Name: Julia Mayro Degree: BA, Psychology with a Spanish minor College: College of Liberal Arts Hometown: Jenkintown, Pennsylvania Graduation year: 2023 Big Future: A
Temple University student Andrew Ankamah, Class of 2023, has paved the road to remarkable changes in his communities. On Feb. 9, he was announced as one of the McDonald's
The Public Policy Lab (PPL) in the College of Liberal Arts at Temple University and the Population Studies Center (PSC) at the University of Pennsylvania are excited to announce a new collaboration. PPL Director Judith Levine and PSC Director Emilio Parrado recently signed a General Collaboration Agreement between the two centers to promote academic research and training opportunities around policy-relevant population issues. A primary, but not exclusive, theme of the collaboration will be demographic change in the Philadelphia metropolitan area and its policy implications. ...
Name: Cameron BarhamDegree: BA, Psychology with a criminal justice minorCollege: College of Liberal ArtsHometown: Allentown, PennsylvaniaGraduation year: 2023Big Future:
When he sold his 2001 debut collection of short stories, Yellow, Don Lee had no plan to write a second book; he just couldn't find a book deal that didn't include a follow-up novel. Five books and nearly two decades later, Lee's work is being recognized with one of the most coveted and prestigious awards a writer can receive, with an eye on what's yet to come.
Lee, a Professor and Director of Temple's Creative Writing MFA program, has been awarded a 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship. This year, 171 Guggenheim fellows were named spanning 48 disciplines, but Lee is...
On May 2 the College of Liberal Arts celebrated the 2023 Baccalaureate recipients.
The ceremony was held in Mazur Hall where the recipients accepted their awards and key faculty and mentors gathered to congratulate students. Alum Eric Schlesinger (CLA '73), who is an active CLA Board of Visitors member and a dedicated mentor to CLA students was the keynote speaker. His message, along with remarks from Dean Richard Deeg and Senior Vice Dean for Undergraduate Affairs, Annette McMenamin Bakley were ones of inspiration and encouragement.
Check out the gallery of photos on our...
In light of recognizing the importance of diversity issues and celebrating AAPI Heritage Month, the Department of Criminal Justice held its first-ever AAPI Speaker Series by inviting two scholars, Dr. Sheetal Ranjan from Montclair State University and Dr. Jin Lee from George Mason University, to share their research and academic journeys with our faculty and students.On April 27, Dr. Ranjan discussed the importance of integrating healthcare perspectives into criminal justice system issues by indicating how healthcare networks have a role in addressing social determinants of...
This year's College of Liberal Arts' (CLA) undergraduate graduation ceremony will be held at the Liacouras Center on Wednesday, May 10 at 9:30 a.m. The Graduate ceremony will be held at Mazur Hall in room 17, Friday, May 12, at 10:00 a.m.
We are so proud of all of our graduates! Congratulations to you all.
This year, we have the pleasure of welcoming Shawn McCaney (CLA '87) as the keynote speaker for the undergraduate ceremony. McCaney is the Executive Director at the William Penn Foundation. Prior to his appointment as Executive Director, he was...
Director and producer Lynn Novick visited Temple's campus on March 16 to discuss her new film series, The U.S. and the Holocaust, a new three-part, six-hour documentary
Michael Leeds is featured in an IZA World of Labor panel discussion of Sports and Labor Markets, hosted by Daniel Hamermesh and featuring Lawrence Kahn (Cornell University) and Kerry Papps (Bradford University - UK). You can view the panel discussion on YouTube.
The Philosophy Department congratulates Clara McKnight, Nordev Prize winner for the 2022-2023 academic year, for her preliminary exam on Cavendish on Perception. Congratulations Clara!
by Department of Africology and African American Studies
April 28
On April 8, 2023, the Organization of Africology and African American Graduate Students (OAAAGS) held its 2nd Annual Conference at the Center for Anti-Racism on "African Consciousness: An Exposition of Emerging Scholarship in Africana Studies and Africology." A well-attended and impeccably organized event, the conference featured, in addition to Temple's own Department of Africology and African American Studies students, graduate students from UPenn, Capella University, UMass Boston, and the University of South Carolina.
Undergraduate student Maansi Suvarna (class of 2024), double major in biology and philosophy has the paper, The Importance of Intersectionality in Healthcare, accepted for publication in the Spring 2023 Issue of the Penn Bioethics Journal.
Way back in 1659, James Howell knew that "all work and no play" was a bad idea. Today, scientific evidence from Temple's Infant and Child Lab clearly demonstrates that young children will be woefully underprepared for the modern job market if they do not learn to be curious and creative explorers. Originality and novelty, not just productivity will be the valued currency for the next generation. As we enter into this age of creativity, it is critical that we re-insert these skills back into classrooms.
Professor Kathy Hirsh-Pasek thinks that playful...
Temple University's College of Liberal Arts (CLA) held its annual Liberal Arts Undergraduate Research Awards (LAURAs) Ceremony last week. The LAURAs grant $2,000 each to undergraduate student-faculty member teams to conduct a research project over the course of a semester. Each student earns a $15/hour stipend from the grant while spending 100 hours on the project, which enables students to dedicate their time to developing research skills without having to worry about their financial well-being. Sandra Suárez, Deputy Dean and director of the LAURAs program was the master of...
Creative Writing Professor Don Lee has been awarded a prestigious 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship. Award recipients are selected on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise.
For his project, he will be writing a neo-noir novel entitled Every Mean, which will have more of a global, international focus than in his previous work, hopping between countries in Asia and Europe. It'll be about a disgraced K-pop star named Kyung S.Y. who's hired by a Hong Kong billionaire to get Kyung's former lover to inscribe a photo to a Chinese dissident. Or so...
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College of Liberal Arts (CLA) empowers students to use their liberal arts education to become agents of change in their communities. One initiative students participate in is the Community Scholars Program. Led by director of Community Engagement, Heather Lewis-Weber, this is a paid, 10-week program that helps students build leadership skills and critical tools for social impact. Through the program, students engage directly with community leaders and develop an awareness of social issues impacting local communities to aid in developing their own,...
Temple history professor Ralph Young has been named a Fulbright Specialist. Young will travel to the University of Rome to teach a four-week seminar, a condensed version of the Cold War Culture in America course he teaches at Temple.
The Fulbright Specialist Program provides opportunities for academic professionals to take on two-to-six week projects overseas. Award recipients are selected for their expertise and achievement in their fields, as well as their potential for fostering relationships with other institutions while abroad.
The seminar will examine how...
More than 50 years ago, Temple students flooded the North Philadelphia roads of Broad Street for hours to demand that the university be more responsive to African
The College of Liberal Arts (CLA) hosted the annual Celebration of Faculty Awards ceremony on March 27, 2023. The Master of Ceremony, Sandra L. Suaréz, CLA Deputy Dean, kicked off the ceremony by acknowledging our faculty's outstanding accomplishments in teaching, research and service before and during this challenging academic year. And to quote the United States Post Office, she remarked, "Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night … will keep us from celebrating our remarkable faculty." The Edward Buthusiem Faculty Research AwardDean Richard Deeg took the...
