Temple’s “invaluable” relationship with the Community College of Philadelphia
Nearly 2,000 former Community College of Philadelphia (CCP) students are enrolled at Temple, and they collectively receive about $11 million in scholarship funds from the university. Temple and CCP have a dual admissions program, which admits students to Temple conditionally at the time they are admitted to CCP. “With the study-abroad opportunities and with the Temple name being known around the world, I think it was definitely a good fit for me,” said incoming Temple student Erika Lawrence. TRansfer students from CCP bring unique perspectives to Temple’s classroom discussions. “They tend to be more experienced,” said Temple President Neil D. Theobald, who is on the cover of the latest issue of CCP’s magazine. “Many of them are on a different stage of life than many of the 18-year-olds that come to Temple. It enhances the learning for everyone who’s in the classroom.”
Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Business Journal | April 8-9, 2014
U.S. News: Temple is one of 10 medical schools in nation getting the most applicants
Some may consider this a troubling statistic: The U.S. could face a shortage of more than 90,000 doctors by the end of the decade, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). But last year, there was some cause for hope. The number of students who applied to and enrolled in medical schools hit a record high in 2013, with the number of applicants increasing 6.1 percent to 48,014, according to AAMC. With 10,980 applicants in 2013, Temple’s School of Medicine had the fourth-most applicants in the nation among medical schools, according to U.S.News and World Report. Temple’s total was nearly twice as high as the average for all schools that reported application data to U.S. News.
U.S.News and World Report, Yahoo! News | April 8, 2014
Breathing easier: Temple researcher testing new emphysema treatment
Two million people in the U.S. suffer from emphysema, a debilitating disease that causes irreversible damage to the lungs and makes it hard for patients to breathe for patients and engage in normal activities. Now, a new, noninvasive therapy might help people breathe easier without surgery. “It has the potential to be huge,” said Gerard Criner, director of the Temple Lung Center. Doctors use a bronchoscope to deliver 10 tiny coils into the diseased lung. The coils work by compressing the lungs to help restore elasticity. “When it compresses the lung tissue, it actually re-tensions the lung. That increases the recoil of the lung to expand the small airways,” Criner said.
Ivanhoe; ABC30 (Fresno, Calif.); CBS5 (Nashville, Tenn.); WFMZ-TV 69 (Allentown, Pa.), more | Feb. 21-April 5, 2014
Director of Temple Center for Substance Abuse Research explains “killer heroin”
As the number of people who use heroin has risen in recent years, authorities are seeing the return of heroin that, often unbeknownst to the user, is spiked with fentanyl—a narcotic that is typically administered to people in chronic pain. Fentanyl is considered 80 times more powerful than morphine and can kill by inhibiting breathing. “The dealers push this as being a super high, which it is, but it’s also lethal,” said Ellen Unterwald, director of the Center for Substance Abuse Research in the School of Medicine at Temple. Typically, users do not know how much fentanyl is mixed in the heroin, and she said even a small amount can be fatal.
ABC News, USA Today, Washington Post, Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Charlotte Observer, Detroit Free Press, San Antonio Express-News, Newsday (N.Y.), many more | April 4-6, 2014
With help of Temple commitment, neighborhood near campus in running for national improvement grant
At SEPTA’s Temple University rail station, Sen. Robert P. Casey Jr. announced that the city was in the running for a $30 million federal Choice Neighborhood grant. That grant would allow the Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) to lead a coalition in redeveloping the neighborhood just east of Main Campus. The centerpiece of the plan would be taking down Norris Apartments and building affordable and market-rate housing. Key sponsors of the plan—including PHA, the city’s Office of Housing and Community Development, Asociacion de Puertorriquenos en Marcha and Temple—worked closely with neighbors to develop a blueprint for revitalizing the neighborhood. Temple is committing $1 million to develop new neighborhood programs, including tutoring and career training.
Philadelphia Inquirer, Hidden City Philadelphia, more | March 25-26, 2014
Temple’s Thompson at Yale panel exploring impact of mass incarceration
Mass incarceration has become the elephant in the room of modern American history, a panel of historians said at Yale University. It has implications for the way we examine politics, education, labor, the economy and race, according to the panel. Yet historians have barely started to analyze and interpret the effect of prisons on the national narrative. “This is the story. This is the fundamental story,” said Temple historian Heather Ann Thompson. “There is no area this does not touch.” Historians need to delve into the connection between the war on crime and such things as the decline of the American public school system and the decay of cities, she said.
New Haven Register, History News Network, more | April 8, 2014
Jimmy McDonnell’s success story at Temple—both on court and as engineering student
Jimmy McDonnell’s basketball season and undergraduate experience at Temple are nearly over. But he is coming back for another season of hoops—and to pursue a master’s degree in engineering management. McDonnell, who carries a GPA of 3.63, is receiving several prestigious academic awards, including the American Athletic Conference Scholar-Athlete Award. Balancing the demands of being an engineering major with a varsity athlete’s schedule was challenging, but worth it. “There’s always a need for engineering, whether you’re rebuilding or putting up a new building, making sure the structure continues to stand,” McDonnell said. He also is preparing a project with seven other Temple students competing in the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Students Steel Bridge Competition in April in Maryland.
Tri-Town News (New Jersey) | March 31, 2014
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