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10/28/2026
John Templeton Foundation Grant Elevates Humanities at Franklin & Marshall
F&M Professor of Religious Studies John Modern is the recipient of a $250,000 grant from the John Templeton Foundation to build upon innovative work examining how AI shapes religious experience, cognition, and meaning-making.
09/02/2026
‘I Find It Important and Necessary’: Uncovering Lancaster's Hidden History
For Frances Taylor ’27, the Lancaster Vice project checked all the right boxes: collaborating with a faculty mentor, exploring how their two majors converge in the real world, and unearthing stories the city had forgotten. “I enjoy learning about...
08/18/2026
Biology Professor Brews Up New Beer Science Course
F&M Professor of Biology Rob Jinks concocted the first course of its kind this summer: Brewing Science. The one-month intensive course and corresponding labs introduced students to the science and art of crafting beer from four fundamental ingredients:...
06/25/2026
McNulty Receives Fulbright for Research on Participatory Democracy
Stephanie McNulty, the Honorable & Mrs. John C. Kunkel Professor of Government at Franklin & Marshall College, has earned a prestigious Fulbright Global Scholar Award to explore an enduring question: How have citizens shaped democracy through direct...
04/22/2026
Winging It: F&M Supercomputer Powers Biologist’s 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’s...
04/16/2026
Collaborative Student-Led Podcast Explores Impact of AI
Students at Franklin & Marshall are bringing a liberal arts perspective to discussions about artificial intelligence — and are doing so through an innovative media project. “Unmasking the Machine: A Sociological Look at AI” is a podcast produced...
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...
03/13/2026
Mapping the Cosmos with F&M’s Supercomputer
How do you find a needle in a galactic haystack? Fronefield Crawford is harnessing the computational strength of F&M’s High-Performance Computing (HPC) cluster to pinpoint the location of rotating stars in our neighboring galaxies.
01/20/2026
A Q&A with Faculty Artists: ‘Masked & Unmasked’
A new exhibition at the Winter Visual Arts Center spotlights two faculty artists as well as the range of mediums and techniques students experience at F&M.
12/18/2025
Innovative Workshop Fosters Dialogue about Importance of AI Literacy
As generative artificial intelligence continues to impact teaching and learning on college campuses, Franklin & Marshall is pioneering inventive ways to help students build critical literacy skills they need to compete and excel in an AI-infused...
11/21/2025
What is Extended Reality–and Why are F&M Students Researching It?
Learning by doing is in our DNA as Diplomats. For Sujal Shah ’27 and Kha Nguyen ’28, this meant collaborating with their computer science professor to research how extended reality can be used for safer, more effective employee training.
11/13/2025
Trailblazing Research Examines Cigarette Label Alternatives
Three F&M students helped conduct a groundbreaking pilot study in Lancaster this summer, assisting Professor Hollie Tripp with tobacco regulatory research. It's the first F&M instance of biospecimen collection from non-campus participants.