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John Fry wants Temple to be Center City's 'anchor university'
By Ryan Mulligan
Temple University will take over the landmark Terra Hall building at Broad and Walnut streets come 2027, but President John Fry ...

The Temple Owls ‘signed’ this Philly teen to the football team
By Marc Narducci
When Temple University football coach Rod Carey made the announcement on Sept. 30, it caught everybody by surprise: He had just signed Jaidyn...
Political fallout from the insurrection; raising Black kids in white spaces
When KATHRYN D’ANGELO and her husband, who are white, adopted Gabriel, who is biracial, they understood that explaining the world...
Temple University Professors See Social Media Companies Suspending President Trump As Capitalism At Work
By Dan Koob
It’s been lurking for years, the discussion of how privately-owned social media corporations like Twitter and Facebook should police their...
Does Twitter’s ban violate Trump’s free-speech rights? Likely not, but it raises questions about social media platforms, Philly
By Maddie Hanna
President Donald Trump lost his favorite online megaphone Friday, when Twitter permanently suspended his account over concerns his messages would...
Can President Trump pardon himself?
By Kristen Johanson
As Congress weighs impeachment and the 25th Amendment, there are reports President Donald Trump is considering a pardon of himself. But can he do...

How one Temple doctor is helping women in North Philadelphia fight heart disease
By Sandy Bauers
For 25 years, Deborah L. Crabbe has driven up Broad Street to Temple University, where she is a cardiologist, attending physician, and professor...

Need healing for the new year? A new Philly hotline offers poems of hope.
By Brandon Harden
Philadelphia poet laureate Trapeta B. Mayson on Monday launched the Healing Verse Philly Poetry Line (1-855-763-6792), a toll-free telephone line...
Ajay Raju, futurist CEO at Dilworth Paxson, steps down to focus on a new firm and a humanity-saving ‘Ark’
By Sam Wood
For Ajay Raju, being the CEO and chairman of Dilworth Paxson was not enough. The high-flying attorney—who has positioned himself as a venture...
Sore arms, role models, and relief: Philly region health care workers on the COVID-19 vaccine
By Alan Yu, Zoë Read and Nina Feldman
WHYY’s Health Desk Help Desk heard from a lot of listeners with questions about what it’s like to actually get the COVID-19 vaccine. So we reached...
Temple students give tech-timid businesses free digital makeovers to help boost sales
By John McDevitt
Some tech-savvy Temple University students in the Institute for Business and Information Technology are helping small businesses and nonprofits...
Inoculated health-care workers are now ambassadors for the coronavirus vaccine
By Frances Stead Sellers
It was a day of relief at Temple University Hospital. Health-care workers lined up and some even teared up when they received a vaccine.

A byproduct of the pandemic? Colleges see soaring interest in health fields.
By Sue Snyder
Temple saw a 120% increase in first-year students enrolled in its master’s of public health program this year, from 69 to 152, with interest...

Small biz owners face stark choices: pivoting, holding out, or closing if no more government aid comes
By Erin Arvedlund
Temple University’s Institute for Business and Information Technology began offering free digital services in March to almost 50 small businesses...
COVID-19 vaccine gives Philly health-care workers a glimpse of pandemic hope. Then it’s back to work
By Jason Laughlin and Aubrey Whelan
Hundreds of doctors, nurses, and technicians became the first in Philadelphia to receive the COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday, offering for a few...

Some Health Care Workers Are Getting the Vaccine. Others Aren’t. Who Decides?
By Sabrina Tavernise and Will Wright
Many primary care doctors, firefighters and others at risk of exposure are waiting to learn when they will get vaccinated.

Jameel Rush named Inquirer’s vice president of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
By Kelly O'Shea
Jameel Rush, 35, will play a leading role in supporting DEI efforts across all aspects of the Inquirer, including the newsroom. He also will serve...
Philadelphia front-line workers start receiving COVID-19 vaccine
By Justin Udo
Front-line workers at hospitals across the Philadelphia area will be some of the first in line for COVID-19 vaccination shots on Wednesday. Temple...
Temple University Hospital Prepares to Receive COVID-19 Vaccine
By NBC10 staff
Temple University Hospital expects to receive their first shipment of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday morning. When will frontline workers...
First coronavirus vaccine shipments set to arrive in states Monday
By Frances Stead Sellers, Frances Stead Sellers Senior writer on the America
On Thursday, Temple Health in Philadelphia emailed 3,000 invitations to employees deemed at “high risk” of infection. Within minutes, janitorial...

Remote School as the Gateway Drug to Social Media
By Connie Chang
Among the many changes in young children’s lives this year, the sudden access to the seduction of digital content and the opportunity for online...

Childhood Without Other Children: A Generation Is Raised in Quarantine
By Matt Richtel
With months of winter isolation looming, parents are growing increasingly worried about the developmental effects of the ongoing social...
Temple University alum one step closer to winning a Grammy
By Christie Ileto
Benjamin Thomas never expected during a year filled with so much economic uncertainty, that he'd be a step closer to winning a Grammy. A dream...
Temple Football Alum's Free Jiu-Jitsu Program Aims To Stem Youth Gun Violence In Philadelphia
Jeffrey Whittingham has found his happy place at Gracie Jiu-Jitsu in South Philly and he wants to help the city’s youth do the same. The Temple...

With new program, Temple Health helps doctors and nurses cut their massive student loan burdens
By Erin Arvedlund
So many employees were stressed out about student loans that Temple University Health System this fall offered a new benefit — a concierge service...

Scientists just used CRISPR to cure the simian equivalent of HIV. Here's why this is a big deal
By MATTHEW ROZSA
With multiple coronavirus vaccines being produced as we speak, the COVID-19 pandemic appears to have an end in sight, though the HIV pandemic...