F&M Stories
At Franklin & Marshall College, we connect our students with extraordinary opportunities so they can accomplish great things in their four years on campus. Here are just a few of their stories.
05/27/2026
Faculty Earn Recognition Across Range of Academic Fields
This academic year, faculty members across various disciplines received numerous grant and fellowship opportunities, with several award announcements still pending. Faculty and staff have been recognized both nationally and globally for their contributions...
05/25/2026
Student Peace Award Winner to Use Nature to Transform Lives
Sarahna Khadka '28 is in Nepal this summer, working to help low-income women learn financial literacy and start a small business. Her project won the Davis Foundation Project for Peace award and $10,000 in funding.
05/05/2026
New Documentary Explores the Science and Impact Behind F&M鈥檚 Leading Environmental Research Efforts
On April 30, more than 100 members of the Franklin & Marshall and Lancaster communities gathered on campus to view the premiere of a new documentary film that showcases the work that F&M faculty and students are leading to better understand and mitigate...
04/22/2026
Winging It: F&M Supercomputer Powers Biologist鈥檚 Local Conservation Efforts
For this Franklin & Marshall biologist, every bird song and flap of wings is essential data. With the support of the campus supercomputers, Dan Ardia and his student researchers are decoding the language of nature to better understand how Lancaster鈥檚...
04/01/2026
Tackling the Impacts of Ocean Climate Change Through High-Performance Computing
Pennsylvania may be landlocked, but geography is no barrier for this Franklin & Marshall marine biochemist. By leveraging a powerful supercomputer, Peter Fields and his student researchers are tackling ocean climate change from the heart of Lancaster...
03/24/2026
Seat at the Table: Students Work Alongside National Experts on the F&M Poll
Led by two faculty mentors, Franklin & Marshall juniors and seniors with a keen interest in political polling, civics, and voter sentiment meet weekly to discuss best practices and trends in polling, how to analyze and contextualize results, and...
03/13/2026
Mapping the Cosmos with F&M鈥檚 Supercomputer
How do you find a needle in a galactic haystack? Fronefield Crawford is harnessing the computational strength of F&M鈥檚 High-Performance Computing (HPC) cluster to pinpoint the location of rotating stars in our neighboring galaxies.
02/16/2026
Powering Innovation: Inside F&M鈥檚 Campus Supercomputer
Imagine 1,600 computer processors combining power toward one task. This is the engine driving innovation at F&M. Called a High-Performance Computing (HPC) cluster, this elite shared resource accelerates discovery, empowers large-scale research, and...
02/03/2026
Coral, Caves and Ice Cores: The Path to Hydrology for Monica Arienzo 鈥�08
Hydrology research has taken Monica Arienzo 鈥�08 to coral reefs in the U.S. Virgin Islands, underwater caves in the Bahamas and ice cores in Antarctica and Greenland.
01/22/2026
AI Research Bridges Environment and Economic Studies
How do you prove the economic value of clean water? Under the guidance of Professor Patrick Fleming, two students leveraged a unique combination of field research and AI to gauge Chesapeake Bay Watershed quality.
12/16/2025
Research Club Kickstarts Students鈥� Science Careers
At Franklin & Marshall, a distinctive opportunity for hands-on learning gives students the chance to participate in collaborative research as early as their second week on campus. The Nanobots Research Club meets weekly and aims to help students...
12/08/2025
A Diplomat鈥檚 Deep Dive into Marine Biology
Learning by doing is part of our DNA as Diplomats. Jaeyun An 鈥�26 dove headfirst into this philosophy, spending a semester in the turquoise waters of Turks and Caicos researching the island鈥檚 diverse marine life. 鈥淭his experience gave me the...