Campus News
Temple University Health System’s Fox Chase Cancer Center has been ranked 19th nationally for cancer care in the 2014-2015 Best Hospitals rankings by "U.S.News & World Report," which also recognized Temple University Hospital among the best in the Philadelphia region and a high performer in six specialties.
July 17, 2014
Temple University is one of only seven universities nationwide selected to participate in an innovative, one-year project that seeks to transform the way higher education is delivered.
July 10, 2014
Temple University Ambler students will soon be equipped to help Philadelphia neighborhoods become more sustainable, thanks to a $25,000 grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation.
July 10, 2014
"NBC Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams will receive the 2014 Lew Klein Excellence in the Media Award from Temple University’s School of Media and Communication this fall.
Temple University's Amateur Radio Club operates as station K3TU. Located on the Engineering Building’s seventh floor, K3TU features primary and secondary high-frequency stations, as well as a VHF/UHF satellite station.
Temple faculty and staff earning national media attention in June included Temple Law's Peter Spiro, who had opinion pieces published on the same day in the 'New York Times' and Al Jazeera America; and the scholars behind Temple Contemporary's 'Funeral For a Home" project, who were featured on NPR's 'All Things Considered.'
Temple University and the Laborers’ District Council Education and Training/Apprenticeship Fund recently announced plans to redevelop the former William Penn High School property, adjacent to the university’s Main Campus in North Philadelphia.
The nation’s and state’s top drug-policy officials joined a variety of higher-education administrators, law-enforcement personnel, academics, students and industry representatives at a prescription drug abuse conference June 11 at Temple University. The summit encouraged resource sharing, prevention tactics and ideas for addressing the issue of non-medical use of prescription drugs on college campuses.
Four days after Temple Trustee Lewis Katz, CST ’63, and six others were killed in a plane crash, the university community pulled together for a memorial service June 4 with the stature, passion and vibrancy befitting a man who has given so much.
Read the complete transcript of Trustee Lewis Katz's Commencement speech at Temple University's 2014 Commencement ceremony.
Watch this tribute to the life of Temple alumnus, trustee and friend Lewis Katz.
A memorial service for Temple Trustee Lewis Katz is scheduled for tomorrow, Wednesday, June 4, at 11 a.m. in the Temple Performing Arts Center. A large crowd is expected to be in attendance.
Employees are encouraged to watch the service online at temple.edu, where it will be streamed live.
For those unable to attend, a live stream of the service will be available on a number of websites.