By: Nick Santangelo
On Oct. 27, tragedy struck at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue. Eleven people lost their lives and seven more were injured. It was the deadliest attack on the Jewish people in U.S. history.
Last Friday, the College of Liberal Arts (CLA) attempted to make sense of how such a horrible crime could be committed. To do so, History Professor Ralph Young dedicated his weekly Teach-in event to exploring American anti-Semitism. Religion Professor Mark Leuchter and History and Jewish Studies Professor Lila Corwin Berman engaged a near-capacity Gladfelter...
By: Nick Santangelo
Tomorrow is Election Day - don't forget to get out and vote! Pennsylvanians will vote in a gubernatorial, a senatorial and a number of congressional races. And although many residents may not know as much about them as they should, there are also a number of state legislator races to vote on.
The College of Liberal Arts' Master of Public Policy (MPP) program wants Philadelphians to better understand what exactly state senators and representatives do in Harrisburg and how it affects Philadelphia. In conjunction with Young Involved Philadelphia and the...
By: Nick Santangelo
In some countries, Election Day is a holiday. The United States is not one of them.
Election Day 2018 is Tuesday, Nov. 6, and Americans who want to vote will have to find a way to get away from work, school and other responsibilities to get to the polls. That's easier for some voters than it is for many others.
But it's imperative that as many voters get to the polls every November as possible. And since this year is a midterm election, it's even more important than it was last November. In addition to many important local and state races and issues...
By: Nick Santangelo
It's no secret that women are treated differently throughout the Muslim world, specifically in Afghanistan, than they are in the West. The difference between how men and women are treated is so extreme that some Afghan families even try to pass their daughters off as their sons.
For a long time—too long—the United States, and much of the West, didn't give the human rights issues faced by Muslim women the attention and support they needed. That all started to change, however, under the Bill Clinton presidential administration. Speaking as a guest of the...
By: Nick Santangelo
"My purpose here today is to blow your minds a little bit and to ask questions," journalist Jenny Nordberg told College of Liberal Arts Intellectual Heritage students Oct. 1 in the Howard Gittis Student Center.
Nordberg was "fascinated" that all Temple University undergraduates take Intellectual Heritage courses. She thinks "we all need that" in our lives. As it happened, Nordberg was on campus to share her account of a particular bit of Afghanistan heritage known as bacha posh, when parents dress and treat their daughters as if they were their sons...
Criminal Justice Associate Professor Jamie Fader has received a research grant from the National Institute of Justice for her project, Reducing Gang Violence: A Long-Term Follow-Up of a Randomized Trial of Functional Family Therapy. The project builds on a prior study conducted that examined the effects of a well-known program Functional Family Therapy that was modified to address young people at risk of joining gangs. Researchers found modest but positive short-term effects and also cost savings over treatment in that study and are now following up with the same research...
By: Taylor Allen
Internships.
Every professor, career advisor and fellow student will tell you that you need at least one to land that coveted full-time job after graduation. Being experienced, building your resume and networking is the recipe for a job, arguably more than a stellar GPA (but don't tell your professors I said that).
However, what isn't emphasized enough is that not all internships are beneficial. Here are five ways to ensure you're not wasting anyone's time—yours or your employer's.
1. Make Sure Your Presence Is Noticed
This doesn't mean you stomp...
By: Nick Santangelo and Colin Hammar
Dean Richard Deeg of The College of Liberal Arts (CLA) at Temple University has announced the creation of a new Public Policy Lab (PPL), a center for researchers who study public policies and the social processes relevant to their development and consequences. Launching its inaugural year of fellowships, workshops and colloquia in fall 2019, the PPL is accepting fellowship applications now with...
By: Nick Santangelo
Internships aren't just for undergrads. No matter how educated a student is or how much older than the traditional college student age group they are, they can always benefit from gaining more real-world work experience. Whether pursuing a masters, a PhD or another advanced degree, it's important to think about where you want to be after graduation.
"Most of us who teach graduate students don't really talk about what happens after you get your PhD and leave from here," Center for the Humanities at Temple (CHAT) Director Petra Goedde said on Oct....
