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“Crime and Punishment: Thinking Outside the Cell”
Is the criminal justice system in America due for an overhaul? The Riley Institute and Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Furman will address that issue this summer during a four-part series, “Crime and Punishment: Thinking...
Continue ReadingFurman hosts faculty workshop on public engagement
Should liberal arts colleges engage the public? If so, how and when and on what questions? What does public engagement mean for college professors and to what extent should it be promoted? Seventeen professors from...
Continue ReadingTwo Riley Institute programs expand
Thanks to a $100,000 grant from Duke Energy, two leadership programs of the Riley Institute at Furman will soon be expanded. The grant was prompted by the tragic church shootings in Charleston, which led to...
Continue ReadingTeddy Dozier ’12: Startup launches at TechCrunch competition
[caption id="attachment_18375" align="alignleft" width="300"] Image via Teddy Dozier[/caption] For those not in the technology industry, Teddy Dozier's accomplishments this May might not quite resonate. But when it comes to his involvement with TechCrunch, an online publisher...
Continue ReadingA Way Forward for South Carolina
On the evening of June 17, 2015, a hate crime took place at a Wednesday prayer meeting at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. The horrid nature of the crime, the cold-blooded assassination of innocent...
Continue ReadingDiscussing the Confederate flag issue
Furman political science professor Danielle Vinson was quoted in a July 7 New York Times article about the legislative battle to remove the Confederate flag from the grounds of the South Carolina State House. “This...
Continue ReadingDuke Energy awards Riley Institute $100,000 grant
In an effort to promote diversity and civic participation in South Carolina, Duke Energy has awarded the Riley Institute at Furman a $100,000 grant to build on two of the Institute's most successful leadership programs. The grant...
Continue ReadingHelping with the cost of textbooks
How have Furman chemistry professors Brian Goess and Greg Springsteen eliminated the need for their students to purchase any textbooks for a series of three organic chemistry courses? It’s easy. They not only lend students...
Continue ReadingBuilding a better Greenville
Greenville, Furman’s home, is a remarkable place, an increasingly beautiful “destination” city. Nevertheless, like much of South Carolina, there are two Greenvilles. One is relatively prosperous and well-educated, able to take advantage of the beauty...
Continue ReadingA journey that includes Furman
Dr. Angela L. Walker Franklin, a 1981 Furman graduate who serves as president and CEO of Des Moines University, has written a book, An Unconventional Journey... An Unlikely Choice. In the book, Franklin provides leadership...
Continue ReadingGone fishing
Amy Poon ’16 brought her new graphite fly rod to Furman Lake for the first time Wednesday. It was her first time fishing at the lake, or anywhere for that matter. She’s feeling a bit...
Continue ReadingRiley Institute names afterschool/expanded learning policy fellows
Fifteen leaders in the field of afterschool and expanded learning nationwide have been selected as White-Riley-Peterson Policy Fellows as part of a partnership between the Riley Institute at Furman University and the Charles Stewart Mott...
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