The Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center, headquartered at Temple and led by psychology professor Nora Newcombe, has been awarded a $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to form the Thematic Network in Spatial Cognition, a virtual institute that will connect researchers from around the world in support of advancing the study of spatial cognition.

In his forthcoming book, The Timeline of Presidential Elections: How Campaigns do (and do not) matter (2012), Temple political scientist Christopher Wlezien argues that specific events in a campaign matter much less than it would appear relative to the attention they receive.