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How the Honeybee Became a Symbol of a Global Ecological Crisis

"Environmentalism is not just picking trash out of streams. It's changing the framework of why we're allowed to make the decisions we make and shifting people’s perspectives on environmentalism."

—Amelia Cadwell, who is conducting honeybee research alongside Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Eve Bratman and fellow student Kathleen Miao

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Applied Research: Measuring Smartphone App Updates

A Franklin & Marshall professor noticed a trend occurring in computer software development over the last several years and decided to investigate. That involved creating a smartphone app, and...

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Building a Robot with Lasers, Flight-of-Time Cameras and...

In a quiet room in Franklin & Marshall College’s Hackman Physical Sciences Laboratories building, senior Gabriella Sallai stands at the intersection of physics and geoscience as she works on a...

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Trustee and Diplomat Athletic Club co-founder Brooks gives $1M for Shadek Stadium

As a student at Franklin & Marshall College, Bob Brooks '66, P'98 was a member of the men's varsity tennis team, and as a successful businessman and investor, he later acquired partial ownership interests in professional baseball and hockey teams, Pittsburgh's Pirates and Penguins. But with their latest gift to his alma mater, Bob and his wife,...

The Steinman Foundation Gift Supports F&M Works in Lancaster

The success of a civic engagement program that provides internships for Franklin & Marshall students and benefits the broader Lancaster community has inspired the Steinman Foundation to strengthen its support for the initiative over the long term. The foundation recently awarded the College $500,000 to deepen the impact of F&M Works, a program of...

Weis and Laiks Commit Major Gift to New Cinema

Franklin & Marshall College Trustee Colleen Ross Weis ’85 and her husband, Martin Laiks, have committed a generous gift for the construction of a cinema in the Susan & Benjamin Winter Visual Arts Center.