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.

09/06/2022

Film Faculty Screens First Film Festival

The inaugural Gleaners Film Festival at Franklin & Marshall College Sept. 22-24 will feature director John Waters and "Pink Flamingos," his 1972 "exercise in poor taste" (trailer in this link), which, at the time of its release, was initially banned...

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09/02/2022

Aspiring Neuroscientist Tackles Cutting-Edge Research in Chicago

Beta Cai ’23, a neuroscience major, spent a summer conducting biomedical research in the pharmacology department at the University of Illinois-Chicago. “I did research on designing and constructing a FRET (Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer)-based...

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08/31/2022

Incoming Class Encouraged to Chart New Paths at Convocation

Lined up under a cerulean sky, members of the Franklin & Marshall College Class of 2026 began their F&M journeys by walking into Convocation Aug. 30. The time-honored event signifies not...The Franklin & Marshall College Class of 2026 began their...

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08/29/2022

F&M Diplomat Interns to Become U.S. Diplomat

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...Franklin & Marshall College offers students a hands-on education...

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08/26/2022

Fourth-Year Phenom Frames F&M Experience for First-Year Class

No matter where she goes on campus, Franklin & Marshall College senior Kyra Caffrey is leading — in Diplomatic Congress, at her sorority (Alpha Phi), and in the biology laboratory. The...Franklin & Marshall College offers students a hands-on education...

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08/25/2022

F&M Poll: Democrats Lead Key Races, GOP Election Overall

While Pennsylvania Democrats John Fetterman and Josh Shapiro appear well ahead of their Republican opponents in the races for U.S. senator and governor, support for the GOP statewide is 2% higher...Franklin & Marshall College offers students a hands-on...

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08/24/2022

Actuarial Internships Predict Health, Business Risk

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...Franklin & Marshall College offers students a hands-on education...

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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...

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08/17/2022

A Summer in Senegal

In summer 2020, Franklin & Marshall senior Rokhaya Ba was issued a passport for the very first time. The New Yorker had dreams of visiting her parent's home country, Senegal, to help address...F&M senior public health major Rokhaya Ba interned in...

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08/09/2022

F&M Professor Reflects on Pandemic's Personal Cost

In three years, the pandemic has left a wake of loss felt far beyond the campus borders of Franklin & Marshall College. Alumni Professor of Creative Writing and Belles Lettres Nicholas...A Q&A with F&M professor Nicholas Montemarano about his recent...

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08/04/2022

Applying His Public Health Studies to Warehouse Internship

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...Franklin & Marshall College offers students a hands-on education...

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08/03/2022

Students Uncover Lancaster's Secret Side

With its bucolic landscape and Amish roots, many visitors to Lancaster assume the region's past is nothing less than virtuous. But a group of Franklin & Marshall College students is uncovering...A group of students is uncovering a more salacious...

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