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Greenville’s 50 Most Influential and the Hall of Fame

Furman University President Elizabeth Davis is named among the six new honorees in Greenville Business Magazine's Hall of Fame, a special designation for the magazine's "50 Most Influential." Entrants to the Hall of Fame are...

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‘Fortunate Ones’ peeks behind the veil of Southern gentry

Furman University English and philosophy alumnus Ed Tarkington '95 has released his second work of fiction, "The Fortunate Ones" published by Algonquin. The novel, which follows his 2016 debut "Only Love Can Break Your Heart"...

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Opinion: Ask yourself a different set of questions

Many of us may breathe a little easier now that 2021 is upon us with renewed hope for a better year following the chaos the pandemic spawned. But before we kick 2020 to the curb...

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Beyond the surface

Since Matthew Baumgardner’s death in 2018, the estate of the visual artist has worked with Furman University to create an opportunity for students to learn about Baumgardner's life and work, and at the same time,...

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7 things that could reduce health disparities for Blacks, Latinos hit hardest by pandemic

Shaniece Criss, an assistant professor of health sciences at Furman University, a Prisma Health board member and a Travelers Rest city councilwoman, was quoted in an article appearing in The Greenville News about COVID-19 and...

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Duke, Strobel named to All-SoCon Faculty and Staff Team

Associate Athletics Director of Facilities and Game Operations Todd Duke, and Marian Strobel, the William Montgomery Burnett Professor in History, have been named to the All-Southern Conference (SoCon) Faculty and Staff Team. Duke and Strobel...

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Food insecurity in Greenville County

Food insecurity nationwide reached 10.5% in 2019 - and that was before the pandemic. A joint effort among Furman University's Shi Institute for Sustainable Communities, Furman's Institute for the Advancement of Community Health, and LiveWell...

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The Christmas Star: Close encounters of the planetary kind

Physics Professor and Department Chair David Moffett knows exactly where he’ll be Monday, Dec. 21, around sunset – behind a telescope trained on the southwestern sky. That’s when he and countless others will observe something...

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Challenging the NCAA: HBCUs say no more discrimination in academic rules

Monique Ositelu has spent a good deal of her professional time thinking about the inequities of the NCAA's system for measuring academic performance at traditional colleges and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Ositelu, a...

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‘Overlooked’: Black women are nearly absent from the federal bench

A commentary by Catherine Smith and Trina Jones in The National Law Journal draws upon remarks by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and passages from a book titled "Shortlisted: Women in the Shadows of the Supreme...

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