Vincent Harris of Upstate Business Journal (a publication of Community Journals) writes about Greenville, South Carolina, and its growing reputation for attracting venture capital firms. One such firm is North Carolina-based Flywheel Coworking. The company…
Innovation Hour brings good ideas to life
Creative people find outlets for their gifts through paint and canvas, a camera lens, ink and paper, clay on a potter’s wheel, or maybe a well-worn stage. But where’s the conduit for a great idea,…
Furman recognized as top performer in Sustainable Campus…
Furman University has been recognized as a top performer in the 2020 Sustainable Campus Index, ranking No. 9 overall among baccalaureate institutions and moving up from last year’s No. 10 slot. A publication of the…
Reagan Brittain ’22, Nick Curcio ’22 win Furman…
Reagan Brittain ’22 and Nick Curcio ’22 have been selected as recipients of the 2021 Furman Metropolitan Fellowship (FMF), a prestigious alumni-led grant program that provides two rising fourth-year Furman students with the connections, means…
Mike ’72 and Sondra Hogan pledge gift of…
Mike Hogan ’72 and his wife, Sondra, have pledged an estate gift of $500,000 to the Furman men’s golf scholarship endowment, bringing the program closer to being fully funded. Hogan, who played from the 1969…
New growth: Last phase of tree replacement begins…
Story update, Nov. 10, 2020: The sixth and final phase of replacing aging trees along the front of the Furman University campus will begin Nov. 30, 2020. Crews will remove the 50 to 60-year-old oaks…
Here’s how Furman is developing into SoCon’s top…
Ahead of Furman Men’s Basketball season opener against USC Upstate set for Nov. 28, The Greenville News reported that the Paladins have been picked to finish second in the Southern Conference according to a poll…
Prisma Health and Furman’s Institute for Innovation and…
Furman University has tapped Joseph Heritage ’07 to lead a new program that will help students and professionals excel in the workforce and their communities. Joseph Heritage ’07 In partnership with Prisma Health, the program…
South Carolina political scientists: ‘What’s next for American…
In the wake of the 2020 general election, Ion Greenville poses questions to political scientists across the state of South Carolina: “Is there a political solution to the divide we are experiencing in the United…