a national contest, “RecycleMania.” RecycleMania is a friendly competition and benchmarking tool for college and university recycling programs...
Continue ReadingNSF Graduate Research Fellowships
April 26, 2012 by Erikah Haavie, Contributing Writer The National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected three Furman seniors and three graduates as 2012 recipients of highly competitive Graduate Research Fellowships. Five chemistry majors, past and...
Continue ReadingBridges to a Brighter Future cited in national study
APRIL 25, 2012 by Tina Underwood, Contributing Writer Furman’s “Bridges to a Brighter Future” program is one of 10 college access programs cited in a national independent study, “A Blueprint for Success: Case Studies of...
Continue ReadingFurman named 2011 Tree Campus USA
APRIL 24, 2012 by Tina Underwood, Contributing Writer The Arbor Day Foundation has recognized Furman as a 2011 Tree Campus USA for its dedication to effective community forestry management. The university has earned the honor...
Continue ReadingMoving out instructions
APRIL 24, 2012 With exams to begin this week, many students will soon begin to pack up, clean up and depart campus. Those doing so are encouraged to review the residence hall closing instructions, which...
Continue ReadingBrown-Nagin book receives another award
The new book by 1992 Furman graduate Tomiko Brown-Nagin, Courage to Dissent: Atlanta and the Long History of the Civil Rights Movement, has received the 2012 Liberty Legacy Foundation Award from the Organization of American...
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