You never know when somebody will say something to you that alters the trajectory of your life. When it comes, it might not sound as profound as you would hope. For instance, when he was an undergraduate student at Temple, Dr. Patrick H. Tolan, CLA '78, recalls being asked into the office of former psychology professor Jerome Resnick.
"I'm trying to understand what a steelworker is doing in my class," Resnick told him.
At the time, Tolan was juggling classes with shifts as a steelfitter, like many Temple students commuting and working their way through college. But...
The Neuroscience Program held its Annual Research Day on April 23rd, 2025. A year-end celebration of neuroscience research conducted across Temple's many research labs, the event allows undergraduate and Master's students to present posters of their independent research and final projects.Daniel Lopez, CLA '26, was on hand discussing his poster, SARS-CoV 2 Spike Protein and Cocaine Effects on the Blood Brain Barrier and Long-COVID in the Rat. He had this to say about the event:To me, developing and building upon an idea through research is one of the most poetic pursuits....
This week, the College of Liberal Arts made a very special stop on the road to graduation. On April 29th, 2025, the CLA Baccalaureate Ceremony was held in Mazur Hall, recognizing year's Baccalaureate Award winners. Recipients were accompanied by a chosen faculty mentor who was instrumental in their success.The Baccalaureate Awards are among CLA's highest honors. As Dean Richard Deeg noted in his opening remarks, the College of Liberal Arts has approximately 3,500 undergraduate students, but only about 100 Baccalaureate Award winners.This year's student address was delivered by...
As exam season kicks in, many students feel absolutely immersed in their studies. For students in the Latin American Studies Semester (LASS), however, that has been the case all spring long.LASS is an immersive language-learning semester meant to accelerate students' comfort and fluency with the Spanish language. From day one, all courses in the program (totalling 18 credits) are taught and spoken entirely in Spanish. The only prerequisite is one semester of university-level Spanish, and students of all levels are welcome and encouraged to take part.The semester culminates in a...
Philip C. Kendall, Laura H. Carnell Professor of Psychology at the College of Liberal Arts, has been awarded the 2025 American Psychological Association (APA) Award for Distinguished Scientific Applications of Psychology. He calls it his "Hall of Fame moment." "I play basketball and in basketball the Hall of Fame is for the star players, like those whose numbers are retired. In psychology there's a journal called American Psychologist and once a year they have an issue with the recipients of major awards like this one and everyone's always called it the Hall of Fame," said...
Philip C. Kendall, Laura H. Carnell Professor of Psychology at the College of Liberal Arts, has been awarded the 2025 American Psychological Association (APA) Award for
The 27th Annual Be Your Own Boss Bowl (BYOBB) took place on April 23rd, 2025. The entrepreneurial competition, hosted by the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute at the Fox School of Business, invites students, faculty and staff from all 17 of Temple's schools and colleges to pitch their budding business ideas. This year's grand prize went to Megan Kane, CLA '24, for the AI-Aware Writing Environment (AAWE).Kane, who recently completed her English PhD studies at Temple and is now an Assistant Professor at Seton Hall University, found that she and many of her peers in...
The 2025 Major League Baseball season is in full swing, coming off a season that hit a home run in attendance and viewership last year.
The league said it recorded its largest attendance in seven years with 71,348,366 at the end of the 2024 season. ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball had an average audience of 1,505,000 viewers, finishing with its most-watched season in five years. In streaming games, MLB.TV set a new high of 14.5 billion minutes watched. MLB's international viewership saw an +18% increase, as regular season games were played in Korea, Mexico City and London...
CLA Community Engagement celebrated student work this semester in our second annual Spring Showcase event! The event featured our 8 Community Scholars, our team of graduate and undergraduate students with the CLA Translation Institute, and students from two of this year's community engaged learning courses: Cybercrime (Criminal Justice) taught by Professor Aunshul Rege and the Urban Environment (GUS/ENST) taught by Professor Christina Rosan. Project displays from high school students in our University-Community Collaborative were also featured, including a poetry collection,...
Temple University's Master of Public Policy program hosted a panel speaker event on April 3rd, 2025, on "Strategies on Attaining Affordable Housing in Philadelphia and Beyond." This event brought together experts from the Philadelphia area and across the country to discuss this critical topic.Panelists included:Eileen Divringi, Community Development Research Manager, Federal Reserve Bank of PhiladelphiaJames E. Hartling, Partner, Urban PartnersKathryn Reynolds, Principal Policy Associate, Research to Action Lab, Urban InstituteErik Soliván, Director of Housing, City of San José...
New York Times bestselling author Nic Stone has developed a reputation for not shying away from important topics that impact young people. She is not afraid to face these tough topics head on, and she encourages others to do the same. That's one of the messages that she brought to Temple University last month when she visited its Center for Anti-Racism (CFAR) to take part in a special discussion. "Books create anchors, in my opinion," Stone said while speaking to the audience of nearly 100 high school students. "I would like for the books I create to create anchors for people...
New York Times bestselling author Nic Stone has developed a reputation for not shying away from important topics that impact young people. She is not afraid to face these
Dr. Franklin Moreno was lead-author on an article with Dr. Paul Boxer at Rutgers University (2025) titled Advancing a Transnational Ecological Systems Framework for Research on Exposure to Violence in the journal Developmental Review. The authors draw from multinational studies, research on exposure to community violence, Bronfenbrenner's ecological model of human development, and policy between the United States and Central America. Utilizing Central America as a case study, they show how transnational policies of the US are distal processes that impact youth proximal...
Members of Temple Economics Society and Professor Chris Swann attended the National Association for Business Economics Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.. The annual conference provides students with an opportunity to learn from and network with industry leaders. This year, students gained insights on timely and pressing matters of global economy, AI, monetary policy, and sustainable growth.
In Fall 2024, the Forensic Psych Club were the First Place Winners of CLA's first CJ Service Competition, with their idea: Comfort Kits of Kindness. On April 2, 2025 they partnered with Central Division Victim Service (CDVS) to host a Kit Packing Party, which was attended by 25 students. At the Kit Packing Party, CDVS educated students about the work they do to support victims the provided guidance for students in creating encouraging note to go in the Comfort Kits. Afterwards, students were responsible for stuffing their kit, with a variety of supplies (including blankets,...
The National Science and Technology Council in Taiwan (R.O.C.) sponsors distinguished international scholars to visit Taiwan, fostering academic exchange, inspiring local researchers, and informing policy improvements. This year, Dr. Rely Vîlcică an expert in criminal justice reform and comparative justice with a professional background as a judge in Romania, was awarded this prestigious grant to visit Taiwan from March 16 to March 23. During her visit, Dr. Vîlcică delivered two lectures on prosecutorial bail reform, using Philadelphia as a case study and drawing from her...
Whenever you make an online purchase or make a mobile payment, your cybersecurity is at risk. Understanding the human element behind these risks is the impetus behind
When we drive up to the gas pump at Wawa, our senses are immediately flooded: The large sign in red lettering signals us to pull in. Music and ads play on repeat. The
