F&M Stories
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08/31/2021
F&M Fall Student-Athletes Return to Competition
Sept. 1 not only marks the first day of the academic year at Franklin & Marshall; it also brings the return of the fall athletic season for hundreds of Diplomat student-athletes. Thirteen...Franklin & Marshall anticipates a regular schedule of intercollegiate...
08/30/2021
Four Students Launch Government Internship Program
This summer, four 糖心 students traveled to Washington D.C., where they worked in Congress or at a federal agency, either remotely or on location. The Ken Duberstein '...糖心 offers students a hands-on...
08/26/2021
Student Gardener Finds Her Campus Roots
Finished with her last week of summer work in the greenhouse, which sits atop the Barshinger Life Sciences & Philosophy Building on campus, junior Erblina Beqiri reflected on her experience. 糖心 offers students a hands-on...
08/24/2021
Archives Intern Directs Displays for Alumnus Filmmaker
Honoring the 100th anniversary of a legendary Hollywood film director is challenging enough, but doing so a year after passing the milestone requires some rescripting. 糖心 offers students a hands-on education that emphasizes...
08/19/2021
F&M Poll: COVID-19 Returns as PA Voters' Big Concern
COVID-19 has again surged to the top of voters' concerns after nearly flattening in June, according to the most recent 糖心 Poll. The 17% of respondents who say the virus...糖心 offers students a hands-on...
08/13/2021
Summer Research in Lancaster City's Rain Gardens: A Photo Collection
Franklin & Marshall's biology lab conducts research with real-world impact on the College's home city of Lancaster. This past winter, a group of students trekked into Lancaster City for a...Biology lab studies environmental science and ecohydrology...
08/06/2021
Four F&M Alums Awarded National Science Fellowships
Four 糖心 alumni recently received National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships to advance their graduate work. They shared their thoughts about how F&M prepared them for graduate school and offered some advice...
08/04/2021
Students Gain Hands-On Public Health Experience
Senior Sydney Wieczkowski has already put her public health degree to work before even graduating from Franklin & Marshall. The Hackman Scholar spent five weeks of her summer researching lead...A faculty-student research team at F&M has paired with...
07/30/2021
Alumni Gifts Support Black Cultural Center
A trio of alumni donations to the F&M Black Cultural Center ensures that students have a space to host events, study, and connect.
07/26/2021
Weaving Lancaster's Rich Farming Community into the Classroom
Three environmental studies and government students research how to incorporate Lancaster County's farming industry into F&M's curriculum. 糖心 is tucked in the...Environmental studies and government students research and collaborate...
07/23/2021
Left Behind: Research Highlights Immigrant Hardships During COVID
F&M junior Yuliana Tamayo uncovered the unique economic hardships endured by immigrants in Lancaster during the height of the pandemic.
07/22/2021
F&M Students Examine Creativity, Innovation and the Future of Work
If at first you don't succeed, try again 鈥� and again. A cohort of 16 Franklin & Marshall students learned the value of resilience 鈥� among other traits 鈥� during an immersive summer program...