Amid recent shootings, Temple taps former Philly Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey to conduct campus safety audit

By Susan Snyder

Continuing its pledge to improve safety in the wake of shootings near campus, Temple University announced Thursday morning it was forming a task...

‘Physiology fights back’ when people are trying to lose weight

By Marlene Busko

The current study findings “provide further evidence of the ways that physiology fights back when people are trying to lose weight,” David B....

Temple University partners with former Philly police commissioner to step up security around campus

“Charles Ramsey is one of the most decorated police commissioners in recent history, and his track record speaks for itself. His work in...

Temple University enlists ex-Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey to audit campus security

Temple University is turning to one of the region’s most respected law enforcement officials to help improve campus safety. The university said...

Sia slammed for wearing box braids in North West Christmas duet

By Shannon Power

Box braids "are an integral part of Black culture—past, present and future," according to Essence magazine. They emerged as a functional hair...

College Board announces changes to the SAT

Wednesday’s Start Here begins with Col. Stephen Ganyard’s analysis of military strategy in Ukraine. Then, ABC’s Sasha Pezenik reports on the...

Elijah Warner, son of Pro Football Hall of Fame QB Kurt Warner, commits to Temple

By Richard Obert

Phoenix Brophy Prep quarterback Elijah Warner announced Wednesday that he has committed to Temple University. Warner is the son of Pro Football...

These are our Mozart Memories. What’s yours?

Mozart mentioned in a letter to his father that he wanted to write a mass for his new wife Constanze, who was a soprano. “But there was no...

SATs are going digital

By Joe Donlon

The SATs will be going completely digital by 2024. The exam will also be reduced from three hours to two. Shawn Abbott, Temple University’s vice...

A little cash goes a long way to support early childhood and development

By Molly Scott, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

 “American families are struggling. After the end of the child tax credit, which kept about 3.7 million children out of poverty just a month ago,...

Colleges seeing an uptick in 1st-generation applicants for fall 2022

As colleges and universities prepare to make decisions on fall admissions, many are experiencing a surge in first-generation college student...

The Pegulas should pay up

By Jim Heaney

Money spent at a football game is money not spent at the theater, restaurant or bar. It’s why most government subsidy programs bar tax breaks for...

RCN, the Princeton-based TV and internet provider, is rebranding itself as Astound

By Christian Hetrick

Companies often rebrand as a marketing strategy following acquisitions, said Sheri Lambert, a Temple University marketing professor. In addition...

My college stopped relying heavily on the SAT. Enrollment of students of color climbed. | Opinion

By Shawn Abbott

“Temple University had in recent years already begun experimenting with “test-optional” admission, fueling a more holistic process. But the...

Powering the next phase of work

Remote collaborations also allow new brainstorming strategies. Leaders can give participants a prompt and allow them to work on a problem quietly...

Omicron’s radical evolution

By Carl Zimmer

Omicron may have turned a batch of 13 bad mutations to its advantage by evolving under unusual conditions. One possibility is that it arose after...

Security fears over antitrust legislation raise looming questions about a federal privacy law

By Tonya Riley

While European regulators have for years had to balance the intersection of regulating data privacy and governing tech firms’ anticompetitive...

Best instant approval credit cards

By Shauna Dilworth Yeldell

“‘Instant Approval’  solicitations are extended by financial institutions utilizing mailing lists acquired from credit repositories (i.e., Equifax...

Biden administration urges colleges to use COVID relief funds to meet students’ basic needs

By Danielle Douglas-Gabriel

A 2020 survey of 38,602 students by the Hope Center for College, Community and Justice at Temple University found 3 in 5 were experiencing food or...

Twins make dynamic duo for Temple University’s gymnastics team

By Jamie Apody

One look at the Temple University gymnastics team will have you seeing double. “We’re twins! Identical twins,” Sarah and Hannah Stallings said....

‘Where is the outrage ... from everyone?’ The story behind this Temple trauma surgeon’s tweet.

By Susan Snyder

Since 1993, Amy Goldberg has been a trauma surgeon at Temple University Hospital, which has the distinction of treating more gunshot patients than...

After tragic fire, firefighters and Temple football players teamed up to install smoke alarms

By Elizabeth Estrada

Coach Stan Drayton guided over 80 Owls to install smoke detectors in homes near Temple’s Main Campus, on the 2400 blocks of Carlisle, 15th and...

The myths of the past no longer represent our world view | GUEST COMMENTARY

By Malcolm Russell-Einhorn

One thing is clear: Our revised annals are richer and more complex. As Diane Turner, curator of an Afro-American history collection at Temple...

Strapped community colleges to receive additional $198 million in aid from Biden administration

By Stephanie Hughes

At the Community College of Baltimore County in Maryland, the average student is 34 years old and receives financial aid, 60% are women, and many...

Will COVID be the new flu?

By Rachel Murphy

Although the omicron variant is highly transmissible, its milder symptoms are a good sign, according to Jeni Stolow, an assistant professor of...