Last week, more than 100 invited governmental, business, labor and non-profit leaders came together at the Penn's Landing Hyatt for a day of information and discussion sessions on the theme "Building a Stronger Regional Economy: How Public Pension Funding Challenges and Energy Development Opportunities Will Affect Our Future." The symposium was hosted by Temple's new Center on

Over winter recess, Temple History Professor Ralph Young taught a two-week version of his popular Temple course “Dissent in America” at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. Young offered the Czech students a deeper understanding of Americans and our history, while at the same time reinforcing his own perspective of the deep connections among nations.

Due to fears of looting or damage to important artifacts, many archaeologists prefer to conduct their work in secured areas. But Temple doctoral student Deirdre Kelleher's dig at Philadelphia's historic Elfreth's Alley has been undertaken within full view of the public — and with the help of a number of volunteers.