Tyler School of Art adjunct sculpting professor Jennie Shanker has created 50 coffee cups made of Marcellus Shale, the Appalachian rock formation at the center of controversy over the extraction of its vast reserves of natural gas. Shanker discussed her motivation and process for creating the works at last week's multi-disciplinary Big Shale Teach-In.

In the first of a continuing series profiling students and the opportunities available to them at Temple, anthropology major Nicole Welk discusses her work with the university's anthropology museum and Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Instead of putting up one static exhibit at a time, the gallery will offer a more fluid approach to the arts through a rotating schedule of exhibits, coupled with lectures, film screenings and community forums on topics ranging from HIV to sustainability.

It’s nearly dawn in Bolivia, and a guerilla operation is underway in the dimly lit streets of La Paz.

Although outdoor temperatures this summer seem to range from “unseasonably high” to “nearly unbearable,” they’re nothing compared to conditions inside the Tyler School of Art glass studio, where students in Daniel Cutrone’s summer workshop literally handle heat up to 2,100 degrees — all in the name of art.