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Lakeview Hall gains attention in news outlets

As Furman's Lakeview Hall receives finishing touches, news sources highlight the building set to house a group of first-year students and the university's Center for Inclusive Communities.

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Book by Hecimovich earns extensive review

Gregg Hecimovich's book, "The Life and Times of Hannah Crafts," garners praise and a touch of criticism from Brenda Wineapple in The New York Review of Books.

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‘Science wonders’ journal mentions paper by Shields, Bready ’24, Longsworth ’25

A paper about cloud formation by George Shields, Conor Bready '24 and Olivia Longsworth '25 fetches double exposure when it is mentioned in Science Featured. It was first published in Environmental Science: Atmospheres.

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Riley Institute program for South Carolina teachers enhances civics education

Teachers of Government brought middle and high school teachers to campus and took them to Washington D.C. to hone civics education and foster a healthier democracy.

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Furman students help farmers fine tune approach for healthy soil and crops

Regenerative farming practices, such as reduced tilling and using cover crops, can help foster the growth of fungi, bacteria and earthworms that keep soil healthy.

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Morgan Locklear ’25 awarded prestigious Udall Scholarship

Only 55 students across the U.S. received the award, which supports Native Americans and Alaska natives pursuing health-related careers or who are working on tribal policy issues.

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Savchenko ’27 featured on local TV station

Anastasiia Savchenko '27 and her family were forced to flee Ukraine at the start of the war. Savchenko left everything behind including a stellar Taekwondo career. Now in the Upstate, she studies math, economics and...

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Local news turns to Danny Tang to explain global IT outage

Furman's associate vice president for technology and CIO unpacks the CrowdStrike update that led to a massive shutdown of critical systems running the Microsoft Windows OS. Danny Tang sits down with FOX Carolina's Grace Runkel...

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Going to the source: Students study how much methane comes from streams

Streams and rivers are sources of methane, a major greenhouse gas contributor, but those sources haven't been widely studied.

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Economics Professor Khandke weighs in on inflation

WalletHub looks at inflation across 23 cities in the U.S. Economist Kailash Khandke remarks on the drivers of inflation, how to slow it down and what the future might hold for the economy.

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Furman chemists publish new findings on molecule that may be involved in cloud formation

After looking at clouds from both sides now, from up and down and still somehow, Bready and Shields identified a molecule necessary for their formation. But they really don't know life at all.

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Horhota, Anderson collaborate on ACS book chapter about college, careers

Michelle Horhota and Mary Elizabeth Anderson describe how making small changes within a department can help students connect the dots between classroom experiences and career goals.

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