<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/stories/students-gain-hands-on-public-health-experience.html" dsn="news"><featured/><pubDate>08/04/2021</pubDate><title>Students Gain Hands-On Public Health Experience</title><description>Senior Sydney Wieczkowski has already put her public health degree to work before even graduating from Franklin &amp; Marshall. The Hackman Scholar spent five weeks of her summer researching lead...A faculty-student research team at F&amp;M has paired with nonprofits and government officials in Lancaster to identify residents at risk for lead poisoning.</description><author>Kim O'Brien</author><image><img src="/uploads/files/622201500427033658-08-23-downtown-walking-tour-01-dg.0.77.2400.1446.full.jpg" alt="F&amp;M students walk among Lancaster Citys many row homes. The most common source for lead is in homes built before 1978, when lead-based paints were banned."/></image><image-caption/><tags><tag>Biology</tag><tag>Government</tag><tag>Public Health</tag><tag>Research</tag><tag>Sociology</tag></tags></item>