To President Ann Weaver Hart

I am graduating. After four years on North Broad Street – two more than you – I have plenty I want to share with you. Space is limited, so forgive my suddenness.
Throw your students into the surrounding communities.
For 45 years, this university has tried to figure out how to trick middle-class students into studying amid [...]

U.S. State Department seeks graduates for ‘careers’

College graduates are being recruited by the largest employer in the country: the U.S. government.
Marc Wall, a representative of the U.S. State Department talked to Temple students in Anderson Hall last Thursday about various employment and internship opportunities.
“The U.S. Department of State hires you for a career,” he said. “Not a job.”
Wall, who has spent [...]

Controversy grows around closing of Joe Frazier’s Gym

A British boxer and her fiancé-manager have said pressure to sell Joe Frazier’s Gym comes from a mishandling of funds.

Ronald T. Brown: named interim dean of dentistry school

Ronald. T. Brown has been named interim dean of Temple’s dentistry school, as a search for outgoing Dean Martin F. Tansy’s replacement continues.

New law school dean named: Epps to replace Reinstein

JoAnne A. Epps has been chosen to replace Robert J. Reinstein as dean of Temple’s Beasley School of Law effective July 1.

Emergency notification system announced for Philadelphia region

Regional leaders have announced a voluntary text message-alert system to warn residents of emergencies, similar to one already established by Temple.

Diane Bryen leaving Institute on Disabilities

Diane Nelson Bryen will leave her post as executive director of Temple’s Institute on Disabilities in June after more than 15 years in the role, the university announced earlier this week.
She will be replaced by David T. Mitchell, formerly the first permanent director of the Ph.D. in Disability Studies at the University of Illinois-Chicago, the [...]

Joe Frazier’s Gym closes for renovations

Joe Frazier’s Gym, a North Philadelphia landmark at 2917 N. Broad St. above Glenwood Avenue for more than 40 years, has been closed for renovations.
The closure will last at least three months, said Leslie Wolff, Joe Frazier’s business manager.
“The building is at least a century old,” Wolff said. “It’s easier to close down, clean out [...]

Joe Frazier’s Gym closes its doors

After nearly 40 years, Joe Frazier’s Gym, at Broad Street and Glenwood Avenue north of Main Campus, has closed.

American Commerce Center highlights building boom in possible recession

The announcement of the 1,500-foot American Commerce Center is just part of a construction boom that has moved despite fears of recession.

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