To honor Temple University's August 2008 and January 2009 graduates, the College of Liberal Arts invites you to participate in our Bachelor's and Master's College Ceremony on Thursday, February 5th, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. in McGonigle Hall. More information is available on the graduation website.

Gov. Ed Rendell on Monday lifted a moratorium on paroling Pennsylvania's violent offenders after a consultant concluded that the state's current procedures for evaluating and supervising them are largely safe and effective. But the review by Temple University's John Goldkamp, a nationally recognized expert on incarceration, also said the state's parole system must do a better job of identifying violent offenders who pose the greatest threat to public safety. [More]

“If it's true that adversity and hardship can bring out creativity,” said Miles Orvell, professor of English and American studies at Temple University, “then the Great Depression was one of the great creative periods of our time.” The Great Depression is currently all the rage, with New Yorkers hosting Depression parties, peasant skirts and newsboy caps making a return on the runways, and Netflix rentals of The Grapes of Wrath on the rise. But that 1939 Steinbeck novel is not the only Depression-era work worth taking a second (or a first) look at from our current perspective in what some are calling the New Depression. [More]

Applying for and winning a Fulbright can be a life-changing experience. That's what Temple Ph.D. candidate Michele Louro discovered when she won a Fulbright for 2008-2009 to study Indian history.The Fulbright Program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, provides participants worldwide with the opportunity to observe each others' political, economic and cultural institutions, exchange ideas and conduct joint research. [More]

Twilight, the movie based on the best-selling Twilight Saga series of books, is a cultural phenomenon, with what is arguably the most passionate pre-teen fan base of any literary adaptation since Harry Potter. And, with the success of the HBO series True Blood, vampires are on the minds of adults as well. This is no surprise to Peter Logan, who says that throughout history vampires have mirrored their times. [More]

Christina, who is majoring in English and Secondary Education with minors in Sociology and Anthropology, maintains a GPA of 3.90. Christina also works full time while serving as a Diamond Peer Teacher and has volunteered to tutor adult learners and GED students at the Center for Literacy. These are just a few of the accomplishments that lead to Christina's most recent achievment. For more information, visit the Marshall Scholarships website.

Every day 85 Americans die by suicide and hundreds of thousands more make attempts every year. The vast majority of recent studies on suicide have focused on identifying psychiatric risk factors. However, a new study by Temple University Sociology Professor Matt Wray, published online this month in Social Science and Medicine, explores time and place as factors in suicide by closely analyzing the patterns of suicide in a single geographic area—Las Vegas—over a 30 year period. [More]

When Temple University Political Science Professor Gary Mucciaroni looked across the spectrum of gay rights issues, he saw a puzzle: Why have gays and lesbians been so successful in achieving some of their goals and not others? [More]

The NSF has rewarded Nora Newcombe, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Tim Shipley, and Jason Chein of CLA's Department of Psychology, by providing full funding for the research undertaken in conjunction with SILC. [More]

This major research project, led by Center for Vietnamese Philosophy, Culture, and Society Director Philip Alperson and Center Research Fellow Ngo Thanh Nhan, is an effort to save the endangered Nôm archive at the Institute of Social Science Information (ISSI) in Hanoi, Vietnam. Nôm is the ideographic “national script” used in Vietnam for over 1,000 years since the country's independence from China in 939. [More]

The most recent Temple Poll shows that the Pennsylvania electorate supports the principle of a divided federal government. [More]

When treating children with anxiety disorders, combining cognitive behavioral therapy - developed by Psychology's Philip C. Kendall - with an antidepressant medication is most effective. [More]

Governor Rendell has asked John Goldkamp, chair of Criminal Justice, to head a " top-to-bottom review" of how the state releases violent offenders in the wake of the shooting of Officer Patrick McDonald. [More]

When the class period ends, the real work begins for students in associate professor Michael Hagen's political science experiential learning course. In addition to completing course work designed to acquaint students with the systematic study of campaigns, each student in Hagen's class maintains an internship with a local political organization. [More]

Kevin Arceneaux, an assistant professor of political science at Temple University, says that stealing a presidential candidate's sign is “an illusion of control. If you ask a person, "Hey, that person has a [McCain or Obama] sign in their front yard, are you going to vote for them?' That person will say, "Of course not.' ”

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Monday, October 6, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Weigley Room, 914 Gladfelter

Hear Roald Hoffman, Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry and poet, read from his verse. Joining him will be Temple's distinguished poet, Jena Osman, who will read from “The Periodic Table as Assembled by Dr. Zhivago, Oculist.”

Temple President Ann Weaver Hart hopes Temple students will pursue personal and intellectual growth through international experiences — so much so that she and her husband, Randy, have established a scholarship to support the cost of passport fees for Temple undergraduate students who plan to study abroad. In an increasingly global society, Hart said, educational experiences outside the United States are no longer simply a luxury. [More Information]

The January 2009 graduation application is now online at http://www.temple.edu/cla/graduation/application/. Please note that the deadline to apply for January graduation is October 15th.