Franklin Towne students would be ‘collateral damage’ if Philly school board tries to close the charter, some advocates say

By Kristen A. Graham and Maddie Hanna

Susan DeJarnatt, a law professor at Temple University who has researched charter schools, said she was “pleasantly surprised” by the district’s...

Temple University launches new safety app, TUSafe

By Jensen Toussaint

Earlier this week, Temple University’s Department of Public Safety officially launched a safety app, TUSafe. It replaces RAVE Temple Guardian,...

I founded Student Activists Against Sexual Assault. A new lawsuit could make my work Impossible.

By RAY EPSTEIN

“I founded the student organization, Student Activists Against Sexual Assault, at Temple University my freshman year. As a chapter of the national...

For foreign expecting mothers in Japan, a struggle over maternity norms

By ANIKA OSAKI EXUM

For Prachi Gupta, a Temple University Japan assistant professor in economics hailing from India, the biggest source of support when she gave birth...

Arrest of Saudi scholar and influencer another sign of social media crackdown

By Stephanie Kirchgaessner

“It’s like a reality TV show, a lens for people 7,000 miles away to observe my PhD life in the U.S., my life in Philly,” he was quoted as telling...

SEPTA and Amtrak are reconnecting their train stations at 30th Street

By Essie Haverkamp, Nicholas Pompey, and Vinella Jill Vinca

“It’s not wildly inconvenient, but it’s not very easy to do. It’s not transparent if you’re not from here,” said Bryant Simon, a Temple University...

Alabama riverfront brawl videos spark a cultural moment about race, solidarity and justice

By AARON MORRISON, AISHA I. JEFFERSON AND KIM CHANDLER

“Much of (the riverfront brawl reaction) is emblematic of the history of Montgomery,” said Timothy Welbeck, the director of the Center for Anti-...

How extreme heat can hinder effectiveness of pregnancy tests, some contraception

By Shefali Luthra

“People aren’t thinking about the effects of extremely hot heat for all kinds of medical care,” said Rachel Rebouché, dean at the Beasley School...

Temple University launches new on-campus safety app

By Cory Sharber

Temple University is rolling out a new personal safety app Monday, which will replace the one launched last February. 

Philadelphia needs a citywide gun lock campaign — now

By Helen Ubiñas

Scott Charles, Temple University Hospital’s trauma outreach coordinator, has a front-row seat to the carnage that guns wreak in this city. He has...

Temple, Philadelphia police team up for joint active shooting training ahead of fall semester

By Caroline Goggin

For the first time, Temple University police and Philadelphia police teamed up for active shooter training on Friday. Inside the Liacouras Center...

Hip-hop and justice: Culture carries the spirit of protest, 50 years and counting

By AARON MORRISON

"All Black creative expression is political because Black life is political,” said Timothy Welbeck, the director of the Center for Anti-Racism at...

Former athlete writes bill to help provide mental health resources for student-athletes

By Barbara Barr

Williams will be a sophomore at Temple. He is majoring in political science and hopes to run for office one day. He plans to follow his bill as it...

Parks and Rec summer camps end with a first -- universal swim lessons

By TaRhonda Thomas

Parks and Rec had to work hard to find enough lifeguards this summer, offering pay bonuses and school credit hours with Temple. 

Paper exams, chatbot bans: Colleges seek to ‘ChatGPT-proof’ assignments

By JOCELYN GECKER

Are AI detectors reliable? Not yet, says Stephanie Laggini Fiore, associate vice provost at Temple University. This summer, Fiore was part of a...

Everett Withers explains his on-again, off-again — and now on-again — roles with Temple football

By Kerith Gabriel

With all of the movement Everett Withers has done in less than a year, it would be easy to consider Temple’s defensive coordinator a bit of an...

Temple implementing new safety measures for new year, adding community hub

By Stephen Williams

When Temple University starts classes on Aug. 28, it will begin to implement its Temple-Community Safety Zone, along with several new measures...

Produce grown on this campus goes to hungry students

By GRETCHEN MCKAY

A recent study by Temple University’s Hope Center found that 38% of students in two-year colleges and 29% of students at four-year colleges...

Temple University is taking steps to improve safety on campus

Temple University is taking steps to improve safety on campus ahead of the new school year. NBC10’s Brian Sheehan has more on what the plans...

'Worst possible news at the worst possible time': Oregon State athletics faces uncertain future, growing debt including stadium

By Kyle Iboshi

But those estimates have become a bit murky after the realignment of college football, including Oregon and Washington bolting to the Big 10...

Did Japan win public support for Fukushima water release with ‘nationalist victimisation’?

By Julian Ryall

Jeff Kingston, director of Asian studies at the Tokyo campus of Temple University, said Japan and Tepco had been forced into “whataboutism”—...

The end of affirmative action at colleges poses new challenges, and risks, in corporate hiring

By Jessica Dickler, Lauren Feiner, Leslie Josephs

In the wake of the ruling, many fear universities could become less reliable sources from which to recruit diverse talent. “That will be the first...

Joe Klecko and Darrelle Revis Are Officially Football Immortals

By Ralph Ventre

Joe Klecko’s journey to Canton began at St. James High School in Chester, Pennsylvania. With no college scholarship offers, Klecko went on to work...

Lung cancer specialist named medical oncology department chair at Temple University

Dr. Martin J. Edelman has been appointed the first chair of the department of medical oncology at Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple...

Government Data Reveals 1 in 5 Undergrads Are Food Insecure

By Jon Edelman

"We’re talking about four million people whose experience was invisible. It’s staggering in a nation this wealthy,” said Sara Goldrick-Rab, an...