Topic: Temple University
The Higher Ed Opportunity
Four local universities will be searching for new presidents in the next couple of years. Let’s be sure, a longtime college president says, they are principled leaders who can help transform the region.
By Elaine Maimon
A Weekly Smile
An intergenerational program from Penn Memory Center and Temple University combats isolation in older adults and gives students valuable caregiving experience—and now, it’s gone virtual
By Christina Griffith
A New News Narrative
A youth-led after-school media program helps young Philadelphians cover issues important to, and about, them. Are you listening, big media?
By Katherine Rapin
Gathering with Dignity
Along with delicious food, a new pop-up food hall at Temple offers an innovative, stigma-free solution to campus hunger
By Maddy Sweitzer-Lamme
Citizens of the Week: Kim Celano and Phillip Smith
Two student advocates launched Free Food @ Temple to decrease campus waste and help hungry students find a meal
By Katherine Rapin
Don’t Silence Marc Lamont Hill. Debate Him.
The controversy over the Temple professor’s comments about Israel raises the question: Why is banishment from the public square so often the first choice of the offended?
By Larry Platt
Guest Commentary: A Temple Stadium Can Spur Growth
A former Wharton prof, now head of the Global Sport Institute at Arizona State University, says college stadiums can benefit communities—if done right
By Ken Shropshire
Reality Check: Hey Eagles, can you do North Philly a solid?
WURD’s afternoon host urges the socially-good NFL champs to make its stadium affordable—so Temple doesn’t have to build a new one
By Charles D. Ellison