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Students, get regular pap smears and HPV vaccinations

31 January 2024 Claire Zeffer

A student urges her peers to promote their health and prevent cervical cancer through preventative screening measures.

Students, practice breast self-examinations

26 October 2023 Claire Zeffer

A student urges peers to get in tune with their bodies to protect against breast cancer.

Coming to terms with a reality after surgery

03 December 2019 Loren Simon

A student writes about how she found a tumor in her foot and missed most of her senior year.

Temple students grow out beards for challenge, charity

19 November 2019 Julia Stoltzfus

No Shave November is meant to raise awareness for cancer, but some students partake for fun.

Temple receives grant to study link between chemicals, cancer

15 October 2019 Aviana Small

The research will examine the possible link between chemicals at military bases and cancer.

Mascots parade around Christmas Village for local children

04 December 2018 Luke Smith

Mascots for a Cure, a nonprofit committed to supporting children battling cancer and other serious illnesses, partnered with Christmas Village in Philadelphia to host its first-ever parade. Nearly 20 mascots from local colleges, high schools

Professor discovers cancer-slowing traits in tomatoes

19 September 2017 Patrick Bilow

Biology professor Dr. Antonio Giordano wants to start growing the tomatoes in farms just outside Philadelphia.

Features

Freshman shaves her head on campus to honor young boy claimed by cancer

02 May 2012 Sarah Fleischman

A freshman shaved her head in honor a young boy from her hometown. Paul Matthews shaved his son Eli Seth Matthew’s head, and then Eli shaved his father’s head. Yesterday, Paul Matthews stood on Liacouras

Transportation program helps patients

18 January 2011 Angelo Fichera

A nonprofit organization’s new program is assisting cancer patients. Getting cancer patients onto a path toward healing is a battle in itself, but one often overlooked struggle is getting patients onto the road and to

First area drug research center opens

04 October 2010 Matt Finn

The Moulder Center for Drug Discovery will research new drugs, causes and cures for diseases. Temple is now one of only a few schools in the Northeast with a fully integrated center for researching and