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Sustainability and collaboration
Furman is well known for its beautiful campus, commitment to sustainability and opportunities for deep undergraduate student research. These three components came together when the campus was recently designated as a Level I arboretum through...
Continue ReadingMichta to speak about crisis in Ukraine
Andrew Michta, PhD, M.W. Buckman Distinguished Professor of International Studies at Rhodes College, will speak Thursday, Sept. 4 at 7 p.m. in Watkins Room in the Trone Student Center on the Furman campus. His talk, “U.S.,...
Continue ReadingThe wisdom of students
When 2014 graduate Zach Hall was a student at Furman, he developed a course-selection website that helped his fellow students sign up for and keep track of available classes. As a result, Hall’s contributions to...
Continue ReadingOutreach concert series set for The Woodlands@Furman
The Furman University Music Department and Partners in the Arts has announced a new community engagement and outreach initiative for The Woodlands@Furman retirement community. First Fridays @ The Woodlands is an engaging and free concert series...
Continue ReadingRyan Boyle’s story is a triumphant one
Furman University junior Ryan Boyle, who will compete in the International Cycling Union Para-cycling Road World Championships in Greenville Aug. 28-Sept. 1, overcame a devastating and nearly fatal brain injury as a child to become...
Continue ReadingThe affair continues
[caption id="attachment_13742" align="alignright" width="400"] Graham Wright (center) with members of Opus Affair [/caption] Graham Wright ’00 originally moved to Boston to get a PhD in chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Then he decided...
Continue ReadingAn inexact science
Lisa Cantrell ’07 is pairing cognitive science research and the art of storytelling in a unique new podcast designed to share the answers to some of the most human phenomena. “What makes people creative?,” “Why...
Continue ReadingAn Opus Affair
Graham Wright was in love. But an exclusive relationship? In his twenties? In Boston? No. Wasn’t going to happen. So Wright did what any red-blooded young man in the prime of his life would...
Continue ReadingFurman to hold fall convocation Thursday, Sept. 4 at 10 a.m.
Furman will celebrate the beginning of the 2014-15 school year with its fall convocation Thursday, Sept. 4 at 10 a.m. in McAlister Auditorium. Furman president Elizabeth Davis will preside as the university welcomes the class of...
Continue ReadingThe growing number of women college presidents
The days of the college presidency as a job for men is quickly becoming outdated as more and more women step into the role. At the recent Harvard Seminar for New Presidents, there were 23...
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