Community Engagement

April 2019

Board of the North Central Special Services District

Apr. 5, 2019

- Community Engagement

Community residents partner with Temple to launch special services district

Longtime community residents are working with Temple administrators to form a special services […]

March 2019

Temple Ambler Campus

Mar. 18, 2019

- Community Engagement

Small Business Development Center opening at Temple Ambler

Every business, large and small, has to start from the ground up—a novel approach, a new idea, a […]

elementary school students playing instruments

Mar. 8, 2019

- Community Engagement

Repaired instruments return to Philadelphia schools

By Morgan Zalot

When Heaven Skipworth, a sixth grader at the Bache Martin School in Philadelphia’s Fairmount […]

February 2019

Roger Ideishi at the Academy of Natural Sciences

Feb. 28, 2019

- Community Engagement

The art of inclusion

When Roger Ideishi sent his graduate students into the Philadelphia community more than a decade […]

Temple Community Garden

Feb. 12, 2019

- Community Engagement

Temple Community Garden helps combat food insecurity

At the corner of Diamond and Carlisle streets, across from brick rowhouses sits a small garden with […]

Ulicia Lawrence-Oladeinde

Feb. 11, 2019

- Community Engagement

Pan-African Studies Community Education Program turns 40

On a blustery December Sunday, Thomas Bell sat next to his wife, Cynthia, in the Berean […]

January 2019

a student using an adaptive device

Jan. 3, 2019

- Community Engagement

Ongoing project provides custom devices to children with cerebral palsy

Two occupational therapy students from Temple University were looking to demonstrate a ramp they […]

December 2018

groundbreaking for Laborers District Council Training and Learning Center

Dec. 18, 2018

- Community Engagement

Laborers break ground on $22 million training center on North Broad

For North Philadelphia’s aspiring laborers, pathways to better jobs are coming closer to home—and […]

engineers inside the greenhouse

Dec. 14, 2018

- Community Engagement

Engineering students improve urban farm in senior design project

As a Temple student living just southeast of Main Campus, Brett Riley, ENG ’18, would often ride […]

November 2018

men cleaning the street near Temple's campus

Nov. 7, 2018

- Community Engagement

Temple tackles trash problem block by block

The sun is rising on a chilly fall morning just north of Norris and 16th streets. College students […]

Michael Clemmons at Temple Workforce Connections Hub

Nov. 7, 2018

- Community Engagement

Bridging the gap between community, resources

Temple University has introduced a new center that will provide programs that support sustainable […]

Shirley Moy sitting at a diner counter

Nov. 6, 2018

- Community Engagement

A Q&A with Shirley Moy

Shirley Moy is no stranger to helping oversee workforce development programs at Temple and in North […]