Community Engagement

February 2017

Amy Goldberg and Scott Charles speaking to students in a trauma bay.

Feb. 28, 2017

- Community Engagement

Cradle to Grave marks 11 years teaching about gun violence

More than a decade ago, Temple University Hospital trauma surgeon Amy Goldberg for the first time […]

Rasheedah Phillips standing in front of a wall with a calendar and posters.

Feb. 27, 2017

- Community Engagement

Making space for the future

At first glance, the small storefront that sits close to the corner of 22nd Street and Ridge Avenue […]

Two volunteers shoveling dirt into buckets.

Feb. 23, 2017

- Community Engagement

Harvesting change during Global Days of Service—and yearlong

There’s something special on 11th Street near Main Campus. Walk north. You’ll see Edberg-Olson […]

Four students and teachers working together in a classroom.

Feb. 6, 2017

- Community Engagement

To combat identity erasure, students teach the teachers

A Temple program is helping high school teachers better understand student identities by flipping […]

January 2017

Two medical students showing middle school students a procedure in the hospital.

Jan. 27, 2017

- Community Engagement

From middle school to medical school

A group of doctors-in-training from Temple’s Lewis Katz School of Medicine are paving the way for […]

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

Jan. 23, 2017

- Community Engagement

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

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

A student painting a wall as part of a service project.

Jan. 20, 2017

- Community Engagement

Temple’s presence hundreds strong in MLK service efforts

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

The Martin Luther King Jr. monument in Philadelphia, PA.

Jan. 16, 2017

- Community Engagement

Living the legacy, 365 days a year

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

November 2016

a man and a woman smiling and holding a frozen turkey.

Nov. 23, 2016

- Community Engagement

Giving thanks and giving back

While many prepared to feast for Thanksgiving, a group of Temple students and staff spent the first […]

two firefighters teaching a female student how to perform CPR.

Nov. 23, 2016

- Community Engagement

Local students get a head start on selecting high schools

A few weeks before the fall and winter holidays, anxious seventh graders start the process of […]

a man looking over forms with attorneys as his young son sits on his lap.

Nov. 16, 2016

- Community Engagement

Temple Law honors veterans with ‘Wills for Heroes’

This Veterans Day held a special meaning for Jason Noren, an Iraq War veteran and Fox School of […]

Ta-Nehisi Coates talking with a black curtain behind him.

Nov. 3, 2016

- Community Engagement

A semester on plunder

The word plunder may bring to mind images of battle ax-wielding Vikings or the plot of an action […]