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From a career in medicine to a life as a politician

29 September 2015 Ayah Alkhars

The mayor of Rome held the first lecture for this year’s Provost Lecture Series.

The organ model chosen for the papal Mass was the Rodgers Infinity 361. It was donated by Cunningham Piano, a piano repair and restoration institution owned by Temple alumnus Rich Galassini. | COURTESY Rich Galassini

Donation to the sound of papal visit

29 September 2015 Brooke Williams

Alumnus Rich Galassini’s company donated an organ for the recent papal Mass.

Jan Ting, a law professor at Temple, has been teaching at Temple for 38 years. He teaches in the areas of citizenship and immigration law and tax law. | Daniela Ayuso TTN

A necessary debate

22 September 2015 Gail Vivar

Law professor Jan Ting recently had his commentary on immigration featured in the New York Times’ “Room for Debate,” an op-ed blog for the newspaper’s website.

The Dialogue Institute drew a diverse crowd from around the world when it hosted a discussion at the Tuttleman Learning Center Thursday to speak about the global dialogue surrounding religion. | Brianna Spause TTN

Uniting different cultures and religions

22 September 2015 Alex Casper

The Dialogue Institute held a workshop about finding peace within multiculturalism.

Indonesia Young, a freshman English major, holds the letter notifying her of winning the Katz Scholarship beside the Red Owl Statue at Alumni Circle on Main Campus. | Matt McGraw TTN

Freshman receives first ever Katz Scholarship

15 September 2015 Gillian McGoldrick

Indonesia Young received a scholarship in memory of Lewis Katz.

Student receives threats for controversial Instagram photo

15 September 2015 Brianna Baker

A photo revealing a student’s menstrual blood brought attention to a feminist issue.

DANIELA AYUSO TTN Jasmine Combs, a junior English major, started writing and performing poetry with Babel, a poetry collective at Temple. | Daniela Ayuso TTN

Slamming her fears

08 September 2015 Alexander Casper

Jasmine Combs is raising money to attend the Individual World Poetry Slam, held in Washington, D.C.

Rick Moffat, technical support manager of Computer Services, discusses the benefits of the MinecraftEdu server. | Linh Than TTN

Faculty builds video gaming education

08 September 2015 Sylvia Dao

MinecraftEdu is a school-ready server for the popular video game which can be used in the classroom.

Pratik Patel, a senior business major is a lifelong Eagles fan. | JD Mousley

Student petition changes course

01 September 2015 Brianna Baker

Pratik Patel, a Temple student, has new plans for his petition to get Pope Francis to bless Sam Bradford’s knees.

Mike Ingram (left), and Tom McAllister, both assistant professors of English, attended the Philly Geek Awards on Aug. 15 and won the “Streaming Media Project of the Year” category. | COURTESY Tom McAllister

Temple assistant professors win Philly Geek Award

01 September 2015 Gail Vivar

Mike Ingram and Tom McAllister created “Book Fight!” in 2012.