This upcoming summer, from May 24 to June 27, a team of 16 architecture and design students from Temple will team up with students and professors from six other universities and travel to Mumbai, India, to design and build portable schools for children in some of the worst areas of the city.
“The whole thing is […]

Temple’s School of Medicine announced a new partnership with Fox Chase Cancer Center.
Fox Chase scientists and researchers will have the opportunity to become members of the Temple faculty to train graduate students in biomedical sciences.
“Graduate students will absolutely benefit from this partnership,” said John Daly, dean of the medicine school.
He said the increased […]

A male was issued a $1,000 check after misrepresenting himself as the student leader of an organization affiliated with the university, according to an incident report filed Jan. 30. It was later discovered that the male had withdrawn from the university on Oct. 29.
In order to make a check request, no [Owl Card] is needed. […]

President Ann Weaver Hart was among 45 Philadelphians to be selected by the School Reform Commission to act on an advisory committee that will interview the three finalists for chief executive officer of the Philadelphia School District.
“The commission truly wanted the advisory committee to be inclusive of Philadelphia’s community, business, faith, nonprofit and educational leaders, […]

High blood pressure, Type 2 diabetes and sleeping disorders, social awkwardness and negative body image are just some of the health risks overweight and obese children are faced with every day.
But according to the Temple’s Center for Obesity Research and Education, yet another consequence of childhood obesity has surfaced.
Data collected from 1,200 fourth- through sixth-grade […]