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JohnPaul Sleiman ’21 awarded S.C. Space Grant to study conditions on Mars

JohnPaul Sleiman ’21 is confident people will set foot on Mars in his lifetime. In fact, he’d very much like to be one of them. “(I would) definitely go. No questions asked,” Sleiman said. “Even...

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Furman Alumnus Gives $4 Million to Support Student Experiences, Institute for the Advancement of Community Health

How do you get to the doctor when you don’t have a car? How do you pay the doctor or buy medicine when your low-wage job doesn’t offer health coverage? How do you communicate with...

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Master’s students apply community health lessons as campus contact tracers

Bernie Stanton doesn’t need a computer or even a piece of paper: The details of Furman’s plan to trace and isolate COVID-19 infections on campus are imprinted in his brain. “I’m living and breathing this...

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$1 million NSF grant focuses on increasing diversity in STEM fields

Daniela Mesa ’17 is working toward her Ph.D. at Purdue University. But that might not have come to pass without the support – financial, relational and academic – that she received at Furman. Mesa is...

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‘Voting in America’ StraightTalk Lecture Series begins Sept. 1

It wasn’t hard to predict that voting would be a topical subject to explore in an election year. With questions and uncertainty swirling as Nov. 3 approaches, however, topical will be an understatement when "Voting...

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Students, faculty embrace ‘new normal’ during first week on campus since March

Furman Focused || Fall 2020 Underway from Furman University on Vimeo.   Masks, social distancing, phased return, fall sports postponed until spring – Renee Neves ’21 knew so much would be different when she returned...

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FURMAN LISTED IN 2021 PRINCETON REVIEW’S ‘BEST COLLEGES’ GUIDE

Furman University has moved up in rank in several categories listed by The Princeton Review, such as the accessibility of professors and the classroom experience, according to the 2021 edition of the company’s guide, “The...

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A message from Furman University President Elizabeth Davis

Furman University || President’s Welcome, Fall 2020 from Furman University on Vimeo. Editor's note: President Davis sent the following message to Furman’s students, faculty and staff today, the first day of classes:   Dear Furman...

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A safe semester is the top priority for incoming SGA president Griffin Mills ’21

When COVID-19 forced the Furman Student Government Association’s newly elected members to be sworn in virtually on April 27, incoming president Griffin Mills ’21 assumed that would mark the end of pandemic’s effect on his...

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Welcome, students!

Feel the excitement of move-in day! While some things are different this year, we could not be more excited to start the school year. As part of Furman's commitment to the health and safety our...

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