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          A new home for CLA’s Office of Community Engagement     
            
              
  
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  CLA’s Office of Community Engagement is a valuable community hub. 
  October 14, 2025
  
      
    
          Temple leaders reflect on identity and experiences as Hispanic Americans     
            
              
  
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  At the In the Hyphen event during Hispanic Heritage Month, university leaders reflected on their experiences as Hispanic Americans living in the U.S. 
  October 14, 2025
  
      
    
          This intern used data to empower Philadelphians    
            
              
  
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  Senior Peyton Giordano interned with Philly Stat 360 this summer, providing data transparency from the mayor’s office.
  September 30, 2025
  
      
    
          Sparking an idea: Temple history professor studies 1970s arson wave in new book     
            
              
  
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   In the new book Born in Flames, Assistant Professor of History Bench Ansfield chronicles the wave of landlord arson that ravaged U.S. cities in the 1970s. 
  September 3, 2025
  
      
    
          The menacing music of ‘Jaws’ and the film’s lasting legacy    
            
              
  
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  Faculty experts from Temple University discuss Jaws (1975). 
  July 2, 2025
  
      
    
          New research reveals superior visual perception in humans compared with AI     
            
              
  
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  A recent study from Temple Assistant Professor Vlad Ayzenberg shows preschoolers’ robust visual perceptual abilities compared with sophisticated AI. 
  July 2, 2025
  
      
    
          Temple Honors students explore Philadelphia LGBTQ+ history through experiential learning     
            
              
  
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  Students sifted through local LGBTQ+ archives, toured the Gayborhood and pursued original research on queer Philadelphia history.
  June 4, 2025
  
      
    
          Honoring the fallen: Temple partners with the DPAA in search of missing military members     
            
              
  
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  Temple and the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) have partnered to find information about missing U.S. military service members. 
  May 20, 2025
  
      
    
          CLA Professor Philip C. Kendall wins 2025 APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Applications of Psychology    
            
              
  
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  Professor of Psychology Philip C. Kendall awarded top honor in the field of psychology. 
  April 30, 2025
  
      
    
          The reasons why baseball ratings are improving     
            
              
  
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  Professor of History Bryant Simon discusses how recent rule changes have sped up the game of baseball.  
  April 24, 2025
  
      
    
          New York Times bestselling author delivers talk at Temple    
            
              
  
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  Nic Stone speaks to nearly 100 young people on Temple’s campus
  April 16, 2025
  
      
    
          New cybersecurity and human behavior major brings a liberal arts lens to a traditionally technical topic    
            
              
  
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  Temple’s recently introduced major focuses on the human behavior aspect of cybersecurity.
  April 4, 2025
  
      
    
          Fueling fascination: History alum examines how our senses inform gasoline retail     
            
              
  
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  Gary Scales, CLA ’24, analyzes the sensory history of U.S. gas stations in the 1900s in his thesis Gasoline Retail and the Making of Neurocapitalism.
  April 3, 2025
  
      
    
           As SNL celebrates its 50th anniversary, a Temple faculty expert discusses its enduring appeal    
            
              
  
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  CLA’s Dustin Kidd offers expertise on “Saturday Night Live.”
  February 11, 2025
  
      
    
          Temple conducts free cybersecurity training to underserved communities, develops college students’ career skills    
            
              
  
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  During Temple’s cybersecurity clinic series, college students help prevent community members from falling victim to cybercrime.
  November 4, 2024
  
      
    
          Taking care of yourself and others during election season     
            
              
  
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  This guide includes advice and resources to help faculty and staff manage anxiety and tension around the election and support students and colleagues.  
  October 29, 2024
  
      
    
          Temple Owl Tony Thurmond could be the first Black governor in California    
            
              
  
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  Temple alum, Tony Thurmond is running for California governor in 2026.
  October 21, 2024
  
      
    
          Hispanic, Latino/a, Latinx or Latine? Find out how to use the terms     
            
              
  
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  Temple professors Christina Baker, César Cabezas and Augusto Lorenzino provide insight on the meanings of these terms. 
  October 8, 2024
  
      
    
          Philadelphia’s first poet laureate Sonia Sanchez returns to Temple for a reading and conversation     
            
              
  
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  The Faculty of Color committee and Temple Libraries welcomed Sonia Sanchez back to campus as part of Philadelphia’s monthlong celebration of the poet.  
  October 1, 2024
  
      
    
          Criminal justice junior receives prestigious Voyager Scholarship, the Obama-Chesky Scholarship for Public Service    
            
              
  
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  Bella Kwok has received the Voyager Scholarship for Public Service, created by the Obamas and co-founder and CEO of Airbnb Brian Chesky. 
  September 24, 2024
  
      
    
          Uncovering the complex history of campaign finance    
            
              
  
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  Temple faculty member Robin Kolodny has written a new book that details the complexities of campaign finance
  August 7, 2024
  
      
    
          5 books reflecting Juneteenth principles    
            
              
  
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  Professor Timothy N. Welbeck offers this book list centered on freedom.  
  June 12, 2024
  
      
    
          Temple University commemorates Juneteenth with special programs, art activities and a film     
            
              
  
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  Temple University is celebrating Juneteenth with community-engaging events highlighting an ongoing commitment to inclusion.
  June 12, 2024
  
      
    
          Temple psychology professor inducted into National Academy of Sciences     
            
              
  
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  Nora Newcombe is now a member of the National Academy of Sciences thanks to her distinguished research. 
  June 12, 2024
  
      
    
          From page to screen: Creative writing professor’s novel ‘Long Bright River’ to be made into a TV show    
            
              
  
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   Liz Moore is co-creating and executive producing an adaptation of her bestselling novel Long Bright River. 
  June 5, 2024
  























