Brenda Dixon Gottschild, Temple professor emerita of dance, is lauded for her ability to "crystallize the social history and backstage story of [Joan Myers] Brown's journey" in her new book, Joan Myers Brown and the Audacious Hope of the Black Ballerina. It is a Philadelphia story that rivals "Rocky" in blood, sweat, and tears, not to mention fabulous footwork.

Civil Rights in a Northern City, a new online database created by Temple Libraries, contains more than 1,500 digitized materials pertaining to Philadelphia's civil rights movement. The site is geared towards scholars and students, but organizers expect the general public will tap into the city's civil rights history as well. "One of the things we’re trying to lift up on this site is that in northern cities it was often more contentious than in the south," said Margery Sly, director of Temple's Special Collections Research Center.

While new technologies like lip fillers and Botox have made it easier and in some cases more affordable to change one's appearance, that doesn't necessarily mean transformation is a good idea. Surgeons say patients often have exaggerated ideas about what the procedure can accomplish, or may want surgery for the wrong reasons. "Surgery should be for the patient, not the patient's boyfriend," said Chris Tzarnas, a plastic surgeon with Temple's School of Medicine.

Lionel Anderson, an academic adviser at Temple's Fox School of Business, offered advice to prospective college students who want to spend their college years at one institution. Be realistic about the total four-to-five-year cost. Remember the non-tuition obligations you'll have. Check out the academic support and resources available to students. Experience the student life offered by your prospective school. If you want to avoid transferring and see yourself as a one-school kind of person, "do all you can to try to get it right the first time," said Anderson.