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Temple University President Neil D. Theobald announced that he has nominated Kevin G. Clark to the newly created position of executive vice president and chief operating officer. Clark has served as vice president and athletic director at Temple since 2013.
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Temple University President Neil D. Theobald announced that Patrick M. Kraft, who currently serves as Temple's deputy director of athletics, will replace Kevin Clark as athletic director.
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Tiffenia Archie, director of faculty recruitment and retention for the Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity, Advocacy and Leadership (IDEAL), has been appointed interim associate vice president (AVP), after the departure of AVP Rhonda L. Brown. Brown has left to pursue other professional interests after 10 years of service at Temple University.
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Temple is collaborating with China’s Zhejiang Normal University to launch the Confucius Institute at Temple University. This center for the teaching of Chinese language and culture is the first of its kind in greater Philadelphia.
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Student-athletes achieved a cumulative grade-point average of 3.2 this past semester, breaking previous academic records for the third semester in a row.
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Alumni who graduated 50 or more years ago, collectively known as the Golden Owls, presented a check for more than $4 million to President Neil D. Theobald during Alumni Weekend 2015.
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Kenny Harper, FOX '15, has signed with the New York Giants.
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Temple University's theater program tops Onstageblog.com's list of most-underrated theater schools in the Northeast.
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The Kornberg School of Dentistry will open the Henry Schein Digital Center of Excellence, a state-of-the-art facility for students, faculty and alumni to learn how digital technology enhances dental education, patient care and health outcomes.
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Participate in new antidepressant drug research study
If you are between the ages of 18 and 65 and are not receiving help from your current antidepressant medication, you may be eligible to participate in a research study of a rapidly acting experimental drug. The study is being conducted in patients with major depression at Temple University Hospital—Episcopal Campus. This drug, called a kappa opioid receptor antagonist, will be taken once per day for only six days. For more information, call 215-707-8204 or email jennifer.henry@tuhs.temple.edu.
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Participate in College of Public Health study
Are you a Temple University employee with musculoskeletal pain, weakness or numbness that began within the last three months? Have you not yet sought care for it? If so, then take part in the College of Public Health's musculoskeletal health study. You will receive early care and a $70 gift card for participation. The study, which runs now through April 2016, aims to provide a convenient, on-site, streamlined pathway for Temple employees to receive care for their musculoskeletal symptoms and improve their health. Participants will be evaluated and treated at the Employee Health office, located at 1810 Liacouras Walk, fourth floor. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call Employee Health at 215-204-2679, or contact Heidi Ojha via text at 650-804-0350 or email at hojha@temple.edu.
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