F&M Stories
At Franklin & Marshall College, we connect our students with extraordinary opportunities so they can accomplish great things in their four years on campus. Here are just a few of their stories.
08/19/2022
F&M Senior Explores 'Core Spirit' of Today's Engineering Studies
The Franklin & Marshall student experience doesn't stop when the academic year ends. From internships in Lancaster to travel around the world and research across the country, our students...Math major explores engineering for humanity as a student...
06/22/2022
'A Dream Come True': Fulbright Awards Nine F&M Alumni
Fulbright Awards have taken Franklin & Marshall alumni to more than 25 countries over the past decade. This year's cohort of awardees will continue that globetrotting tradition. Nine F&M...Nine F&M graduates have been selected for this year's Fulbright...
05/03/2022
Grad Earns Prestigious Pi Mu Math Award
Nart Shalqini '21 recently received the Richard V. Andree award from the Pi Mu Epsilon mathematics honor society. Shalqini's paper, F&M student Nart Shalqini was recently awarded the Richard V. Andree award from the Pi Mu Epsilon math honor society.
04/08/2022
Senior Studies Russian Politics in Real Time
As Franklin & Marshall College senior Anna Synakh began researching Russian soft-power politics, her studies took a startling turn. The Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine in February added a...F&M senior Anna Synakh is analyzing Western country responses...
04/07/2022
A Book Club For Second Chances
Franklin & Marshall College senior Jolie Rosenberg believes in second chances. She converted that belief into action by crafting an education project for the Lancaster County Prison in Lancaster,...History and government double major designed prison...
04/06/2022
Exploring How Images Present New Ways to Tell a Story
As an English literature and studio art double major, Franklin & Marshall College senior Sojin Shin has a twofold love of words and images. It's only fitting that she chose to explore how her...English literature and studio art double major explores...
04/04/2022
Satellite Images and Climate Change: What's the Connection?
What happens to a fishing community during a drought? A student researcher uses images and computer skills to show what that experience looks like.
04/01/2022
'Streams are the Canary in the Coal Mine'
Water has a lot to say, if you know how to listen. An F&M sophomore is senior examines the stream-channel dynamics of Fishing Creek North Nature Preserve in Lancaster County.
03/30/2022
Biology, Psychology Interests Lead Researcher to Potential New Antibiotics
As Hailan Yu synthesizes holomycin and its derivatives, she plows relatively untouched ground in her chemistry studies for new antibiotic compounds.
03/07/2022
Why Research? It Teaches You More Than You Think
Students at Franklin & Marshall College embark on research projects expecting to dive deeper into their field, work side-by-side with passionate professors, and add an impressive feat to their...Students share the problem-solving skills they gained...
02/22/2022
Flight of the Samaras
On an expansive field near Brooks Tennis Center, students in an introductory biology class stare up at their professor, perched on a lift raised 31 feet against a clear blue sky. Reaching into a...Franklin & Marshall College offers students a hands-on...
01/17/2022
Students Journey to Hawaii for Extra-Galactic Research
Three F&M students traveled with their professor to Hawaii last fall for his research related to the James Webb Space Telescope and Hawaii’s W. M. Keck Observatory.