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Teach For America Founder and CEO Urges F&M Crowd to Rally Against Educational Inequality

What will it take to effectively reverse educational inequality in the United States? The answer is powerfully simple, said Wendy Kopp, CEO and founder of Teach For America and Teach For All. "The core of the solution is leadership."


Study of 'Second Cities' Lands F&M Professor Award from Urban History Association

Associate Professor of Sociology Jerome Hodos earns the Urban History Association's Kenneth Jackson Best Book Award for exploring the social impact of globalization in Manchester and Philadelphia.


From Africa to Lancaster, F&M Students Work to Develop Community

Sixteen Franklin & Marshall students travel to South Africa to help improve the lives of local residents and deepen the College's impact abroad.


New Web Portal in Development for F&M Campus Community

Students, faculty members and professional staff at Franklin & Marshall College will soon have a new window through which to view information about themselves, academic life and campus services at F&M.


Levine Honored by American Anthropological Association

Associate Professor of Anthropology Mary Ann Levine wins the American Anthropological Association's Committee on Gender Equity in Anthropology Award.


F&M Poll: Obama Expands Lead Over Romney in Pennsylvania

President Barack Obama leads Republican challenger Mitt Romney by 11 percentage points among registered voters in Pennsylvania, according to the latest Franklin & Marshall College Poll.


Lanier Warns F&M Audience to be Skeptical of Technology

Pioneering computer scientist Jaron Lanier told an audience at the Franklin & Marshall College Common Hour Sept. 20  that the nation has progressively relied on information produced by computers—to its detriment.


Environmentalist McKibben Urges Packed House to Go Beyond Conservation in F&M Talk

Environmentalist Bill McKibben described how he and seven college students began an international movement to change the world's understanding of global warming during a Common Hour talk at the Franklin & Marshall College Sept. 13.


State Police Veteran Joins F&M as Public Safety Director

William McHale, a law enforcement veteran who served with the Pennsylvania State Police for nearly three decades, joined Franklin & Marshall College Monday, Sept. 10, as the new director of public safety.


F&M Student Discovers Rare Extragalactic Pulsar

A Hackman Scholarship offers F&M student Jack Madden '14 a chance to make a rare discovery—160,000 light years from Earth.