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Math & the Mouse
Make your annual gift and keep experiences like this one happening at Furman. Kate Causey ’17 has always wanted to pursue a career in mathematics. But she didn’t fully appreciate the number of opportunities in...
Continue ReadingTracking Lights
Make your annual gift and keep experiences like this one happening at Furman. There were some nerves for Furman physics professor John Conrad and his students when they sent their DJI Phantom 2 drone into...
Continue ReadingPresident Davis on Leadership, Communication and Academic Organizations
This academic year marked a new era in the 188-year history of Furman University when Dr. Elizabeth Davis became the school’s first female president. In December, the Upstate Business Journal sat down with Davis to...
Continue ReadingEnsuring the well-being of all students
Although opinions will continue to differ on same-sex marriage, it seems probable that animosity toward gays and lesbians will decrease as the visibility of their unions increases. But according to an op-ed in The State...
Continue ReadingWomen’s Leadership Institute launches January 13
Furman University Women’s Leadership Institute is kicking off its inaugural conference on Jan. 13 with Aphrodite Konduros, judge of the S.C. Court of Appeals, as the headliner. Konduros, a member of the South Carolina and Greenville...
Continue ReadingStudent-organized Shamrock Run rallies support for abuse prevention
Nearly 100 members of the Zeta Pi Chapter of Furman’s Kappa Delta sorority recently came together to raise more than $16,000 for Greenville’s Julie Valentine Center and Prevent Child Abuse America. While the sorority has...
Continue ReadingTeatro, danza, musica
The night before Kenzie Wynne ’17 boarded the plane for her summer experience in Italy, she began plaguing herself with questions. “What if it isn’t everything I imagined? What if I hate traveling? What if...
Continue Reading‘Forgive me your final grade’
After more than three decades of teaching, Furman education professor Paul Thomas still doesn’t enjoy the task of assigning his students a final grade. Now that the fall term is coming to an end at...
Continue ReadingPresident of Agua del Pueblo speaks at Furman
Growing up with 10 other brothers in rural Guatemala, Victor Racancój learned firsthand the challenges of making a living and simply surviving. His parents worked hard as subsistence farmers, but each day was a struggle....
Continue ReadingA moment to savor
Students from the First Year Writing seminar Sugar and Spice recently visited the Biology Department’s Food Lab to share a holiday tradition with James B. Duke Associate Professor of Asian Studies and History Savita Nair....
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