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Bonds 101: Students participate in live capital finance project

Finance-savvy students might geek out at the prospect of sitting in class learning about debt instruments and how institutions use them for funding large capital expenditures. Others might not be so interested. But likely all...

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Supply chain challenges, COVID-19 to blame for empty store shelves

In a WYFF News 4 story, Ken Kolb, Furman University professor and chair of the sociology department, unpacks why grocery store shelves are often sparsely populated. He said any number of factors can contribute to...

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E.M. Skinner organ celebrates 100 years of beautiful music at First Baptist Church of Savannah

Several churches in Savannah, Georgia, boast pipe organs, but only First Baptist Church of Savannah has the oldest organ and the largest with more than 4,000 pipes. To celebrate the centennial anniversary of the E.M....

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Colleges take precautions amid new surge

Ahead of the start of spring semester at Furman University, FOX Carolina spoke to Jason Cassidy, associate vice president for student life and dean of students, about COVID-19 booster shots and masking. Based on word...

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A year later, what implications the insurrection could have on American politics

On the anniversary of the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol, FOX Carolina reporter Jarvis Robertson turned to Brent Nelsen for comment. Nelsen, a Furman University professor of politics and international affairs, said the...

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Furman’s David E. Shi honored for lifetime achievement in higher ed

David E. Shi '73, former Furman University president, received the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s (AASHE) 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award. It's an honor recognizing individuals with at least 10 years of...

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Richard Cullen to become Youngkin’s counselor

The Commonwealth of Virginia's governor-elect Glenn Youngkin has selected former Virginia Attorney General Richard Cullen as counselor to the governor. On Jan. 14, Cullen, a 1971 Furman University graduate and former member of the Furman...

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Greenville women lack support to fight ‘pressure’ of traditional gender roles

In The Greenville News, Furman University's Sarah Adeyinka-Skold, an assistant professor of sociology, weighs in on the subject of gender roles in traditional American households. She told journalist Krys Merryman that while the population of...

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Sen. Tim Scott’s pro-Trump fundraising letter raises question of who it’s meant for

A fundraising letter from the Sen. Tim Scott campaign in the last few months has left voting rights advocates and academics scratching their heads over the piece's intended audience. Furman University's Teresa Cosby and Danielle...

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In Congress, David Trone keeps it personal: Combating the opioid epidemic that killed his nephew

[caption id="attachment_53159" align="alignright" width="266"] U.S. Congressman David Trone.[/caption] For Maryland U.S. Representative David Trone (D-District 6), the nation's opioid crisis hits close to home. In 2016, Trone lost a nephew to an overdose of fentanyl-laced...

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