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Around the Lake
When the Virus Came
From the soprano to the problem solver, from the professor to the doctor – the Furman family shows us the meaning of resilience. Find out how campus transformed to meet the virus and how we found purpose in disruption.
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Features
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Around the Lake
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Around the Lake
Listen to their Legacy
Gordon ’65 and Sarah Herring ’66 have committed to give $6.1 million to the Department of Music.
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Professor of Chemistry Greg Springsteen and Trent Stubbs ’20 talk Aconabolics LLC, the company they co-founded in 2018.
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Featured Photos
50 Years of Study Away at Furman
Photography by Professor of English Willard Pate and Suresh Muthukrishnan, professor and chair of the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Sustainability Sciences.
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Notes from the Field
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Class Notes
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Class Notes
In Pursuit of Cultural Change
Monique Ositelu ’11 brings an equity lens to higher education.