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Follow 10 Furman soccer players on a journey in Haiti
Ten Furman University soccer players will be aiming for a new kind of goal next week when they play the game in a different country. The players will work to make an impact on the lives...
Continue ReadingTikhonovsky named University Innovation Fellow by Stanford design school
Furman University sophomore Natalie Tikhonovsky has been named a University Innovation Fellow by Stanford University’s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design. She is the daughter of Sergey and Oksana Tikhonovsky of Marietta, Georgia. Tikhonovsky joins a...
Continue ReadingWell, it’s complicated: How to stop living by what you think …
A review of Harvard University professor Steven Pinker's Enlightenment Now sparks education professor Paul Thomas to sound off about gun violence in a blog post on Medium. In essence, the book reviewer and, subsequently, Thomas...
Continue ReadingPublic Montessori schools on the rise across South Carolina
For states looking to adopt the Montessori model for public schools, they need look no further than South Carolina. Having adopted the approach early on, South Carolina now has more public Montessori schools than any...
Continue ReadingProfessor uses deep-sea core research to work with students
Being tossed about by 115 mph winds and 60-foot waves aboard a research vessel didn't deter Kristen St. John from pursuing a career in geological sciences. The Furman Class of 1992 international relations/political science major-turned-geology...
Continue ReadingStories of the Mountain State
Sara Pearce of the Greenville Journal speaks with Furman English professor Laura Leigh Morris, who has published a collection of short stories about life in West Virginia, Jaws of Life: Stories. A self-described "dark writer,"...
Continue ReadingFurman Singers cap off tour with two concerts in Daniel Chapel
The Furman Singers will begin and end their spring tour in Greenville singing for the worship services at Westminster Presbyterian Church, Sunday, March 4, at 9 and 11 a.m., and presenting two concerts on campus...
Continue ReadingGreenville club welcomes newcomers, teaches Olympic sport
The 2022 Winter Olympics may boast a few curling competitors from the Upstate thanks to Furman Biology professor Alison Roark, president of the Palmetto Curling Club (PCC). She became associated with the group through a...
Continue ReadingEducating for the future
In his homage to Henry Adams' book, The Education of Henry Adams, penned 100 years ago, Furman education professor Scott Henderson draws parallels to South Carolina's education mission as outlined in the "Profile of a...
Continue ReadingFurman Chamber Strings on tour, closing concert set for March 14
Furman Chamber Strings featuring music faculty members Thomas Joiner (violinist and conductor) and Anna Barbrey Joiner (viola) will present music and workshops during a tour, which begins Friday, March 2. The closing concert for the...
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