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Greenville Liberty to train at Furman

Local news outlets cover the partnership between Furman University and pre-professional soccer club, USL W’s Greenville Liberty SC, sister team to the Greenville Triumph Soccer Club, a men’s professional team. The partnership will allow the...

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Furman graduates receive Fulbright honors

Four Furman University graduates have received Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. The honorees include: Leanne Joyce ’22, a German studies graduate on the...

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Tracking the lunar eclipse

WHNS FOX Carolina caught up with Furman University's David Moffett, professor and chair of the physics department, to describe how the lunar eclipse would unfold. The celestial event began late Sunday night, May 15, and...

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Greenville Chamber honors community, business leaders

At the 133rd meeting of the Greenville Chamber, several awards were presented to individuals with Furman University ties. The Buck Mickel Leadership Award was presented to Judge Merl Code, Furman trustee emeritus, for his role...

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Spartanburg’s Northside Initiative honored by Furman’s Riley Institute

Spartanburg’s Northside Initiative received the inaugural OneSouthCarolina Partners in Progress Award from Furman University’s Riley Institute. The award, which was presented by former South Carolina governor and U.S. Secretary of Education Dick Riley, recognizes achievements...

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Pathways to STEM success: The first year experience

Thanks to a National Science Foundation S-STEM (Scholarships in STEM) grant, Furman University has developed a cohort-based program for students who wish to study science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. The program includes an eight-day...

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South Carolina hate crime bill

South Carolina, Arkansas and maybe Wyoming, depending on who you ask, are the last holdouts for having a hate crimes law on the books. With bipartisan support, House Bill 3620, also known as the Clementa...

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Furman named a Best Value College for 2022 by The Princeton Review

Furman University has been named a Best Value College for 2022 by The Princeton Review based on data from its surveys of administrators at about 650 colleges in 2021-2022. The company also factored in data...

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Furman student taps into childhood passion to add color to campus

Clothes, linens, toiletries, and your favorite pillow are among the things you're likely to bring to campus on move-in day. For Isaiah Ives '23, a history major from Boston, the packing list also included his...

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Here is a hard historical truth: Slavery powerfully shaped Harvard

Tomiko Brown-Nagin, a 1992 Furman University history alumna, and Lawrence S. Bacow, president of Harvard University, write an opinion piece for The Washington Post about a report released April 26 concerning Harvard's ties to slavery...

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