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Furman Engaged continues to highlight The Furman Advantage

A record number of students participated in this year's Furman Engaged, covering topics from piano music of Bohemia to cryptological warfare.

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Optional Shucker capstone results in impassioned projects

A change to making projects optional has led students to create community projects that have even greater impact on the community.

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Poster session caps off Furman Engaged, memorable experiences for senior

Brown provides a glimpse of research poster sessions past and present, what the opportunities to present her work meant to her as a student, and how they've prepared her for a career in data analytics.

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Furman science students win big at South Carolina conference

Six Furman University science students took home top prize at a recent statewide competition and symposium, earning distinction in half the categories represented within the research poster event.

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Ancient water could have driven early protein formation on Earth

Research by Professor of Chemistry George C. Shields and students demonstrates how water may have sped up the creation of proteins in the prebiotic world, causing a chemical cascade that led to all life on...

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Senior investigates how the Appalachians formed

Connor Gregory ’24 got a close look at kyanite last summer at a Virginia mountain where the mineral is mined. He got an even closer look in a Furman lab as he prepared samples for...

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Linnea Freeman Wins Three-Year, $416,000 NIH Research Grant

Freeman and a team of undergraduate researchers will use the funds to investigate the role of the gut microbiome in the consumption of palatable food.

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Seniors share research presentations with peers at regional conference

For four Furman students, the interdisciplinary SoCon Undergraduate Research Forum was a high-impact experience that will fuel their graduate study pursuits.

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Brain food: Freeman’s research looks at link between microbiome and immune cells

How autism and sex differences are influenced by the gut microbiome are also targets of her research.

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Adi Dubash earns $250,000 Grant from National Institutes of Health

The three-year award focuses on desmosomes, structures that connect cells to each other and allow them to stretch, divide, spread and move.

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