New research from Temple University is challenging a long accepted convention and offering tips that could aid in the prevention of assault, robbery and other crime. Abundant, well-maintained greenery may help deter some crime, says Jeremy Mennis, an associate professor of geography and urban studies at Temple. "The first idea is that when you have well-maintained vegetation in places like parks or other kinds of natural settings, that it encourages people to come outside and interact with one another," he said.

Three years ago Kensington football coach Ellwood Erb had a vision: to have Friday Night Lights under the El stop at Front and Berks streets. Today, Temple journalism students Max Pulcini and Matt Albasi have visions of their own. The pair have been working tirelessly over eight months to complete a documentary about the Kensington team. “These kids don’t get movies made about them,” Pulcini said. “We allowed for these kids to feel a sense of importance and self-worth.

Urgent-care centers are not new to the Philadelphia region, but there has been a burst of activity since last fall. In Southeastern Pennsylvania, Temple has recently opened two urgent-care centers, in Northeast Philadelphia and Jenkintown, and plans a third this summer in Fort Washington. "It's certainly our strategy to place more of these in strategic areas," said Larry Kaiser, CEO of Temple University Health System.

By repurposing an existing drug, researchers say that they can prevent seizures in an extremely rare form of epilepsy and possibly create future lines of attack against more common types of the disorder. The researchers previously had determined that the disease’s genetic mutation blocked the function of a protein that regulates cell growth and movement. "It is like a thermostat," said senior author Peter Crino, a professor of neurology at Temple.