May, 2015 - The Temple News

Fernandez qualifies for NCAA championships

31 May 2015 Owen McCue

The mid-distance runner placed 11th at the NCAA East Preliminary meet in the 1,500-meter race on Saturday to advance to the National championships.

Remembering Adrian Robinson

27 May 2015 EJ Smith

Former coaches reflect on Adrian Robinson and his time at Temple.

Department chair accused of sharing technology secrets with China

24 May 2015 Jack Tomczuk

Physics professor Xiaoxing Xi agreed to take a leave of absence following the allegations.

David Bartelt, 70, geography and urban studies scholar

23 May 2015 Steve Bohnel

Family members, friends and colleagues gathered at Bryn Mawr College Friday afternoon in remembrance of a longtime Temple faculty member.

Robinson’s death ruled a suicide

19 May 2015 Michael Guise

The Philadelphia medical examiner’s office ruled former Temple football player Adrian Robinson’s death a suicide by hanging.

University implements Confucius Institute for Chinese studies

18 May 2015 Emily Rolen

Temple is partnering with Zhejiang Normal University in China to bring a Chinese major, teaching certificates and culture event programming to the university.

Kraft named athletic director in department shake-up

18 May 2015 EJ Smith

President Theobald announced Pat Kraft as the new athletic director, while Kevin Clark will be stepping into the newly created role of executive vice president and chief operating officer subject to approval from the Board of Trustees.

Third varsity 8 wins gold at conference championships

17 May 2015 Michael Guise

The Rowing team closed out its season on Sunday with numerous medals at the American Athletic Conference championship on Lake Mercer

Matthews fails to qualify for NCAA Championship finals

17 May 2015 Michael Guise

Matthews 15th place finish and one-under 209 at the New Haven Regional at The Course at Yale was not enough to qualify the junior golfer for NCAA Finals.

Matthews fails to qualify for NCAA Championship finals

17 May 2015 Michael Guise

For the second year in a row, junior Brandon Matthews failed to qualify for the finals of the NCAA Men’s Golf Championships. In order for Matthews, who was participating as an individual, to qualify for