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Keeping up with the Boston arts scene
Graham Wright, a 2000 Furman graduate, is founder of Opus Affair, a non-profit organization in Boston that hosts monthly informal meetings for those interested in the arts. Since he founded the organization six years ago,...
Continue ReadingOLLI and Riley Institute present series, Crisis of the Working Poor
The Riley Institute and Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Furman University present Straight Talk SC, their fourth annual weekly series. This year’s series, “Can’t Win for Losing: The Crisis of the Working Poor,” takes place...
Continue ReadingThe science and art of origami
Origami, the ancient Japanese art of paper folding, demands patience and dexterity. For 2009 Furman graduate Rebecca Gieseking, who is studying for a Ph.D. in chemistry at Georgia Tech, it also provides a challenge to...
Continue ReadingAn evolutionary moment in the schools
A South Carolina state Senator recently stalled the adoption of state education standards because he wanted students to have the additional opportunity of studying scientific arguments that would appear to discredit Darwinian natural selection. In...
Continue ReadingAcademic freedom in Turkey?
Academic freedom is not something Turkey is known for, and Furman political science professor Kadir Yildirim says that recent legislation on higher education makes sure it will stay that way for years to come. In...
Continue ReadingWar and remembrance
Olivia Haase ’15 knew her great, great uncle had died on a World War I battlefield in France. What she didn’t know was how powerful the feelings would be when she saw his nearly century-old...
Continue ReadingThe tropics are weird
Camera. Check. Rain Poncho. Check. Industrial strength mosquito repellent. Check. Anti-itch ointment. Check. High-powered flashlight for nighttime exploration. Check. Rice for sucking out moisture trapped in cell phone. Check. These are among the items you’ll...
Continue ReadingHestermann named executive director of GHS partnership
Furman University and Greenville Health System (GHS) announced today that Furman biology professor Eli Hestermann will assume the responsibilities of overseeing the new academic partnership between the two organizations. As Executive Director of Health Education/Undergraduate Studies...
Continue ReadingGetting to know New Zealand
Twenty-six Furman students rubbed shoulders, and in some cases noses, with a diverse group of New Zealanders during a unique May Experience course studying communication, culture, and identity. Their travels brought them to five different...
Continue ReadingAwards, Citations, Photos, Bios
Something in our understanding of heroism has been appropriated by the notion of celebrity. More often it is the quiet dignity of presence, sacrifice, and self-effacement that illuminates the truly heroic. So it is with Carl...
Continue ReadingWelcome President Davis
Although by now she has visited the campus many times, this week is the official beginning of Elizabeth Davis’s tenure as Furman University’s president. She is the twelfth leader in the school’s history. Since the...
Continue ReadingFostering community, cultivating leaders
Seventeen rising seniors from high schools across the state recently came to Riley Institute’s Emerging Public Leaders program at Furman University to learn more about service-oriented leadership and begin local projects to improve their communities....
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