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Furman Fan Fest set for Aug. 20
The all things Greenville platform, GVL Today, gives a nod to Furman Fan Fest set for 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, at Paladin Stadium on the campus of Furman University. The event features live music,...
Continue ReadingAdvantage Scholars begin building their Furman families
The Riley Institute’s Advantage Scholars Summer Program brought together dozens of incoming Furman first-year students who are recipients of Duke, Hollingsworth, Townes and Vaughn scholarships to spend a few days on campus in July getting...
Continue ReadingTop Mock opens doors for students in South Pacific
For high school mock trial enthusiasts, there are ample summer options for sharpening trial advocacy skills. On the clutch of tiny South Pacific islands and atolls of American Samoa, not so much. That’s why Kaylla...
Continue ReadingNew minor in data analytics adds up for Furman students
Ian Martens is a numbers guy. He majored in economics and information technology at Furman, and when a new minor in data analytics launched his junior year, he jumped at it. “Data is going to...
Continue ReadingAdair Ford Boroughs confirmed as SC’s next US attorney after Senate vote
It's official. Furman University alumna Adair Ford Boroughs '02 will serve as the next U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina. Boroughs will serve as the chief federal law enforcement officer responsible for federal...
Continue ReadingBaltimore’s Summer Arts and Learning Academy is helping kids in the classroom, and gaining notice
Members of the South Carolina Afterschool Leaders Empowered, a program of The Riley Institute at Furman University, are looking to Baltimore City's Summer Arts and Learning Academy to gain insight for integrating the arts into...
Continue ReadingGraduate program aims to improve health outcomes with focus on community needs
Mohammad Hooshmand Zaferanieh M’21 had always wanted to go into health care, but while getting his bachelor’s degree in biology in 2016, he took a hard look at the system he was about to devote...
Continue ReadingHow Greenville’s population boom hasn’t changed voting patterns and where people are moving from
Jay King of Greenville Journal unpacks how an influx of 74,000 residents in the past decade has impacted voting patterns in Greenville County. He turned to Furman University's Brent Nelsen, a professor of politics and...
Continue ReadingDanny Tang named chief information officer at Furman
Furman University taps Danny Tang as chief information officer and associate vice president for technology. News of his appointment, which is effective Aug. 22, was covered by GSA Business and UpstateBizSC.
Continue ReadingFormer House Speaker to lead government affairs for Prisma Health
On news of Jay Lucas' appointment as senior vice president for government affairs at Prisma Health System, WYFF News 4's Taggart Houck reached out to Furman University's Brent Nelsen. The politics and international affairs professor...
Continue ReadingSummer Research Fellow probes philosophy of dark comedy
Catherine Davis ’24 loves Mr. Meeseeks, a “little adorable creature that you can summon to achieve one task in life, and then he can vanish forever,” explained the philosophy major. But in the universe of...
Continue ReadingSummer Research Fellowship uncovers Furman’s deep Asian connections
Furman’s connections to the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community began more than a century ago. The first Asian exchange student on Furman’s campus was Chu Jung, born in 1869 in Canton (now known...
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