In one four-day period, Anne Preston — a junior in the College of Liberal Arts from Silver Spring, Md. — became the first Temple student ever to win a Truman and a Udall, prestigious and competitive national scholarships. The honors recognized Preston's scholarly and hands-in-the-dirt work on urban farming in underserved Philadelphia neighborhoods.

The new director of Temple's Feinstein Center for American Jewish History, Lila Corwin Berman, examines the American Jewish experience from a historical perspective, bridging religion, politics and questions about identity.