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Professor wins award for research on fantasy sports

Joris Drayer, associate professor in the School of Sport, Tourism and Hospitality Management, sought to find out why so many people play fantasy sports if the chances of winning money are so low.

 

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Drayer sought to find out why 60 million Americans play daily fantasy sports when the chance of winning is so small.
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TUHS practices join federal program to improve primary care

Comprehensive Primary Care Plus aims to improve patients’ experiences with primary care and create a public-private partnership that allows practices to improve treatment and better invest their funds.

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Temple University Health System joins 3,000 health systems nationwide in a pilot of the Comprehensive Primary Care Plus initiative.
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Temple honors 2016 Global Philadelphia award recipient

Andrea Canepari, consul general of Italy in Philadelphia, aims to build bridges between Temple, Italy and Philadelphia.

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Temple honors Andrea Canepari, consul general of Italy in Philadelphia, for his efforts in creating stronger relations between Italy and the Philadelphia area.
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Hoops Hall of Famer gives back to Temple

Juan “Pepe” Sanchez, who came to Temple from Argentina in the late ’90s to play basketball, said his own experience inspired him to make a gift to support international students.

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Juan “Pepe” Sanchez, who came from Argentina to play basketball at Temple, said his experience inspired him to help support international students.
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‘Changed my life’: Program graduates step closer to dreams

Students who graduated from Temple’s WELL program say it changed their lives by helping them advance in education and find jobs.

 

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On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, 36 people celebrated a milestone as they graduated from a community education and job-training program at Temple.
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Chemistry research group earns nearly $4 million in grants

Assistant Professor William Wuest and his team were awarded two grants by the National Institutes of Health for their research on antibiotics.

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A professor-led team of students and postdoctoral researchers earned two National Institutes of Health grants for their work on antibiotics.
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Temple’s presence hundreds strong in MLK service efforts

Temple’s presence was felt on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, as students, faculty and staff joined forces with the community to lend a hand in several service projects in the area.

 

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Hundreds of Temple Owls lent a hand during service projects around North Philadelphia on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
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Major League Soccer team selects first Owl in SuperDraft

Being drafted by a Major League Soccer team has long been midfielder Jorge Gomez Sanchez’s dream.

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The Vancouver Whitecaps FC selected midfielder Jorge Gomez Sanchez in the third round.
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State selects Temple to receive one of its first ‘It’s On Us’ grants

As part of the statewide arm of the national campaign to combat sexual assault at colleges, Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration awarded Temple more than $25,000 to put toward the campaign on campus.

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The grant of more than $25,000 will go toward initiatives aimed at raising awareness around and improving reporting of campus sexual assault.
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Engineering seniors design innovations to improve life

At least one senior design project created by engineering majors over the last two semesters may be commercialized soon.

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From a lighter prosthetic hand to solar energy-generating sidewalks, the latest senior design projects in the College of Engineering seek to make life easier.

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