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Study finds novel evidence that dreams reflect multiple memories, anticipate future events
New research led by Furman University cognitive neuroscience professor Erin Wamsley has received play in numerous media outlets, including Medical Xpress. Her research, which was published in the journal Sleep, shows that dreams draw from...
Continue ReadingJasmine Road’s Beth Messick helps women get off the streets
How do you stop the revolving door of homelessness, drug addiction, prostitution and incarceration among women? Beth Cashion Coe Messick '90, a Furman University psychology alumna, may have a solution. She began reaching out to...
Continue ReadingWhy are dreams so weird?
[caption id="attachment_50851" align="alignright" width="350"] Erin Wamsley in Furman Sleep Lab, Department of Psychology.[/caption] In an article appearing in The Boston Globe about why dreams are often wacky, journalist Veronique Greenwood turned to Erin Wamsley for...
Continue ReadingSC veterans and families reflect on those who died as America withdraws from Afghanistan
In a Memorial Day tribute appearing in The Post and Courier, reporter Thomas Novelly reaches out to South Carolina family members who have lost loved ones during America's longest war and reflects on other South...
Continue Reading‘Why We Are Restless: On the Modern Quest for Contentment’
Joe Moran, a professor of English at Liverpool Johns Moores University, pens a review of "Why We Are Restless: On the Modern Quest for Contentment," a book by Furman University professors Benjamin Storey and Jenna...
Continue ReadingCollege students urged change after George Floyd’s murder. Here’s what SC universities did
Conversations about diversity, inclusion and racial inequity at Furman University were gaining traction on campus before the 2020 murder of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis. But Floyd's murder brought new urgency to the dialogue...
Continue Reading‘Miss Nancy’s Store’
Before "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" and "Sesame Street" there was a little show known as "Miss Nancy's Store," a production of WFSU Public Media. Short-lived, but nevertheless popular in the 1960s among children in the viewing...
Continue Reading$800,000 grant from Lilly Endowment to Mere Christianity Forum aims to reshape church participation among younger adults
The single greatest age group participation gap in churches across the United States is among college age students and young adults, says Rev. Rimes McElveen, Executive Director of Mere Christianity Forum, part of the Religious...
Continue ReadingHispanic entrepreneur Dina Estrada credits success to family, community and SCORE
Just a few years after graduating Furman University, Dina Estrada '18 is a business owner. Estrada, a communication studies and Asian studies graduate, credits her connections with family and community for paving the way for...
Continue ReadingWest Greenville is no longer a majority Black neighborhood
Ken Kolb, Furman University associate professor of sociology and chair of the department, studies housing trends in the university's hometown of Greenville, South Carolina. At a City Council meeting where he cited data from the...
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