health-sciences

How former golfer Carly Burkhardt overcame tragedy to become a nurse

With all the time Furman University alumna Carly Burkhardt spent in the hospital while being treated for a rare blood disease, she often questioned whether she'd follow her mother's footsteps into the nursing profession. But...

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Proteins that help cells move like Spiderman also control cell spreading

Cells move around in our bodies kind of like Spiderman, by sticking to something and pulling themselves along. It’s well known that cells adhere to each other using sticky proteins called desmogleins, but new research...

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9 ways to cure (and prevent) shin splints

[caption id="attachment_49182" align="alignright" width="200"] Bill Pierce[/caption] Former Furman health sciences professor Bill Pierce has words of advice when it comes to annoying and painful shin splints. The veteran running coach and co-author of "Run Less,...

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Students study race, COVID-19 in tweets

For more stories about student research, click here. For their Research and Evaluation in Health Sciences class in the fall of 2020, Samantha Norton ’23 and Imaya Virani ’22 wanted to know if they could...

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Students study how to prevent injuries in high school athletes

To read about more student research, click here. The first step to preventing injuries in a given population, say among high school athletes, is to understand the injuries. A team of researchers at Furman University...

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Juneteenth is an opportunity to reflect

President Elizabeth Davis sent the message below to the campus community on Friday, June 18, 2021. Dear Campus Community, The first time I heard about Juneteenth I was a first-year student in college at Baylor...

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Betsy King

World Golf Hall of Famer Betsy King, a 1977 Furman University alumna, has built a remarkable reputation both on and off the golf course. In 2007, the two-time U.S. Women's Open champion founded Golf Fore...

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The world is her court

Kim Bohuny ’84, who majored in health and exercise science at Furman, today oversees the NBA’s international basketball development strategies as senior vice president for International Basketball Operations. Read more in the spring issue of...

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Furman University Board of Trustees Approves Faculty Promotion and Tenure

During its spring meeting on May 20, the Furman University Board of Trustees approved the promotions and/or tenure for a number of faculty members. Eight members of the faculty were promoted to the rank of...

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Students, faculty honored at 2020 and 2021 commencement ceremonies

Student and faculty awards and honors were handed out at the commencement ceremonies for the class of 2021 on Saturday, May 8, and for the class of 2020 on Saturday, May 15. The Donaldson-Watkins and...

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2021 Senior Spotlight

Congratulations to the class of 2021! Meet a few of this year's graduating seniors in the 2021 Senior Spotlight. These students' diverse engaged learning experiences and plans for the future offer a snapshot of the...

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Sisters to share pre-med study away syllabus at Furman Engaged

[embed]https://vimeo.com/530909233/2b09f61196[/embed] One is ambitious, dedicated and adaptive, the other self-controlled, principled and idealistic. At least, that’s according to the Enneagram types the two have included on their resumes. Zooming with them, though, you get the...

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