community-engaged-medicine

Carly Slough ’24 named Beckman Scholar

When pathogens like yeast overgrow and resist treatments, a cascade of health problems ensue. Carly Slough is working with Mary Beth Daub on chemical compounds to help antimicrobials do their job better.

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Community engaged medicine students learn lessons in resilience

A seminar hosted by The Institute for the Advancement of Community Health helped the students and several community organizations learn strategies to avoid burnout after a crisis.

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Furman’s Shaniece Criss connects dots between social media and birth outcomes

Negative words and attitudes toward various ethnic groups matter when it comes to birth outcomes. Furman's Shaniece Criss explains in a TEDxFurmanU talk on YouTube.

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Malone Center for Career Engagement hosts data analytics event

Furman faculty, students, staff and administrators and major Upstate employers convene at Furman 101 to talk about big data and job options in the field. The Malone Center for Career Engagement hosted the event Tuesday,...

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Furman again featured in The Princeton Review’s ‘Best Colleges’ guide

Furman University ranks highly in “best quality of life,” “best classroom experience” and other categories.

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Graduate program aims to improve health outcomes with focus on community needs

Mohammad Hooshmand Zaferanieh M’21 had always wanted to go into health care, but while getting his bachelor’s degree in biology in 2016, he took a hard look at the system he was about to devote...

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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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Have we gotten student success completely backward?

In an article appearing in The Chronicle of Education, Aaron Basko, associate vice president for enrollment management at the University of Lynchburg, in Virginia, cites the Gallup-Purdue Index, which lays out “The Big 6 for...

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2021 Senior Spotlight

Congratulations to the class of 2021! Meet a few of this year's graduating seniors in the 2021 Senior Spotlight. These students' diverse engaged learning experiences and plans for the future offer a snapshot of the...

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Furman receives second $25 million grant from The Duke Endowment

Furman University has received a $25 million grant from The Duke Endowment to expand and advance The Furman Advantage, the university’s transformational approach to offering every student a pathway toward a meaningful and valuable college...

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Let Joseph Vaughn Day shine a light on our values

This morning, President Elizabeth Davis sent the following message to the campus community to celebrate Joseph Vaughn Day. Dear Campus Community, At last week’s presidential inauguration, poet Amanda Gorman reminded us that “there is always...

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Message from President Davis: A commitment to our democracy

Today, Elizabeth Davis, president of Furman University, sent the following message to the Furman community. Dear Campus Community, Yesterday was one of the most troubling days in the history of our American democracy. Like many...

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