Former Temple professor Bill Cunliffe has been nominated for a Grammy in the Best Instrumental Composition category for a piece called "fourth stream…La Banda" that was commissioned by Temple's Boyer College of Music and Dance. Conducted by Luis Biava, with Terell Stafford on trumpet, the piece was performed by the Temple University Symphony Orchestra at the Kimmel Center and Lincoln Center. The college's BCM&D Records put out the recording, which can be purchased on iTunes.

Philadelphia Police plan to hold a news conference Wednesday morning about the frightening string of assaults on women in Kensington. Since early October, two women have been murdered and six others attacked. Temple psychologist Frank Farley, who is not directly working on the case, says the so-called "Kensington Strangler" could be someone from the neighborhood. "The strongest case here is that it's in a defined area, a very specific community and the victims seem to share certain qualities."