Temple in the News

Philadelphia magazine’s “Conversation Issue”—a special issue highlighted by discussions with “the 50 most intriguing people in Philly”—included an interview with Kamel Khalili, chair of the School of...
November 14, 2014
Winter weather can be hazardous. Bitter cold, snow and ice mean an increase in car crashes, falls, back injuries and occasionally heart attack from shoveling. Robert McNamara, chairman of the...
January 8, 2014
For Temple students and Philadelphia residents Zuliesuivie Ball and Iyasu Watts, the spark that ignited an interest in science came from Pennsylvania Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (...
January 8, 2014
More than 40 years ago, a group of burglars pried open the door of an FBI office in Media, Pa., and stole files about the bureau's illegal surveillance of antiwar groups and civil rights...
January 7, 2014
A letter penned by leaders in plant sciences warns that the field of horticulture is "under siege." But not at Temple. Pauline Hurley-Kurtz, chair of Landscape Architecture and Horticulture at Temple...
January 6, 2014
When not driving to his day job as a Temple professor or Manhattan for gigs, trumpeter Terell Stafford is founder and artistic director of the Jazz Orchestra of Philadelphia. This gathering of the...
January 5, 2014
People who speak different languages tend to group or observe things differently. For example, Temple's Aneta Pavlenko says English distinguishes between cups and glasses, but in Russian, the...
January 2, 2014
So-called "blow-dry bars" have been popping up around the country. For about $50, clients can walk in and get a quick wash and styling. Although they're being marketed as a new concept, observers...
January 1, 2014
Temple senior James Lafferty will be juggling his course load as an economics and political science major with a real-world lesson in politics—serving on the Sharon Hill Borough Council. Lafferty was...
December 31, 2013
In President Neil D. Theobald's inaugural address, the president is expected to lay out his six point plan for the university, that in addition to student debt will  focus on teaching, research,...
October 18, 2013

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