For the past 35 years, students have benefited from Temple's partnership with the W.W. Smith Charitable Trust, a private foundation that has awarded the university more than $14.9 million to support medical research and undergraduate scholarships.

Hung Luong's visit to yesterday's 34th annual George Washington Carver Science Fair was a sort of homecoming. Five years ago, the Temple senior biology major was named the third recipient of the Temple University/George Washington Carver Science Fair Academic Tuition Scholarship, $2,500 awards presented to students who place first or second among the 11th grade fair participants.

Veteran film editor and Temple alumnus William Goldenberg won an Academy Award for "Best Film Editing" from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the 85th annual Academy Awards ceremony Sunday at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. Goldenberg was also nominated for "Zero Dark Thirty." The two films were his third and fourth Academy Award nominations.

It was a busy year for Temple. In the final week of December, the university's official Twitter feed, @TempleUniv, counted down the top 10 Temple-related news stories of 2012. View a recap, including links to featured stories and videos, at the university's online news center.