Researchers test various means of water purification

Dr. Rominder Suri, a researcher in the Water and Environmental Technology Center, uses vibration and other methods to purify water. Americans use a lot of water. The average family of four living in the United States uses approximately 400 gallons of water per day, compared with the five gallons used by the average family living [...]

RAIR founders present recyclable art in Tyler

On Thursday, Feb. 23, Recycled Artists in Residency, a nonprofit that connects artists with recycled materials, spoke to students on Main Campus. For years, recycling has suffered from a bit of an image problem. For many people, sorting trash simply isn’t sexy enough. Others just don’t care enough. In Philadelphia however, a group of artists [...]

Movers & Shakers: Gabrielle Taube

Gabrielle Taube calls it an extreme nutrition lesson, the industry calls it urban farming, but the children at Penrose Community Center just call it fun. With the help of Temple Community Garden volunteers, Taube educates students in grades kindergarten through eighth on the virtues of nutritional eating and gardening every Tuesday at the community center, [...]

Movers & Shakers: Philly Eco Kids

The questions that they ask seem simple enough: What do you think about the environment in which you live? What solutions would you propose to improve it? However when Safya O’Rourke and Melena Murphy encourage the children of North Philadelphia to respond, the impact is far from average. As co-presidents of Philly Eco Kids, a [...]

Recyclemania kicks off for eight weeks

Last Wednesday, the Office of Sustainability and members of the community gathered to celebrate the beginning of the national competition. The swish of the silver pom-poms could hardly be heard over the deep vibrato of the announcer’s voice. “The Temple Owls are in the building.” he said as the Diamond Gems bobbed to the music [...]

TempleTown building certified for sustainability

The Modules received a federal certificate for sustainable and water conservation features. These days, it appears as if Temple and its surrounding community is moving in one direction: up. Enrollment is up 8,057 students from 2001, and the boom of  student residents near Main Campus has been met by the creation of more student-geared apartment [...]

Professor develops technology to alleviate drilling effects

Chemistry professor Daniel Strongin is developing a method to prevent effects of acid mine drainage. At first glance, the experiment in the laboratory does not look like anything out of the ordinary–nothing more than a series of tubes and bottles. However, when this experiment is brought into the real world, researchers hope it will have [...]

Signing in solidarity

Last week, some faculty members signed a statement of solidarity to declare support for occupiers and their demands. The voices of the Occupy movement have been heard throughout the world, and Temple has not fallen deaf to the spreading dialogue. Students took up signs and brought their voices to the Bell Tower two weeks ago, [...]

Got munchies?

A student-run burger-and-fries joint is receiving rave reviews in its first year of business. U got Munchies, a food truck located at 1321 Norris St., was created with a college student’s taste buds in mind, mainly because it was started by a few of them. Munchies Financial Manager Adam Zeserman, a senior accounting major, and [...]

Clean the plate, conserve food

Dining Services has launched a new campaign, WasteNot, to encourage students to think twice about portion size and food waste. Nine-hundred-fifty-three pounds. Nine-hundred-fifty-three pounds of half-eaten cheesy pizza slices, chocolate chip cookies with one bite taken out of them, slightly nibbled pieces of chicken, nearly full plates of pasta and meaty hamburgers with a chunk [...]

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