F&M Stories
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09/03/2021
Common Hour Tackles Wellness in Trying Times
How can one find joy amid a pandemic? Franklin & Marshall President Barbara Altmann facilitated a panel focused on maintaining wellness — and joy — in current times to commence the College's...Traditionally held on campus, Common Hour will remain...
08/31/2021
F&M Welcomes Students Back for Fall Semester
After 18 months of hybrid learning, the Franklin & Marshall College community welcomed 2,254 students back to campus with a week of celebratory events and orientation programming. With...F&M welcomed 2,254 students back to campus with a week of celebratory...
08/31/2021
F&M Fall Student-Athletes Return to Competition
Sept. 1 not only marks the first day of the academic year at Franklin & Marshall; it also brings the return of the fall athletic season for hundreds of Diplomat student-athletes. Thirteen...Franklin & Marshall anticipates a regular schedule of intercollegiate...
08/30/2021
Four Students Launch Government Internship Program
This summer, four Franklin & Marshall College students traveled to Washington D.C., where they worked in Congress or at a federal agency, either remotely or on location. The Ken Duberstein '...Franklin & Marshall College offers students a hands-on...
08/26/2021
Student Gardener Finds Her Campus Roots
Finished with her last week of summer work in the greenhouse, which sits atop the Barshinger Life Sciences & Philosophy Building on campus, junior Erblina Beqiri reflected on her experience. Franklin & Marshall College offers students a hands-on...
08/24/2021
Archives Intern Directs Displays for Alumnus Filmmaker
Honoring the 100th anniversary of a legendary Hollywood film director is challenging enough, but doing so a year after passing the milestone requires some rescripting. Franklin & Marshall College offers students a hands-on education that emphasizes...
08/19/2021
F&M Poll: COVID-19 Returns as PA Voters' Big Concern
COVID-19 has again surged to the top of voters' concerns after nearly flattening in June, according to the most recent Franklin & Marshall College Poll. The 17% of respondents who say the virus...Franklin & Marshall College offers students a hands-on...
08/13/2021
Summer Research in Lancaster City's Rain Gardens: A Photo Collection
Franklin & Marshall's biology lab conducts research with real-world impact on the College's home city of Lancaster. This past winter, a group of students trekked into Lancaster City for a...Biology lab studies environmental science and ecohydrology...
08/06/2021
Four F&M Alums Awarded National Science Fellowships
Four Franklin & Marshall College alumni recently received National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships to advance their graduate work. They shared their thoughts about how F&M prepared them for graduate school and offered some advice...
08/04/2021
Students Gain Hands-On Public Health Experience
Senior Sydney Wieczkowski has already put her public health degree to work before even graduating from Franklin & Marshall. The Hackman Scholar spent five weeks of her summer researching lead...A faculty-student research team at F&M has paired with...
07/30/2021
Alumni Gifts Support Black Cultural Center
A trio of alumni donations to the F&M Black Cultural Center ensures that students have a space to host events, study, and connect.
07/26/2021
Weaving Lancaster's Rich Farming Community into the Classroom
Three environmental studies and government students research how to incorporate Lancaster County's farming industry into F&M's curriculum. Franklin & Marshall College is tucked in the...Environmental studies and government students research and collaborate...