Temple in the News
Congressman Charlie Dent who represents the Lehigh Valley and part of Berks County introduced a legislative resolution urging the Obama administration to strip Anwar al-Awlaki of his American...
April 23, 2010
Temple made a wise choice for this year's Temple University Alumni Association Distinguished Service Award: Leonard Barrack. The communal/ civic leader and philanthropist who cites Temple for its...
April 22, 2010
Lehigh Valley Congressman Charlie Dent plans to introduce a resolution today calling on the Obama administration to strip radical Islamic cleric Anwar al-Awlaki of his American citizenship....
April 22, 2010
A team of four senior engineering students called Next Engineering beat out nine other finalists yesterday—75 contestants total—in Temple University's annual Be Your Own Boss Bowl,...
April 22, 2010
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On the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, are we better off than we were in 1970? "I think it's a mixed bag," said Jeffrey Featherstone, director of Temple's Center...
April 22, 2010
In an interview, Temple Trustee Bill Cosby discussed his Philadelphia roots and his time at as a Temple student. "[Temple] was fantastic," Cosby said. "I was enjoying — this is important...
April 22, 2010
Dorothy Height, who died yesterday at age 98, dedicated her life to the struggle for equality—not just for blacks but for women of all races. Height spent four decades at the helm of the...
April 21, 2010
Sheryl Wolfe, recently crowned Miss Hawaii Teen United States, died in Hawaii from a stroke Tuesday at the age of 18. The teenager, who had no health problems and no family history of stroke, had...
April 21, 2010
Temple University and the Philadelphia police department have collaborated on a project that could result in more police foot patrols in some of the city's most violent neighborhoods. Last summer,...
April 21, 2010
People across the nation have had to identify their race in the 2010 census forms due May 1 to the U.S. Census Bureau. Matt Wray, associate professor of sociology at Temple University, said race in...
April 20, 2010