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Shapiro visits Temple, highlights its nurse scholar program as model amid new budget investments to curb nurse shortage
By Racquel Williams
Governor Josh Shapiro’s new proposed Pennsylvania budget includes $5 million to help educate, train and recruit nursing professionals in the...

Start-ups are surging across the U.S. It may be a good to time to launch a home-based business in Philly
By Gene Marks
“Those who have the resources to be online and a high-speed internet connection as well as some digital literacy were able to take advantage,”...

The aftermath: No compensation, no justice
By Chanel Hill
The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 was one of the worst acts of racial violence in American history, leaving up to 300 people dead, most of them...

Philly's COVID-19 restrictions linked to city's alarming rise in gun violence, Temple study finds
By Hannah Kanik
Researchers at Temple University released a study that found that COVID-19 containment restrictions had a significant impact on 2020's gun...

Inquirer has overwhelmingly white newsroom and its coverage underrepresents people of color, report says
By Anna Orso and Jesenia De Moya Correa
The Philadelphia Inquirer has an overwhelmingly white newsroom and fails to retain journalists of color, resulting in news coverage that...

A Philadelphia Inquirer headline sparked outrage — and a newsroom audit. Here’s what it found.
By Andrea Wenzel, an assistant professor at Temple University
For the past six months, I’ve had the honor of working with the late veteran journalist...

Temple grad oversees vaccination site at Springfield pharmacy
By Erin Flynn Jay
Chichi Ilonzo Momah, a Black female COO and pharmacist-in-charge at Springfield Pharmacy, has been on the frontlines amid COVID-19 for a long time...

Temple University study aims to find health effects of drinking untreated well water
Jake King was listening to Spotify last summer when a random commercial about a study looking at the health impacts of drinking water from private...
‘This is unprecedented’: Study finds link between COVID lockdowns and shootings in Philly
By Aaron Moselle
New research out of Temple University found the average number of people shot in Philadelphia each week nearly doubled during the first eight...
Temple study finds link between Philadelphia's COVID lockdowns, rising gun violence
By Dann Cuellar
In a timely and eye-opening new study, researchers at Temple University found a correlation between measures taken by the City of Philadelphia to...

Black History Month profiles: Dawn Staley
By Adam Parker
Dawn Staley grew up carrying the weight of a burden, but she didn’t know it. She was poor, living in the projects of North Philadelphia, coping...

Philadelphia lost another basketball legend, Jay Norman
By Mike Jensen
Jay Norman died last weekend, age 87. The sadness was amplified by the death of John Chaney. But Chaney’s death can’t completely overshadow this...
Remembering Chaney: A 2006 interview with John Chaney reveals his philosophy on legacy
By Astrid Rodrigues, Monica Herndon
Looking back on what John Chaney meant to Philadelphia, an Inquirer photographer's 2006 interview with the legendary Temple basketball coach...
Hundreds Of Heart-Shaped Pizzas Delivered To Health Care Heroes At Temple University Hospital
The pizzas were courtesy of Slice and Steven Singer Jewelers.
Black Americans have long led the global battle against white supremacy
By Benjamin Talton, who teaches history at Temple University.
Recent events have exposed a revival of authoritarianism and white supremacy in America. They have been foundational to the country since its...
High school basketball teams honor legendary Temple coach John Chaney
By 6abc Digital Staff and Christie Ileto
Several high school basketball teams across Philadelphia honored legendary Temple University basketball coach John Chaney by waking up early...
Memorial Service Held For Legendary Temple Basketball Head Coach John Chaney
Family, friends, fans and former Temple basketball players paid their final respects to legendary head coach John Chaney on Monday. The university...

John Chaney’s legacy extends deep into women’s basketball
By Mike Jensen
“His style became my own,’' Vivian Stringer wrote to the world the other day, releasing her thoughts for all of us who had asked for them after...

South Carolina coach Dawn Staley pays tribute to late John Chaney with outfit
By Jace Evans
Dawn Staley paid tribute to late Temple coach John Chaney with her outfit choice for South Carolina's game against Connecticut.

John Chaney’s funeral service captured the memory of the man
By Mike Jensen
This morning began with a predawn tribute in gyms around the region, basketball coaches holding their practices at 5:30 a.m., to honor the legacy...

From all walks of life, Philadelphians gather to mourn John Chaney
By Avi Wolfman-Arent
John Chaney’s body lay at center court Monday morning as mourners filed past and Frank Sinatra’s “My Way” played softly through Temple University’...

Jay Norman, Temple University basketball great, dies at 87
By Donald Hunt
Jay Norman, an all-time great Temple University basketball player and assistant coach, died on Saturday Feb. 6, 2021. He was 87.
Super Bowl LV will have plenty of Philadelphia connections
By 6ABC digital staff
In fact, the City of Brotherly Love, and Temple University in particular, will have a huge presence when the Kansas City Chiefs battle the Tampa...
Johnson & Johnson's one-shot vaccine trial tested at Temple University
By Dann Cuellar
Johnson & Johnson asked U.S. regulators Thursday to clear the world's first single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, an easier-to-use option that could...

‘MANNER OF A MAN’
By Mike Jensen
A commemoration of Temple coaching legend John Chaney, as told by the people whose lives he touched.
Temple football player-turned-restaurant owner speaks about Super Bowl-bound coach
The owner of a West Palm Beach restaurant reflects on what it was like to play for Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians when he was at...