Master of Public Policy student Brandon Boyer has started a new position as a Communications Analyst with the Bellevue Strategies. Bellevue Strategies uses its experience, relationships, and technology to plan, develop, and implement government relations strategies at the city and state level on specific legislative items. Congratulations, Brandon!
Professors Simon Hakim and Erwin Blackstone are coauthors (with Brian Meehan, Berry College) are coauthors of "No Child Left Behind in Foster Care," which appeared in the November 2021 volume of The Independent Review. They are also co-editors (with Robert M. Clark, EPA, ret.) of the Handbook on Public Private Partnerships in Transportation, Volume I, which was recently published by Springer.
The Temple University Ambler Library Building didn't escape the wrath of the EF2 tornado that ravaged campus on September 1, 2021. Ferocious winds and debris tore holes in the building's roof and blew out most of the large windows, threatening the collection of 130,000 books, periodicals, research material and historical archives inside.
"Our first concern was the care of the materials. That was paramount in our thinking — how to save what we had because we knew there was major damage to a number of books," said Sandi Thompson, Head of the Ambler Campus Library. "We focused...
The Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award has been presented to three Temple University doctoral students, who began their research fellowships this past
Temple University's Honors Program has appointed new leadership following the retirement of its longtime senior director, Ruth Ost. Taking the helm as director will be
The Temple Public Policy program is proud to partner with Rebuilding American Values, an organization led by Bob Wolper, to help place policy students in internships with trade unions across Pennsylvania. On November 15, 2021, current Master of Public Policy student Tyler Honschke testified before the PA Senate Democratic Policy Committee on the issue of worker misclassification and the future of work on behalf of IUPAT District Council 21. You can view a recording of the hearing here and read the testimony here.
Tyler and Master of Public Policy +1 student Cindy Yoo...
Master of Public Policy program alumnus Jack Inacker, CLA '21, recently published an op-ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer titled "Lingering echoes of Jan. 6 underscore the need to pass the Freedom to Vote Act." Read Inacker's full Inquirer op-ed.
In October 1981, Gregory Urwin stood among the crowd of 60,000 at the bicentennial celebration of the Battle of Yorktown in Yorktown, Virginia. In remembering the battle,
This year, we've seen a rivalry between billionaires come to fruition as they forge their way into space. Composed of entrepreneurs like Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos and
A historian and National Book Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author, Ibram X. Kendi, CLA '07, '10, is one of the country's most influential scholars, whose
This fall, Temple welcomed four new associate professors into the Department of Africology and African American Studies in the College of Liberal Arts. The department
Osimiri Sprowal, a Temple University College of Liberal Arts alum (CLA '20) whose life work is at the intersection of homeless rights activism, policy, and poetry has been named a 2022 Marshall Scholar. A Germantown, Philadelphia native, the Africology and African American Studies major will pursue a master's in Human Rights and Politics at the London School of Economics, as well as a master's in Applied Theatre: Art, Action, Change at the University of Warwick.
Sprowal sits among 40 peers to receive the 2022 Marshall Scholarship, including alum from the...
Professors Rhiannon Jerch and Viviane Sanfelice were recently awarded CLARA grants by the College of Liberal Arts to support their research project, "Do Electrical Blackouts Create Crime." Congratulations!
Economics PhD Thanh Lu, currently a post-doc at Cornell Medical College presented "Office-Based Mental Healthcare and Juvenile Arrests," coauthored with Economics Professor Catherine Maclean and Monica Deza (CUNY) at the Fall 2021 NBER Health Economics Fall Institute.
Samuel Titus (undergraduate Sociology major) for his paper "The Effects of Skin Color on Educational Attainment and Household Income in Contemporary Mexico" and Tyler Burgese (Sociology PhD student) for his paper "Fellas, Is It Gay to Sell Nudes? Sexual Storytelling and the Straight Men of OnlyFans" both won awards for their paper presentations at the 2021 meeting of the Pennsylvania Sociological Society in November. Visit this page to read about their papers in detail!
Professor Michael Leeds was interviewed by Inside HigherEd for an article on the skyrocketing salaries of college football coaches. Huge coaching contracts—unjustifiable or business as usual? Read the full article in Inside HigherEd titled "What Blockbuster Coaching Contracts Mean for Higher Ed".
On November 6, 2021, the Master of Public Policy (MPP) Program welcomed professionals, several of them MPP alumni, on campus for its Careers in Public Service Workshop. The workshop gave MPP students the opportunity to network and learn about careers in government, lobbying, advocacy and policy analysis. The keynote was delivered by Philadelphia City Commissioner Al Schmidt, who reflected on the many challenges that public servants face today.
Continue reading for six key takeaways and tips from two of the MPP students who attended the workshop.
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James Peterman was an eager sports fan. Katherine Keleman loved nature and animals. Matthew Melendez excelled at lacrosse. April Rochester was free-spirited and magnetic.
On November 9th, Professor Roman was a featured panelist in UPenn's annual Norman Glickman Lecture in Urban Studies, with this year's topic focusing on the Ecology of Homicide: Race, Place & Space in Postwar Philadelphia. Dr. Roman discussed how the historical and political context of the urban landscape creates hurdles for effective policymaking around gun violence. The entire lecture, including her comments, can be found on the The Ecology of Homicide Panel at Penn blog.
