Temple University freshmen Damara McDowell and Cindy Zhang have been selected as recipients of Comcast's Gustave G. Amsterdam Leadership Award, which honors students who graduated from a Philadelphia high school and are continuing their education at a Philadelphia college or university.

Studies led by Domenico Praticò, professor of pharmacology and microbiology and immunology in Temple’s School of Medicine, have found that controlling or inhibiting the brain enzyme 5-lipoxygenase could be a key to controlling the two proteins that are major brain pathological signatures for Alzheimer’s disease.

Angiocidin, a tumor-inhibiting protein discovered by Temple School of Medicine Neuroscience Professor George P. Tuszynski, has been shown in pre-clinical experiments to reduce acute myeloid leukemia cells in mice by almost two-thirds.

Seasonal flu vaccinations will be available for all university students, faculty and staff for the 2012-13 flu season.