News

January 2017

Papers with notes about fantasy football.

Jan. 24, 2017

Professor wins award for research on fantasy sports

Daily fantasy sports are far from a get-rich-quick strategy. In 2015, 1.3 percent of daily fantasy […]

Bottles and pills on display.

Jan. 23, 2017

Chemistry research group earns nearly $4 million in grants

Assistant Professor of Chemistry William Wuest has reason to be proud.A team led by Wuest, a Daniel […]

A student and an administrator getting their picture taken with a cell phone.
Hillel Hoffman -  

Jan. 23, 2017

‘Changed my life’: Program graduates step closer to dreams

By Hillel Hoffman

Martin Luther King Jr. Day was a quiet day at Temple University s Main Campus, with one exception. […]

Students walking in front of a Temple T .
Ben Palestino -  

Jan. 20, 2017

State selects Temple to receive one of its first ‘It’s On Us’ grants

By Ben Palestino

Temple will receive more than $25,000 in funding to combat sexual assault on campus after […]

Jorge Gomez Sanchez playing soccer.

Jan. 20, 2017

Major League Soccer team selects first Owl in SuperDraft

Making history for the Temple men's soccer program, midfielder Jorge Gomez Sanchez, Class of 2017, […]

A student painting a wall as part of a service project.
Jazmyn Burton -  

Jan. 20, 2017

Temple’s presence hundreds strong in MLK service efforts

By Jazmyn Burton

Gregory Bonaparte stood in front of a group of Temple students and laid out the ground rules for a […]

Students working with a prosthetic hand in a classroom.

Jan. 18, 2017

Engineering seniors design innovations to improve life

From potential medical breakthroughs to innovative solutions for everyday problems, the projects […]

Peter Lelkes looking at a device in the lab.
Morgan Zalot -  

Jan. 17, 2017

Professor’s bone-repair technology moves closer to the OR

By Morgan Zalot

Joseph Connell knows the pitfalls of repairing broken bones with metal. Nearly two decades ago, […]

The Martin Luther King Jr. monument in Philadelphia, PA.
Jazmyn Burton -  

Jan. 16, 2017

Living the legacy, 365 days a year

By Jazmyn Burton

Each year, countless Americans take Martin Luther King Jr. Day as an opportunity to take a step […]

Books on a bookshelf in Samuel Paley Library.

Jan. 16, 2017

Alumnus’ history of racism wins National Book Award

Ibram X. Kendi, CLA 07, 10, intended his latest book to be a history of the black studies movement […]

Johnny Young standing in front of a stained glass window.

Jan. 13, 2017

Traveler's assurance

When Johnny Young was 7 years old, he boarded a northbound train called the Silver Meteor in his […]

The exterior of Samuel Paley Library.
Morgan Zalot -  

Jan. 13, 2017

Temple leads library-press integration

By Morgan Zalot

Amid a quickly evolving publishing and digital scholarship landscape, Temple s libraries and […]