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First Furman GVL Starts program complete

Furman University's Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship wrapped its inaugural GVL Starts, an an eight-week program where participants learn the ropes to launching a business venture. It culminated in a "Shark Tank"-style competition on Oct....

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Greenville think tank CEO named Ascend Fellow

The Post and Courier reports on Greenville native and 2005 Furman University history graduate Joe Waters, who has been named to the 2021-22 cohort of Aspen Institute Ascend Fellows. Over the course of 18 months,...

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‘It’s an important time to give back’

It’s easy to get Robert Hill ’83 talking fondly about his alma mater. “It’s fun to talk about Furman,” says the retired executive and member of the Furman Board of Trustees. “I think it’s a...

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Furman Men’s Soccer scholarship fund nears $1 million mark

Several Furman University alumni band together to boost the men's soccer endowment to nearly $1 million. Previously, the pool of funds earmarked for men's soccer scholarships stood at $27,000. Greenville Journal reported on Furman's retooled...

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Photo Gallery: Homecoming 2021

Although it ended with East Tennessee State University Buccaneers outscoring the Furman Paladins 17-30, the hundreds of students, alumni and community members who visited campus for Homecoming Oct. 22-24 would have to call the weekend...

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Photo Gallery: Fifth annual Fiesta Hispana caps off Hispanic Heritage Month

Furman celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, and last Friday’s Fiesta Hispana on the Trone Student Center patio was the perfect closer. Sponsored by the Hispanic Organization for Latinx Awareness (HOLA)...

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Paladin soccer alumni raise nearly $1 million for program

Rob Victor ’09 was part of many big wins during his four years on the Furman Men’s Soccer team. But if you ask Victor what the best part of his experience at Furman was, he...

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Medical Legal Partnership finds solutions to family crises through collaboration

Sometimes, you know exactly where to go to solve a health problem. And sometimes it’s not so clear. Imagine, for example, a patient whose asthma is exacerbated by the roaches infesting her apartment. Who can...

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Furman acquires ‘a landmark in human history’

There are a handful of astronomers in history whose contributions were so extraordinary that they became a household name. Galileo is one of them. And now Furman University has acquired a book written by the...

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Greenville churches, faith groups address affordable housing gap

Greenville area faith communities are doing their part to shore up a dearth in affordable housing in the Upstate by selling off and/or developing their unused property for single-family homes. A report by Angelia Davis...

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Holly Pinheiro to appear in Curiosity Stream docuseries

Holly Pinheiro’s research is centered on freeborn Northern Black families and their military-related experiences from 1850-1930. So when the assistant professor of African American history got an invitation to appear on Curiosity Stream’s “Civil War...

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Life sciences sector poised for growth, success in Upstate

The state of South Carolina continues to gear up for an influx of business across multiple sectors - and not just the usual suspects like automotive, manufacturing, agriculture, tourism, and aerospace. In the last decade,...

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