People intimately involved in the Attica uprising 40 years ago met in upstate New York for a special symposium related to the anniversary. Heather Ann Thompson, a history professor at Temple, is working on a book about Attica and participated in a panel discussion during the two-day conference. "Despite the collective heroism and dedication assembled before you, there is a bit of bad news," she said. "We're all here 40 years after this ugly event, and the State of New York still has not apologized for using excessive force."

A unique program at Temple certifies student volunteers as emergency medical technicians, who use bicycles to navigate the busy main campus. "Right now our average response time is 1 minute, 25 seconds," said Zach Reichenbach, the program's director. The EMTs provides initial medical care until a medic unit arrives. "They spend time in the Emergency Department [at Temple University Hospital] and work side by side with physicians and nurses to get additional experience and training," said Gerald Wydro, associate professor of clinical emergency medicine at Temple's School of Medicine.

The Philadelphia Eagles are providing suite holders with a new tool this season so corporations can track how their suite is being used and whether they are getting the desired return on their investment. Emily Sparvero, assistant professor of sport and recreation management at Temple, said it can be challenging to show how leasing a suite at a stadium translates to a company's bottom line: "Companies are using more high-tech methods to track return on investment so they can show their board of directors and stockholders it's not a frivolous expenditure but more a means to an end to improve

At Temple, more than a dozen medical specialists and resident physicians have been riding together in fundraisers for the past year thanks to two colleagues: Susan Gersh, deputy director of Temple's internal medicine residency program, and Anu Paranjape, interim chief of general internal medicine at Temple. The doctors agree that chatting while riding has also helped bring the medical staff closer. "I was [recently] riding with one of my former med students, and I never get to talk to him because we're always busy at work," said Gersh. "We totally reconnected on that 60-mile ride."

It's hard to imagine new Temple football coach Steve Addazio launching the 2011 season in a more spectacular fashion. The Owls dominated the Villanova Wildcats from start to finish, earning the third annual Mayor's Cup with a 42-7 win. Attendance was announced at 32,648, the largest crowd ever for a Temple football game not involving Penn State. The Temple fans who made up the biggest and loudest part of that crowd were pleased with the result, but Temple Athletic Director Bill Bradshaw was just as proud "to be at an institution…that's determined to do it the right way."

This year's flu shot is exactly the same as last year's, but experts say you should get it again anyway. Robert Bettiker, an infectious-disease specialist at Temple University Hospital, said flu viruses change often enough that long-lasting vaccines haven't been essential, although scientists want to develop vaccines that can cover more flu types. One argument for vaccinating everyone every year is that it protects the people who are most vulnerable to flu, but also least likely to have a powerful response to the vaccine. "I'm going to get mine," Bettiker said.