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The Guantanamo conundrum

Law School professor addresses the ramifications of closing Guantanamo Bay

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Help for the homeless

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A passion for printing

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College of Education to partner on push to increase effective urban school leaders

Education institute to study a program designed to turn good teachers into great principals

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Philadelphia high schools in need of improvement will be getting the principals they need to make them successful thanks to a new project involving Temple University’s College of Education. Through a $3.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education, the School District of Philadelphia has created the Philadelphia School Leadership Project, one of 22 similar projects nationwide to support the development, enhancement, or expansion of innovative programs to recruit, train, and mentor aspiring principals and assistant principals for schools in need.
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Celebrating Presidents Day today

Historian Seth Bruggeman explores why we honor past presidents

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With Presidents Day around the corner, how do we celebrate a president known to have slaves? That’s the sort of question explored by Seth Bruggeman, a history professor and coordinator of the Public History Program at Temple University. According to Bruggeman, Presidents Day assumes that the nation comes together and celebrates the birth of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln and, theoretically, all presidents. “It presumes we can all share in the legacy of these men equally; however, it is more complicated than that,” he added.
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Boyer jazz faculty win Grammy Award

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The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, which includes three members on the jazz faculty at the Boyer College of Music and Dance, has won a Grammy Award for Monday Night Live at the Village Vanguard [Planet Arts Recordings] in the “Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album” category.
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New grants for student research, creative projects available

Undergraduates and professional students still have time to apply for a unique mentored experience

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Undergraduate and professional students seeking a unique mentored experience at Temple still have time to apply for funding from the university's new Creative Arts, Research and Scholarship (CARAS) program. The CARAS program — a collaboration among the Office of Research and Strategic Initiatives, the Office of the Provost and the deans of Temple's schools and colleges — provides grants of up to $3,000 in support of scholarly, creative or research projects under the supervision of a faculty member.
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Backstage at 'The Seven'

Temple Theater director discusses hip-hop exploration

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Temple students have been experimenting with a new genre of theater through the production of The Seven, a hip-hip musical written by Will Power and directed by associate professor of theater Lee Kenneth Richardson.
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Research under the rotunda

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