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New grant expands Temple’s Urban Apps and Maps Studio

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Thanks to a grant from the Knight Foundation, high school and college-age students will take part in a six-week program over the next three summers at Temple’s Urban Apps and Maps Studios to learn digital design and business skills, with a dozen of them working year-round to develop apps and maps that solve challenges of urban communities.  According to Michele Masucci, interim vice provost for research at Temple, it was this community outreach component that caught the eye of Knight. "The issues to be solved come from community input," explains Masucci. "Knight thought this was fantastic and wanted to get involved."