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Furman students join APEC’s Voices of the Future

Each year Furman University’s Riley Institute sends a student delegation to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. APEC, a conglomeration of 21 member economies, aims to promote sustainable economic growth in the Asia-Pacific region. Two...

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Jazz Ensemble and Combos present concert Feb. 12

The Furman Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combos will present a concert Friday, Feb. 12, at 8 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall on the Furman University campus. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for students. The CLP...

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Fox News contributor Juan Williams speaks Feb. 3

Fox News contributor and author Juan Williams will speak on the campus of Furman University Wednesday, Feb. 3 at 7 p.m. in Younts Conference center. His CLP talk, “A Sustaining Responsibility: King and the Exercise of...

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Noted pollster, public policy expert to speak Feb. 10

Peter D. Hart, one of America’s leading pollsters and public policy experts, will speak on campus Wednesday, Feb. 10 at 7 p.m. in Younts Conference Center. His talk, “The Mood of America 2016: The Presidential Race,”...

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Furman Theatre to stage Simon’s “Rumors”

Furman University Theatre will present Rumors by Neil Simon Feb. 17-20 and 25-27 at 8 p.m., with matinee showings Feb. 21 and 28 at 3 p.m. All performances take place in The Playhouse on campus. Directed...

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Thomas sounds off on educational opportunity vs. accountability

Furman education professor Dr. Paul Thomas spars with editors of The State who, in a Jan. 7 piece, say school accountability should not be abandoned with the dismantling of No Child Left Behind. Thomas says...

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Prints by Jonathan McFadden on display

Prints by Jonathan McFadden, professor at the College of Fine Arts, School of Art & Visual Studies at University of Kentucky, will be on display in Furman University’s Thompson Gallery, Roe Art Building, Feb. 15-March...

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Riley names Upstate DLI Fellows

The Riley Institute’s Diversity Leaders Initiative (DLI) has selected its 21st Class of Fellows. The 45 incoming class members will join more than 1,500 Riley Fellows from across the state to participate in DLI. Says Don...

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BOOSTing afterschool learning

More than 100,000 children in South Carolina are unsupervised between the hours of 3 and 6 p.m.—a huge chunk of time in which a great deal of learning and mentoring can take place. Melissa Huff...

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Turgeon receives grant to study spinal cord injury

Furman biology professor Dr. Victoria Turgeon has been awarded a grant from the South Carolina Spinal Cord Injury Research Fund. With the two-year, nearly $80,000 grant, Turgeon will study factors which impede neuronal cell growth following...

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