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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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Charleston organist Ludlum retires

After 35 years as Organist and Director of Music at the historic St. Matthews Lutheran Church in Charleston, S.C., W. Douglas Ludlum is stepping down. The 73-year-old stalwart graduated Furman in 1965, then went on...

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Organist Caroline Robinson in concert Feb. 11

Furman University will present a concert featuring Greenville native and emerging young star organist Caroline Robinson Thursday, Feb. 11, at 8 p.m. in Daniel Memorial Chapel on campus. The recital is open to the public and...

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Riley Institute’s Riley and Gordon earn high marks

Dick Riley and Don Gordon of the Riley Institute at Furman have been named among the Top Ten SC Leaders in 2015 by Alan Cooper, Publisher of MidlandsBiz. The two achieved the distinction for the...

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Faculty members present chamber music Jan. 15

The Furman Faculty Chamber Music Series will present a concert Friday, Jan. 15, at 8 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall on campus. The event is open to the public, and is part of Furman’s Sound Quality...

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Tompkins presents organ recital Jan. 21

Furman University will present a concert featuring faculty member and University Organist Charles Tompkins Thursday, Jan. 21, at 8 p.m. in Daniel Memorial Chapel. Part of Furman’s annual Church Music Conference, the recital is open to...

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Furman’s Malici calls for reason over rhetoric and fear-mongering

Furman University political science professor Dr. Akan Malici offers another opinion piece in the Greenville News—his third in as many months. In it, he notes the consequences of succumbing to the barrage of media hype...

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