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You are viewing 17 posts for February 2012 in the Latest News section

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg to Speak at 2012 Commencement Ceremony

Mayor of the City of New York Michael R. Bloomberg will speak at Franklin & Marshall's Commencement on May 12, 2012. (Photo courtesy of the Office of Mayor, City of New…

College Migrates to Google Apps for Education

F&M begins a transition to Google Apps for Education, a suite of communication and collaboration applications designed for academic communities.


Video: F&M College Summit

On Feb. 15, more than 200 exceptional juniors from rural Pennsylvania high schools visited Franklin & Marshall College during F&M College Summit, a daylong introduction to college life. Throughout the…

Basketball Teams Prepare for Playoffs; Milligan, Barbush Earn POY Honors

Georgio Milligan ’12 was voted Centennial Conference (CC) Player of the Year for the second straight season. Milligan, who is averaging a conference-best 18.4 points per game, became the first player…

Latest Poll Finds Santorum Gaining Momentum in Pennsylvania

By Staff Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum is well ahead of his Republican primary rivals in Pennsylvania, and he has trimmed President Barack Obama’s lead in the state compared to one…

Alumna Returns to Campus as Tenure-Track Professor

By Chris Karlesky Part V of the 2011-12 series on new, tenure-track faculty members.  The smell of formaldehyde is gone, and the building has a new name, but the Harris Center…

Up-And-Coming Filmmakers Visit F&M

By Chris Karlesky Aspiring filmmakers at Franklin & Marshall College will have a chance to learn about the craft from professionals—and create their own, spontaneous work—at the College’s inaugural Wide Eyed…

New Urban Wildlife Research Program Seeks Help Tracking Coyotes, Foxes

In January, the Wohlsen Center for the Sustainable Environment launched the Urban Wildlife Research Program to study Eastern coyotes, honeybees, red foxes and red-tailed hawks. Under the guidance of Sarah Dawson,…

Student, Professor Take Research Findings to Israel

Franklin & Marshall Professor of Philosophy Bennett Helm (left) and Dan Kaplan ’12 traveled to the Psycho-Ontology Conference in Israel in December to present a paper titled "Objectivity, Rule Following, and…

Where Science and Medicine Meet

Associate Professor of Biology Rob Jinks (foreground) works in the lab with Becky Willert ’12 and Chris Fiorentini ’12 in the Barshinger Life Sciences & Philosophy Building. Willert and Fiorentini are…