By: Nick SantangeloCollege of Liberal Arts (CLA) Dean Richard Deeg put it simply and accurately enough: "One of the reasons we're here today is to make it possible for everyone to take an internship."Dean Deeg was speaking in Morgan Hall last Thursday for CLA's Leonard L. and Helena M. Mazur Alumni Networking Event. But that name is a bit of a misnomer. True, there was a trio of panelists, but each only spoke for a few minutes. For the majority of the event, groups of students, employers and alumni spent their time actually networking instead of just listening to others speak....
Temple University's Intellectual Heritage Program professors come from a wide array of programs and departments within the College of Liberal Arts. Learning how to teach such a diverse group of students has given our professors influence in how they relate to religion in their personal teachings as well as in the classroom. Read the full article in The Temple News, IH professors balance own faith in the classroom to learn more about this unique balance!
By: Nick Santangelo
To grab hold of her dreams, Liliana Velasquez first had to reach through her nightmares. Fleeing violence and poverty, Velasquez left her home of Guatemala at just 14 and headed through Mexico towards the United States. Along the way, she was robbed at gunpoint by narcos, arrested by Federales and spent four months in a detention center near Phoenix. When she was apprehended by Federales, Velasquez even organized 30 of her fellow migrants in convincing the arresting agents to let them go.
Those are just a few of the harrowing experiences Velasquez...
By: Nick Santangelo
Buying your first home can be an intimidating process that raises a ton of questions. How much money do you need for a down payment? What info do you need from your realtor and your lender? What tax programs can help you? What state and local policy issues affect homebuyers?
To answer those questions and more, the College of Liberal Arts' Master of Public Policy program, in conjunction with Temple University's Real Estate Institute and civic engagement organization Young Involved Philadelphia, held a Home Ownership 101 event at Temple University Center...
Dr. Richard G. Heimberg, the Thaddeus L. Bolton Professor of Psychology, collaborated with Dr. Marisol Tellez Merchán, Associate Professor in Kornberg School of Dentistry to attain a $2.59 million dollar grant to combat dental anxiety. This research has been covered by the following media outlets:
Temple News
Philly.com
Philly Voice
Philadelphia Business Journal
By: Nick Santangelo
America's partisan divide can make it feel like everyone on the other side is wrong about everything. That can make it seem impossible for conservatives and liberals to find common ground.
"There are these waves of growing divisions between Republicans and Democrats or conservatives and liberals," Neuroscience major Timur Rusanov told an audience of College of Liberal Arts students last Friday. It was part of a presentation he gave for the History Department's weekly Teach-in series in Gladfelter Hall's Weigley Room called The Neuroscience of...
By: Nick Santangelo | Photography: Colleen Stepanian
Fifty years and a series of kneel-downs later, have things changed? Can things change still? If they can, who's responsible for changing them and how can affect that change? They're questions that sociologist and civil rights activist Dr. Harry Edwards has spent his career and life exploring. Last Thursday night, he didn't hold back in telling ESPN's Howard Bryant exactly how he felt about those questions.
"I don't care what the era was, what the movement was," Dr. Edwards said to Bryant. "We've always come out of...
The Philosophy Department is sad to announce the death of one of its founding members, Professor Emeritus Sidney Axinn.
Sidney Axinn, Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, died September 25, 2018. He was born in 1923, and served in the U.S. Army from 1943-46. He received his PhD in Philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania in 1955. He began teaching at Temple University as an instructor in 1948 and served as department chair from 1952-1967, building the department from one faculty member to a size that supports a graduate program and has an international reputation in...
By: Nick Santangelo
So, you like words? No, you love words. When other students groaned about being assigned another paper in high school, you leaped at the opportunity to flex your creative muscles and construct words into stories or arguments that engage readers and make them think. As an English major at the College of Liberal Arts (CLA), you'll round out your natural ability by overcoming new challenges and become a more rounded writer.
But then what? What are you going to do with your English degree? Every writer wants to build a good audience for his or her...
The College of Liberal Arts is proud to introduce nine new alumni board members for 2018. These new members will join thirteen returning members and, together, will serve as the coordinating organization of alumni activities for the College of Liberal Arts.Ashton Adams, Political Science...
Yesterday, Forbes magazine published an interview with 2004 Alumni Ryan Bowers. The interview, Muni Bonds Are More Exciting Than You Think: An Activist Investor's Approach details Ryan's municipal finance startup company. Congratulations Ryan!
