Home / History Department

History Department

The American flag outside near trees
Honoring the fallen: Temple partners with the DPAA in search of missing military members
Type: News Story
Temple and the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) have partnered to find information about missing U.S. military service members.
May 20, 2025
Image of a college professor tossing an MLB baseball.
The reasons why baseball ratings are improving
Type: News Story
Professor of History Bryant Simon discusses how recent rule changes have sped up the game of baseball.
April 24, 2025
Gary Scales standing outside of a Sunoco gas station in Philadelphia
Fueling fascination: History alum examines how our senses inform gasoline retail
Type: News Story
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