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OLLI accepting applications for Senior Leaders Greenville

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Furman is accepting applications for Senior Leaders Greenville through July 1. Launched in 2013, Senior Leaders Greenville is a program designed for adults 55 and up to build awareness...

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Women’s Leadership Institute graduates 33

Furman University’s Center for Corporate and Professional Development has announced that 33 members of its inaugural class of the Women’s Leadership Institute have graduated.

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Justice, equity, and politics

Coleman Allums ’14 was set to prepare his third and final go-around for a highly competitive NSF Graduate Research Fellowship when he learned he won an award in recent weeks. “I knew how competitive this source...

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A presidential appointment

When Sustainability Science/Spanish major Michael Robinson ’16 received an internship in the Executive Office of the President, Office of Energy and Climate Change, he thought he’d be in for a fair amount of administrative duties....

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History, Asian studies professor publishes new book

Furman University Assistant Professor of History and Asian Studies Wendy Matsumura, Ph.D., has published a new book about Okinawa. "The Limits of Okinawa: Japanese Capitalism, Living Labor, and Theorizations of Community" is published by Duke...

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A little bird told me

[caption id="attachment_17920" align="alignright" width="600"] Image courtesy of Shutterstock.com[/caption] The degree to which we humans can adapt to noise is many and varied. Let’s say we live in a quiet neighborhood where the only sounds we...

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Fulbright Grants Awarded to Two Shucker Graduates

Four Furman University students have been awarded English Teaching Assistantships from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. The Fulbright recipients, who will begin their teaching assignments this fall, are Natalia Arenas (Simpsonville, S.C.); Bryan Betts (Tega...

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Fulbright grants awarded to four Furman students

Four Furman University students have been awarded English Teaching Assistantships from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. The Fulbright recipients, who will begin their teaching assignments this fall, are Natalia Arenas (Simpsonville, S.C.); Bryan Betts (Tega...

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Political science profs Nelsen & Guth publish book

Furman University political science professors Brent F. Nelsen, Ph.D., and James L. Guth, Ph.D., have published a new book about religion and the European Union. "Religion and the Struggle for European Union: Confessional Culture and...

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Furman selected to participate in Beckman Scholars Program

Furman University’s Department of Chemistry has again been selected to participate in the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation Beckman Scholars Program. Furman is one of 12 institutions nationwide receiving the honor this year. Furman has...

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