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Temple Ambler Library: a future of innovation

by James F. Duffy

January 13

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...

CLA Promotes Diversity and Anti-Bias

Africology and African American Studies

CLA Promotes Diversity and Anti-Bias

by Richard Deeg

October 28

This past year has seen race and racial inequality return as hot topics of national debate and contention. The problems currently receiving heightened attention are not new, b...

CLA's Webinar to Explore Anti-Racism and Sustainability in Philly

Center for Sustainable Communities

CLA's Webinar to Explore Anti-Racism and Sustainability in Philly

by Nick Santangelo

September 14

By: Nick Santangelo Tomorrow, September 15, at 3:30 p.m., the College of Liberal Arts' (CLA) Center for Sustainable Communities will host a webinar called Envisioning an Ant...

New Faculty Publication: A Case Study of Aedes Albopictus in Southeastern Pennsylvania

by Nick Santangelo

October 30

A recent publication provides new evidence of drivers influencing the spatial distribution of invasive disease species. Traditionally, scientists have used environmental data...

New Report from the Center for Sustainable Communities Examines Infrastructure and Equity

Center for Sustainable Communities

New Report from the Center for Sustainable Communities Examines Infrastructure and Equity

by Nick Santangelo

October 03

The College of Liberal Arts' Center for Sustainable Communities (CSC) has released a new report in conjunction with a recent National Science Foundation funded three-day Sust...

The Amazon Is Changing in More Ways Than You Might Think

Center for Sustainable Communities

The Amazon Is Changing in More Ways Than You Might Think

by Nick Santangelo

March 04

By: Nick Santangelo The Amazon is changing. With decades of coverage of deforestation, that might not exactly be breaking news. But what is relatively new is how and why i...

Seven Key Climate Change Messages for Cities Like Philadelphia

by Nick Santangelo

January 30

By: Nick Santangelo "The clear message from the science is temperatures are clearly increasing, and this has basically been the message through the last several IPCC reports,"...

Dr. Karen Seto Lecture January 24th

Center for Sustainable Communities

Dr. Karen Seto Lecture January 24th

by Center for Sustainable Communities

January 10

Please join us for a lecture by Dr. Karen Seto. Karen Seto is the Frederick C. Hixon Professor of Geography and Urbanization Science at the School of Forestry and Environmen...

GIS Day at CLA Highlights a Major Spatial Analysis Application

by Nick Santangelo

November 21

By Nick Santangelo November 14 was GIS Day worldwide, including here at Temple University's College of Liberal Arts (CLA). GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Day provides ...

To Achieve Climate Sustainability, Facts Must Overcome Values

by Nick Santangelo

April 02

By: Nick Santangelo The number is 97. According to NASA, at least 97 percent of actively publishing climate scientists agree that the upward trend of climate warming over the ...

Why Urban Sustainability Research Is Crucial to Fighting Climate Change

by Nick Santangelo

April 02

By: Nick Santangelo After decades of declining populations, Philadelphia has been on the rise since the Great Recession. Millennials and others have increasingly left the subu...

Temple Symposium Explores Climate Change’s Equity Problems

by Nick Santangelo

March 27

By: Nick Santangelo It's called "global climate change" for a reason: it affects everyone around the globe. What's less talked about is that it doesn't affect everyone equally...

Geography and Urban Studies Faculty Advocate for Climate Change Policy Reform in Wake of Recent Natural Disasters

by Jillian Eller

October 10

by Jillian Eller | Environmental Studies On September 26, six faculty members from the Department of Geography and Urban Studies openly addressed recent natural disasters in...

Melissa R. Gilbert Named New Director of Center for Sustainable Communities

Center for Sustainable Communities

Melissa R. Gilbert Named New Director of Center for Sustainable Communities

by Joseph Master

July 07

By Joseph Master Chair and Professor of Geography and Urban Studies Dr. Melissa R. Gilbert—an expert in urban geography, feminist and critical race studies, and social actio...

Media Mentions

via Grid on June 08, 2022

Christina Rosan Featured in Grid Magazine

Christina Rosan, GUS Associate Professor and Fellow at the Center for Sustainable Communities, was featured in a Grid article on Disparities in...