Rock Creek Park was once known as a beautiful natural space in Wyncote. However, within the last several years Rock Creek has become plagued with invasive plants, poor water quality, garbage, flooding and erosion, said Mary Myers, associate professor of landscape architecture at Temple. Myers, her colleagues and graduate students partnered with Cheltenham Township last fall to review potential design solutions for a 21.8-acre area surrounding the creek.

Francesca Ruscio, a Temple student from Bucks County, was crowned Miss Philadelphia. "It was a time for me to do something courageous," Ruscio said. She credits the competition with giving her new confidence: "I discovered a sense of self." She transferred to Temple after playing Division I golf for a college in the South, where she hadn't felt at home. At Temple, she studies broadcast journalism and has been a weather forecaster for Temple Update. She is also taking online broadcast meteorology courses through Mississippi State.

In an effort to provide preventative dental care, Temple's Kornberg School of Dentistry has partnered with United Healthcare to roll out an oral health project for children in North Philadelphia. "Project ENGAGE is an example of a new health promotion system that will reach out to children and families to assist them to get dental care and remove barriers that prevent them from having a dental home," said Amid Ismail, dean of the School of Dentistry. (Note: Article is in Spanish)