Terell Stafford has created the Jazz Orchestra of Philadelphia. In addition to embodying the city’s vital jazz legacy, the Jazz Orchestra will “provide an essential educational component as part of its mission.” As director of jazz studies in Temple’s Boyer College of Music, Stafford will offer a “synergy” with the University through which to reach out to younger Philadelphia students.

As agencies begin to implement budget cuts due to sequestration, alarm is arising within the research and development community. At Temple, a group of researchers under the leadership of Steven Houser studying heart repair has learned that their funding will be cut by 10 percent. It couldn’t come at a worse time. "We have the best tools that we've ever had to make rapid progress towards developing novel therapies," said Houser, a professor at the School of Medicine.

Sen. Ted Cruz was born in Canada, leading some to question whether the U.S. Constitution, which restricts eligibility to “natural born” citizens, bars him from running for president. Many legal scholars say it ultimately shouldn’t be an obstacle. “I think it’s pretty clear that “natural born” is defined in such a way as it includes everybody that has citizenship and who got it [in a way] other than from naturalization,” said professor Peter Spiro, a citizenship law expert at Temple.