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Furman mass spec news draws media attention
Several news organizations cover a story about a grant from the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation to fund the development of a portable device to detect hazardous and other substances in the air. As many...
Continue ReadingHow do parents talk to children about social inequality?
A team of undergraduate psychology majors is spending the summer exploring novel ideas in developmental psychology and how children are socialized to view the world around them.
Continue ReadingWhittemore ’23 wins NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program award
Tom Whittemore '23, a Hollingsworth Scholar, Goldwater Scholar and previous winner of an NSF REU award, has won an NSF GRFP award to study alternative fuel sources at the University of North Carolina at Chapel...
Continue ReadingAdi Dubash secures funding for undergraduate research
Dubash receives R15 funding from SC INBRE to support cancer research.
Continue ReadingTwo students win honors at STEM symposia
Undergraduates Abby Stapleton '24 and Dallas Shuman '25 present award-winning research at symposia.
Continue ReadingFasana ’22, Anderson bring home a top chemistry honor
Christine Fasana ’22 wasn’t crazy about chemistry when she arrived at Furman four years ago. Then she took Mary Elizabeth Anderson’s chemistry class. Not only did she like it, she was good at it. “It...
Continue ReadingWhittemore, Bready named Goldwater Scholars
Thomas Whittemore ’23 and Conor Bready ’24 have been named Goldwater Scholars, the preeminent honor for undergraduate students studying the natural sciences, engineering and mathematics. Whittemore, from Easley, South Carolina, is majoring in chemistry. He...
Continue ReadingPetal prowess: Oconee bell wildflowers might be one giant organism
Thousands of delicate pink-white wildflowers known as Oconee Bells blanket parts of northwest South Carolina each spring, attracting admirers from near and far. [caption id="attachment_53010" align="alignright" width="197"] Oconee Bells. Courtesy Keith Bradley, South Carolina Department...
Continue ReadingFurman research helps farm-to-table movement be more sustainable
Consumers generally know about the “farm-to-table” movement, but do they know about regenerative and permaculture farming the restaurants are often practicing, and are they willing to pay a little more for them? Furman faculty and...
Continue ReadingThe art of medicine: visual learning fine tunes observation skills
It’s often said that medicine is as much art as it is science. Now Furman University’s art department is embarking on a visual literacy project that aims to produce better healthcare providers. “It is based...
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