College of Liberal Arts

Faculty of the Game: Istvan Varkonyi
Type: Accolade
Istvan Varkonyi, associate professor of German, was honored with the "Faculty of the Game" award during the Temple men's basketball game Jan. 11. The Temple men’s basketball team studied with Varkonyi while traveling and playing exhibition basketball in Europe.
January 15, 2014
Temple Made: Michael Madeja
Type: News Story
There are plenty of good reasons to go to school in a world-class city. For one, that's where you'll find world-class zoos.
October 25, 2013
Temple Ambler alumni reimagine Philly's abandoned Reading Railroad
Type: News Story
Two School of Environmental Design graduates took a senior studio project and turned it into a successful exhibition featuring student and community ideas for ways to reuse the abandoned site of the Reading Railroad. For their work, they have been nationally recognized by the American Society of Landscape Architects.
October 25, 2013
Temple's doctoral program in African American Studies celebrates 25 years
Type: News Story
Twenty-five years ago, Temple's Department of African American Studies became the first such program in the country to offer a doctoral degree. On Oct. 17, the department will celebrate the program's 25th anniversary with a conference, “Africana Studies: Inspiring Excellence,” designed to bring together its most prominent alumni.
October 15, 2013
Children learn best during real-time interaction, new study finds
Type: News Story
Researchers know that while children can learn new words by interacting in a live conversation with an adult, they have far more difficulty learning words from video or television screens. Now, a new study from researchers at Temple University's Infant Lab demonstrates that children are able to learn new words through live video chat technology.
September 25, 2013
Cable news is not polarizing America, says Temple political scientist in new book
Type: News Story
At a time when ideologically-based news options on cable television are proliferating, many are concerned that such programming may be polarizing American voters. But, in his new book Changing Minds or Changing Channels: Partisan News in an Age of Choice, Temple political scientist Kevin Arceneaux shows that partisan news is not polarizing America.
September 13, 2013
Temple Made: Tia Solomon
Type: News Story
Tia Solomon came to Temple prepared to study classical music. When she leaves, she'll be starting a job as a park ranger.
September 9, 2013
Grad student preserves stories of African-American AIDS activists through oral history project
Type: News Story
While researching his dissertation, doctoral history student Dan Royles interviewed activists who served on the front lines of the AIDS epidemic in African-American communities to uncover the strategies they used to incite action. Royles' collection of interviews is now being archived for the use of future scholars as the African American AIDS Activism Oral History Project.
August 7, 2013
Peer pressure for teens paves the path to adulthood
Type: In the Media
June 17, 2013
Nora Newcombe selected as 2014 recipient of the Association for Psychological Research's William James Fellow Award
Type: Accolade
Nora Newcombe, professor of psychology and principal investigator of the Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center, has been selected as a 2014 recipient of the Association for Psychological Research's William James Fellow Award.
June 20, 2013
The new dads: Diaper duty's just the start
Type: In the Media
June 13, 2013
Retracing George Washington’s battles helps Temple ROTC cadets learn leadership
Type: News Story
To cap off their final semester of studies, 17 senior Temple Army ROTC cadets participated in the third annual Trenton/Princeton Campaign staff ride, an activity conducted by military leaders to study historic battles and learn about tactics and leadership.
June 5, 2013
Greening of neighborhoods reduces crime
Type: In the Media
May 28, 2013
Philadelphia 'a living monument' to the Civil War
Type: In the Media
May 12, 2013
A Colorful Bolivian Bastion, Floating Above It All
Type: In the Media
May 14, 2013
Immersion program is a window to the world for Spanish major
Type: News Story
Spanish major Rachel Aistrop believes that enrolling in Temple’s Latin American Studies Semester — a total immersion, interdisciplinary program in Spanish language and culture — was the best decision she could have made. Not only did she make lifelong friends, she also clarified her goals for her future.
May 14, 2013
Entering unfamiliar territory, Poland native builds family at Temple
Type: News Story
A native of Poland, Katarzyna Tomasik chose Temple for its reputation for multiculturalism. But when she arrived on Main Campus, she felt like she had been plopped headfirst into unfamiliar territory. To connect with other international students, she joined Temple's International Student Association, and eventually became the group's president.
May 12, 2013
Ahmedabad’s history of segregation 
Type: In the Media
May 6, 2013

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