With Pope Francis' visit this week to Philadelphia, Terry Rey, associate professor of religion at Temple, reflects on Pope John Paul II's historic visit to Philadelphia in 1979 in this NewsWorks story.

As a part of a new initiative, Temple’s Kornberg School of Dentistry will offer free dental exams to uninsured residents in the 19140 ZIP code from Sept. 14 through March 2016.

Mike Ingram and Tom McAllister, both assistant professors of English, will attend the 2015 Philly Geek Awards on Saturday, Aug. 15. Their podcast, ‘Book Fight!’, is nominated for Streaming Media Project of the Year.

On Monday, 'The Chronicle of Higher Education' published a commentary by Assistant Professor of Economics Douglas Webber on presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s “New College Compact” proposal.

A study supported by Temple's Center on Regional Politics released Monday showed that closing the gaps in Pennsylvania’s student achievement levels would result in major economic gains.

Temple is collaborating with China’s Zhejiang Normal University to launch the Confucius Institute at Temple University. This center for the teaching of Chinese language and culture is the first of its kind in greater Philadelphia.

The ability to demonstrate psychology’s real-world application is one reason Psychology Professor Jason Chein is so easily able to engage his students.

President Theobald has appointed William Stull, who served as chair of economics at Temple for 18 years, as interim dean of the College of Liberal Arts. He will be assisted by Richard Deeg, chair of political science, who has been appointed senior associate dean for operations. Rebecca Alpert will continue as associate dean for academic affairs.

Last semester, students enrolled in Ken Finkel's ‘Museum Studies’ class met weekly among the mounted skeletons and preserved animals at the Wagner Free Institute of Science, located just a few blocks from Temple's Main Campus.

In recognition of Temple's sixth annual National Coming Out Week celebration, meet Morgen Snowadzky, recipient of Temple's MarcDavid LGBTQ Scholarship Award.

After a summer of collecting donated school supplies, representatives from the College of Liberal Arts and its alumni association delivered more than 4,200 items to Philadelphia's Tanner Duckrey School.

In his new book, "Pop Culture Freaks: Identity, Mass Media, and Society," Associate Professor of Sociology Dustin Kidd puts his knowledge of popular culture in the spotlight and examines how mass media influences identity.