Climate scientist Dr. Angel Hsu will lay out discreet steps to halt catastrophic climate change before former Vice President Al Gore (live via remote camera) offers reasons to hope about […]
Coffee and Conversation with Dr. Angel Hsu, climate scientist, professor at UNC, founder and director of Data-Driven EcoPolicy Lab (bio here) Hosted by Dr. Kate Kaup, Furman professor of Asian studies & […]
Phyllis Cuttino ’88, CEO of The Climate Reality Project, shares how industry is responding to the need to slow the trajectory of climate change, setting the stage for a conversation […]
Tuesday, September 13th at 5:30 p.m. Location: Trustees Dining Room Guest Presenters: Associate Professor Claire Whitlinger, Sociology & Professor Akan Malici, politics and international affairs Join for a community meal […]
Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, the top climate scientist for The Nature Conservancy and evangelical Christian, will share how our values connect to climate action and why it’s important for us to […]
Join Professor Danielle Vinson for a conversation with former Congressman Dan Lipinski about the obstacles polarization creates for policymaking and the broader threats it poses to our political system. Sept. […]
CLP - Defending the Constitution: U.S. Attorney’s Office as Guardian of Our Rights Hear from United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina, Adair Ford Boroughs '02, followed by […]
Understanding Roe v. Wade - Engage with our Furman community about the history and repercussions of the 1973 legal case and its June 24, 2022 overturning. Wednesday, September 28th, 5:00-6:15 […]
A conversation about race, culture, & community. Feat. Authors Wanda Lloyd and Tina McElroy Ansa joined by Professor Teresa Cosby. Wednesday, October 5th 5 p.m. Burgiss Theatre (Trone Student Center)
Liberals have accomplished much of what they set out to do. But once you have created a more egalitarian democratic society, what comes next? Can liberalism be sustained, or will […]
From the historic Galveston hurricane of 1900 to America’s first modern serial killer, to an intimate look at Winston Churchill during the Blitz, narrative nonfiction writer Erik Larson has a […]
A Conversation with Erik Larson, author of The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz Friday, October 21 at 9:30 a.m. Johns Hall Community […]