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FOX CAROLINA: Furman alumna, Elizabeth Allen, makes Guinness World Record
For Furman University education alumna Elizabeth Allen '20 M'22, what started as tiny paper airplanes thrown in the direction of a classmate soon became an obsession to break a world record. Allen, a 3rd-grade teacher...
Continue ReadingHow connecting local organizations can aid conservation
Over two summer research trips to Costa Rica, a Furman professor and her students got the opportunity to study the successes and challenges of landscape-scale conservation efforts up close. [caption id="attachment_56074" align="alignleft" width="250"] Karen Allen[/caption]...
Continue ReadingSC inmates given chance to record bedtime stories thanks to donors
A Father's Voice was created in 2016 by a cohort of The Riley Institute's Diversity Leaders Initiative, and it continues to make an impact on the lives of incarcerated parents and their children. The project...
Continue ReadingSouth Housing residence hall project delayed due to market factors
Early this spring, the university announced plans for a comprehensive renovation of South Housing that will include building a new residence hall and updating four others in the complex devoted to first-year students. In February, a...
Continue ReadingStudent voices: How youth can influence the (Up)state of climate change
In partnership with the Greenville Journal, The Riley Institute at Furman University presents an annual student op-ed contest "Mightier than the Sword." The inaugural winner of this year's event went to Furman's Chloe Sandifer-Stech '23...
Continue ReadingFurman Percussion Ensemble drums up international acclaim
Music Professor Omar Carmenates, director of the Furman Percussion Ensemble, almost didn’t pick up when his phone rang one Monday in June. “I saw the call was from Stillwater, Oklahoma,” he said, “and I don’t...
Continue ReadingRoe v Wade ruling by Supreme Court affects more than abortion rights
In the days following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, we asked Furman faculty members about the moment. They weighed in with expert perspectives representing government and politics (including Constitutional law and...
Continue ReadingDr. Penelope Orr earns second prestigious Fulbright Award
Furman University studio art alumna Penelope Orr '90, clinical coordinator of Edinboro University's nationally acclaimed art therapy program, has received a Fulbright Award to launch a corresponding graduate-level program in India - the country's first....
Continue ReadingFather-Son Duo Donates $1 Million to Angel Analyst Fellowship
Ever wonder how angel investors and venture capitalists decide which startups to fund and which to pass up? They possess special analytical skills that allow them to evaluate pitches from all types of ventures and...
Continue ReadingOur food and farming book picks for summer 2022
The editors and reporters at Civil Eats recommend 24 new food and farming books to help us stay informed and inspired during summer's repose. Among them is a book by Furman University's Ken Kolb, chair...
Continue ReadingAlum wraps up record-setting feat – link by link
A moment of restlessness in class started a chain of events that led Elizabeth Allen ’20 M’22 to a Guinness World Record. The project she spent years creating is now officially recognized as the world’s...
Continue ReadingAs China shuts out the world, internet access from abroad gets harder too
Amid a growing tendency for China to insulate itself from the world, researchers who focus on the communist nation are finding it harder to stay on course in terms of research topics and techniques. Furman...
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