Martha Madigan, pioneering photography artist and Temple professor emerita, has died at 72

By Gary Miles

Martha Madigan, 72, of Elkins Park, pioneering photography artist and professor emerita of the photography program at Temple University’s Tyler...

Iconic skateboarding bench stolen from Manhattan park to be returned

One night last week, some anonymous Philadelphia skaters drove a U-Haul truck up to New York City, obscured their identities with hoods and face...

Student debt cancellation rollout could get messy, consumer groups and lenders warn

By Shannon Pettypiece and Lauren Egan

 “I have never seen this much change occurring in our student loan system in a period of four months. It’s unprecedented,” said Bryce McKibben,...

The U.S Is no longer providing free COVID Tests. Here's what to do now.

By Julia Ries

 Another good place to start your search for a test is your primary care physician, said David O’Gurek, interim chair and associate professor of...

If you think your preparation will help you later, you will probably be right, a new study says

By Madeline Holcombe

“For more than a decade there has been a running scientific controversy over the question of whether computerized cognitive training, such as ‘...

Edtech Series: Education in the Metaverse

Temple University Psychology Professor and Brookings Institution Senior Fellow Kathy Hirsh-Pasek joins Emily Chang to discuss the potential of the...

The Problem With College Is So Much Bigger Than Student Debt

By Romesh Ratnesar

Temple University President Jason Wingard, author of a new book, The College Devaluation Crisis, says that although colleges once...

The Future Of Cities: Urban Recovery Needs Small Business

By Jason Wingard

A recent New York Times piece on commercial real estate focused on the fate of suburban office parks—those post-war complexes often referred to as...

Temple University's newly-appointed VP for Public Safety shares plans to keep students safe

By MATT PETRILLO

Temple University’s newly appointed vice president for public safety exclusively spoke with Eyewitness News Tuesday. Jennifer Griffin commented on...

Philadelphia-area universities reveal their monkeypox prevention, treatment strategies as classes begin

By Racquel Williams

“If you’re going to be intimate with somebody, make sure that they’re not sick recently, and that they have no lesions and are healthy,” said ...

Meet the collective putting paid opportunities into the hands of Temple student-athletes

By Sam Cohn

Three Temple alumni are looking to give Owls athletes a better seat at the table. Andy Carl, Seth Goldblum and Chris Squeri...

Moderna’s vaccine lawsuit has a Philadelphia backstory

By Tom Avril

 Pfizer could fight that argument in court, and may also ask the patent office to reevaluate Moderna’s patent, said Paul Gugliuzza, a professor at...

Photos: Students return to Philly public schools with hope for a better year

By Elizabeth DeOrnellas, Nathan Morris and Brian Mengini

Billy Penn is partnering with Temple’s new Logan Center for Urban Investigative Reporting on a yearlong project examining inequities and...

Temple University students help welcome Philly kids back to school

By Corey Davis

Temple University athletes and cheerleaders walked next door to help welcome students back to the classroom at the Paul Dunbar School in North...

Fall’s Mask Mandate Outlook

By Colleen Flaherty

Steve Orbanek, university spokesperson, said via email that like other area institutions, Temple “will be mask-optional to start...

Philly school district opens the 2022-23 school year at Dunbar School

By Chanel Hill

The School District of Philadelphia kicked off the start of the 2022–2023 school year Monday by celebrating students and staff at the Paul L....

‘Our Super Bowl’: It’s the first day for 114,000 Philly students

By Kristen A. Graham

Tony B. Watlington Sr. began his first day of his first school year as superintendent at the Broad Street Garage, home of the district’s bus fleet...

Shootings spiked during the pandemic. The spike now looks like a 'new normal'

By MARTIN KASTE

Temple University criminologist Jason Gravel, who studies how young people acquire and use guns, says the role of social media may be the biggest...

How lean bodies, good lab results can mask liver disease

By Nicholas Gerbis

 In March, KJZZ’s Arizona Science Desk reported that people who are lean can face surprisingly high risk for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, a...

The Role of Eosinophils as a Biomarker to Inform Treatment Decisions for Patients With COPD

Nathaniel Marchetti, DO, answers questions about the role of eosinophils as a biomarker to inform treatment decisions for patients with COPD....

How Do We Teach History in America Today?

By SANDY HINGSTON

How do we teach American history in 2022? Our query was inspired by the battles being waged in school districts across the nation—including many...

Resolve state’s rural dentist shortage

Several states have established programs to interest rural high school students in dentistry, and help mitigate the costs of their undergraduate...

From ‘truffula trees’ to carbon storage, Temple’s Ambler campus offers new discoveries one year after Ida

By Susan Snyder

 The once-shady quad remains sun-drenched. And it’s still hard to find some kinds of trees and plants once abundant on Temple University’s Ambler ...

‘We’re a part of this movement, too.’ Transgender and nonbinary people say they feel excluded from the abortion fight

By Jacquelyne Germain

Mikiko Galpin is now a law student at the Temple University Beasley School of Law and a former legal fellow with the National LGBTQ Task Force, a...

In Japan, concerns rise over ‘too powerful police’ after post-Abe VIP security reforms

By Julian Ryall

“What happened in Nara clearly shows that there were failures in the planning and that changes need to be introduced to provide better security to...