College of Liberal Arts
Type: News Story
An examination of 2009-11 Census Bureau data by the Philadelphia Inquirer and Temple Associate Professor of Sociology David Elesh revealed that Philadelphia has the highest rate of deep poverty — people with incomes below half of the poverty line — of any of the nation's 10 most populous cities.
March 21, 2013
Type: News Story
In the latest installment of the faculty profile series, Jerry Ratcliffe, chair of the Department of Criminal Justice, discusses how Temple's Center for Security and Crime Science helps Philadelphia Police.
March 20, 2013
Type: In the Media
March 12, 2013
Type: News Story
Gamification — using gaming elements, mechanics and frameworks in non-game contexts — is thriving at Temple, with efforts underway at the university, college and departmental level. Management Information Systems and Intellectual Heritage faculty who use the approach to promote engagement and learning in their courses have seen positive results.
March 11, 2013
Type: News Story
In the eight years that he has been showing his plants at the Philadelphia Flower Show, Temple Ambler Horticulture student Brandon Huber has garnered more than 250 ribbons. His extensive and diverse collection of exotic plants includes a hanging begonia, a climbing onion, a variegated ivy and a “corpse plant," which gives of a stench of rotting meat when in full bloom.
March 10, 2013
Type: In the Media
February 27, 2013