In her Commencement speech three years ago, Paige Hill, CLA '18, spoke to the graduating class of Owls with words inspired by Shirley Chisholm: "If they don't give you a

Over the past year, the Asian American community has been inundated by a wave of racially motivated attacks, including verbal abuse, vandalism, beatings and the shootings

Master of Public Policy (MPP) student Sara Joseph recently started a new position as the support coordinator for the Philadelphia Bail Fund. The Philadelphia Bail Fund is dedicated to ending the cash bail system. The fund pays bail at the earliest possible moment for people who are indigent and cannot afford bail—ideally before they are transferred from their holding cell to jail. The Philadelphia Bail Fund also subjects the impact of its work to evaluation and uses the results to educate policymakers and lobby for reform. Joseph is expected to complete her MPP in 2021....

Master of Public Policy (MPP) student Erik Long was recently hired as a Business Analyst at Grant Street Group. Grant Street Group specializes in cloud-based government solutions for tax collection, e-payments and auctions. Long is expected to complete his MPP in 2021. Congratulations, Erik!

Kaya Jones, CLA '20, knows a thing or two about blazing a path. As a senior, the Journalism and Political Science major was one-third of Temple University's first-ever all-female student government leadership team.  But even pioneers need a helping hand from time to time. So when Jones was offered the chance to acquire a mentor just a few months after she graduated, she jumped at the opportunity. A few months later, she would find herself jumping into her mentor's former job. It all began in July when Jones was working in her first post-graduation job as a project...

Professor Douglas Duckworth is the 2020 recipient of the Distinguished Research Grant in Tibetan Buddhist Studies from the Tsadra Foundation. The prestigious grant is awarded to a scholar who has made significant contributions to the field of Tibetan Buddhist Studies and is considered one of the highest awards in Tibetan Buddhist scholarship. With support from the Tsadra Foundation, Dr. Duckworth will study and translate Künzang Sönam's 915-page commentary on The Way of the Bodhisattva, The Excellent Vase.  Dr. Duckworth will be joined in a...

If you're going to spend a couple of years of your life studying history as a graduate student, you could do worse than choosing the Birthplace of the Nation as your study locale. At Temple University's College of Liberal Arts (CLA), students pursuing a History master's degree with a Public History concentration don't just have the opportunity to examine history through an advanced critical lens inside the classroom. They also have the chance to explore the campus' backyard for some real-world learning and career experiences at some of the United States' most historically...

Every day, College of Liberal Arts (CLA) students are shaping the future here and beyond—and not just their own futures, either. This semester, a group of six English majors are tutoring Philadelphia-area kids age three to 17 through a program called Mighty Writers. The English Department's student tutors are: Sherlana Charles, Sarah Hendricks, Charles Miller, Thomas Muzekari, Luke Powell and Audrey Purins. As tutors, the English majors spend some time every week helping the kids with their homework and studies over Zoom. While the kids being tutored are...

Marguerite Robinson is a 2016 graduate in Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience and a 2018 graduate of the MS in Neuroscience Program. She is currently a neurocognitive specialist at NeuroRestorative. What is your current position like? Providing one-on-one cognitive rehabilitation services in the home, community and school/workplace. I focus on areas such as deficits in executive functioning, memory and attention. What I enjoy most about my job is assisting clients to reach their full potential and independence.  Describe your career path. I was...