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Fry reinforces firm support on protest freedoms, diversity initiatives

07 March 2025 Evelyn Blower

Temple will continue to support students’ freedoms to protest peacefully and hold open dialogue on critical topics amid a string of orders from Washington, D.C.

University students, faculty protest cuts to higher education research

19 February 2025 Nurbanu Sahin and Nicole Barbarito

Philadelphia’s higher education community rallied at U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick’s Philadelphia office to protest cuts to academic and scientific research.

Council of American-Islamic Relations calls for investigation into career fair protest

01 October 2024 Evelyn Blower

CAIR is requesting Temple, Temple Police and the Philadelphia Police to conduct a “comprehensive investigation” following reports of PPD removing a protester’s hijab.

Police officers arrest a protestor in a keffiyeh headscarf

Protestors released with no charges after altercation at engineering career fair protest

27 September 2024 Allison Beck

Four members of Temple Students for Justice in Palestine, including at least one Temple student and one alumnus, were arrested Thursday for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.

“Students united will never be defeated”: Temple SJP leads march through Main Campus to City Hall

25 April 2024 Sidney Rochnik

The student organization demanded financial divestment, an academic boycott of Israel and public recognition of Palestine from university leaders.

TAUP finds cross-campus solidarity at City Hall rally

06 April 2024 Lauren Frank

The union was met with support from Pennsylvania legislators and various regional universities at its rally for a fair contract Friday at noon.

Students for Justice in Palestine holds “die-in for Rafah”

21 February 2024 Daivik Bewtra

SJP held a “die-in” near the main entrance of Charles Library where participants lay down in silence for an hour to protest ongoing Israeli strikes in the Palestinian city.

Temple Students for Justice in Palestine organize sit-in at Student Center

30 January 2024 Sidney Rochnik

SJP organized a sit-in in front of the Howard Gittis Student Center north entrance where attendees held signs, waved flags and chanted for three hours.

Capturing the photos of a lifetime

10 January 2023 Molly Fiske

A student describes her relationship with photography from her childhood to her most recent shoot.

Temple Parliament bill aims to address campus protests

15 March 2022 Monica Constable and Fallon Roth

If passed, the bill would also provide resources for counter-protesting and mental health.