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PHOTO GALLERY: LGBTQIA+ History Month 2021

This year's LGBTQIA+ History Month featured a variety of activities, including a movie night, a CLP called “Queer Souls: Spiritual Harm and Sacred Wisdom,” and the Out at Furman LGBTQIA+ Brunch. The Sextacular event, described...

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Furman featured in The Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges

Furman University is one of the nation's most environmentally responsible colleges, according to The Princeton Review®. The education services company features Furman in The Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges: 2022 Edition. The Princeton Review...

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Furman’s Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship part of new innovation district

Furman’s Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship will be a key part of a planned revitalization project by Hartness Development. The project, a large-scale innovation district called Crescent Startup Community, will be located on 7 acres...

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Furman students honored by Broadcast Education Association for film projects

Two Furman students have been honored as winners in the Broadcast Education Association (BEA) On-Location Creative Competition. The results were announced Oct. 7. Luke Harvin ’21 won Best in Show in the Student Documentary competition...

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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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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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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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Leaning, smiling, nodding – Teaching through a camera brings new mannerisms

When the pandemic shuttered classrooms around the nation, educators scrambled to find new ways to teach. Online instruction, notably via Zoom, helped them do that. But as innovative as that was, it presented teachers with...

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