<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/stories/faculty-alumni-students-react-to-war-in-ukraine.html" dsn="news"><featured/><pubDate>02/28/2022</pubDate><title>Faculty, alumni, students react to war in Ukraine</title><description>Russia's invasion of Ukraine last week launched what could possibly become the largest land war in Europe since the end of the Second World War in spring 1945. The aggression has launched renewed interest in the humanities — from history to languages to religion — and prompted requests from local, national and international media for interviews and essays from several in the Franklin &amp; Marshall community.</description><author>Peter Durantine</author><image><img src="/uploads/files/796828557676833057-flag-of-ukraine-svg.0.170.1280.512.two-thirds.png" alt="Ukraine flag"/></image><image-caption/><tags><tag>Economics</tag><tag>History</tag><tag>Russian and Russian Studies</tag></tags></item>