“We have been vocal about systemic racism that has led to educational disparities and inferior educational opportunities for Black children,” said Valerie Harrison.
Each year, more than 250,000 women in the U.S. alone receive a diagnosis of breast cancer, making it the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women. More than 40,000 women annually die from the disease, according to the American Cancer Society.
Four decades ago, Temple bestowed an honorary degree upon Deng Xiaoping, one of China’s most revered leaders. The degree was the only honorary degree the late Deng ever accepted, positioning Temple in a unique role in the opening of U.S.-China relations at the time.
The 2019 Diversity & Inclusion Conference, held March 25-26 in Philadelphia, is an open forum to explore and exchange insights about diversity and inclusion (D&I) best practices for CEOs, diversity officers, educators, corporate leaders and government officials.
The collaborative research between the Kornberg School of Dentistry and the College of Engineering uses stem cells to regrow the pulp-dentin complex that makes up the center of a tooth.
This joint grant, a first of its kind for any Pennsylvania or New Jersey institution, will examine cancer health inequity across multiple ethnic populations
As part of its Homecoming tradition, Temple attempts to earn Guinness World Records titles while simultaneously serving the community. This year, Temple snagged the title for most backpacks stuffed with school supplies in one hour.
Temple University Beasley School of Law has announced a new gift of $1.5 million to the law school from the Sheller Family Foundation in support of the Sheller Center for Social Justice, bringing the Sheller Foundation’s total commitment to the Center to $3 million.
Gifts made to Temple University in the fiscal year that ended June 30 totaled nearly $98 million, surpassing the previous year’s record by more than $7 million.
Moy, SSW ’88, longtime director of the Center for Social Policy and Community Development in Temple’s College of Public Health, will helm the new workforce initiative funded by a Lenfest Foundation grant.
Proteins commonly known as BRCA – short for BReast CAncer susceptibility gene– serve a critical role in cellular DNA repair, but when mutated they allow genetic errors to replicate, facilitating cancer development. If the BRCA repair system is disabled in cancer cells, the cells simply turn to backup repair mechanisms and adapt to alternative repair pathways, a survival mode that also underlies their ability to evade targeted drug therapies.
Charles Ryan, a distinguished international financier who started one of Eastern Europe’s leading venture capital firms, has been appointed to the Temple University Board of Trustees.
College of Education Professor Sara Goldrick-Rab has won a prestigious Andrew Carnegie Fellowship for her scholarship and activism in food and housing insecurity among college students.
Joining prestigious research universities such as Brown, Cornell, Harvard and NYU, Temple recently ranked among the institutions that produced the most participants in the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.
Temple University Hospital (TUH) performed 131 lung transplants in calendar year 2017, making it the number 1 volume program in the nation according to data just released by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS).
With Black Friday and Cyber Monday approaching, professors at the Fox School of Business are available to discuss consumer affairs, retail analytics, and digital marketing practices.
The latest cohort of Fulbright grantees is part of a historic surge of Temple students and recent graduates who have explored the world and enhanced their careers.
After collecting thousands of socks, Temple University officially holds the Guinness World Record for the largest sock drive in eight hours at a single location
Adaptive Design Greater Philadelphia, spearheaded by Temple’s Institute on Disabilities and funded by a grant from the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, is helping to improve the lives of children with paralysis.
The Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (LKSOM) has again been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as one of the most popular medical schools in the nation in terms of applications received. LKSOM received 10,623 applications for the 2016-2017 academic year, the ninth-highest total in the nation.
Jim Cawley, CLA ’91, LAW ’94, a former Pennsylvania lieutenant governor, most recently served as president and CEO of United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey.
Temple University has been selected as one of only 11 clinical hubs for a new National Institutes of Health (NIH) emergency medicine clinical trials network.
The five-year grant awarded to Temple’s Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry by the Health Resources and Services Administration will create new and enhanced pediatric and dental public health curricula and in-school and community-based clinical rotations.