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| CLA Faculty Honored |
The College of Liberal Arts was proud to have two faculty members, Professor John Raines of the Department of Religion and Professor Diana Woodruff-Pak of the Department of Psychology, honored at the recent Faculty Convocation. The annual ceremony recognizes some of Temple’s most outstanding faculty members.
Professor John Raines of the Department of Religion was presented with the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching. The Lindback Awards for Distinguished Teaching were established with the help of the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation and recognizes academic excellence and outstanding teaching. Professor Raines has been an extraordinary teacher for four decades at Temple University. He consistently receives excellent student evaluations from the variety of religion courses he teaches as well as Intellectual Heritage. Professor Raines is frequently described as inspiring and energetic, and the Honors Students voted him Professor of the Year in 2004.
Professor Diana Woodruff-Pak of the Department of Psychology was honored with the Paul Eberman Faculty Research Award. This award is given annually for either a single research study or a body of research work on a given topic that is considered to be a major contribution. Professor Woodruff-Pak is a nationally recognized leader in the field of learning, memory and degenerative disease. She has been a leading figure in developing the model system approach as a way to address many basic problems in her field. She has been awarded several honors, including membership this year in Temple’s Million Dollar Research Club, The Researcher of the Year award from the Pavlovian Society and is a fellow of the American Association of the Advancement of Science.
For more information on the award winners, please visit http://www.temple.edu/temple_times/4-13-06/teaching_awards.html
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| Mediating Practices - New directions in visual anthropology and cross-cultural mediamaking |
What’s next in the arts and praxis of cultural representation? Join us April 11-14, 2006 as scholars and mediamakers consider the future of visual anthropology in a weeklong festival of screenings, lectures, and a symposium.
View Schedule Online | Download Poster
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| Temple Undergraduate Research Forum - Creative Works Symposium (TURF-CreWS) |
TURF-CreWS 2006 will be held on Wednesday 5 April, 2006, 8:00 a.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Posters, oral presentation of papers, exhibits, and performances will be featured 8:00 a.m. through 4:00 p.m. in the Student Activity Center (SAC) Rooms 200A-C, the SAC underground and the SAC Cinema. The TURF-CREWS will close with a music performance by students and a Certificate Ceremony for students in Rock Hall from 7:00-8:30 pm.
The Temple Undergraduate Research Forum - Creative Works Symposium (TURF-CreWS) provides ambitious, intellectually motivated undergraduate students the opportunity to present and defend their original research or creative work to a forum of colleagues, faculty, family, and friends. TURF is open to all departments and all colleges. Through its emphasis on original research and theory-driven critical analysis of significant social issues, TURF seeks to inspire undergraduate students to engage, analyze, critique, and advise the world around them; beginning with their own social, ideological, or cultural communities; so that they may contribute ideas that make for a better society and world.
TURF welcomes research from every discipline. All Schools, Colleges, Departments and Programs in the University are eligible to nominate undergraduate student papers, posters and works for TURF. TURF-CREWS participation is on a competitive basis.
For more information and a complete schedule, visit http://www.temple.edu/vpus/programs_initiatives/turf/index.htm
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| Temple Debate Prepares for the National Championships |
The Temple Debate team’s year of transition is nearing a close as they prepare for National’s, held this year at Oregon State University the weekend of March 24th. After hiring a new faculty coach this year, and with the increased support of the College of Liberal Arts, the team has made great strides in a short amount of time.
The team has made two major trips so far this year to tournaments sanctioned by the National Parliamentary Debate Association, the largest college debate organization in the country. At both Colorado College and Pt. Loma Nazarene University (CA), Temple teams boasted winning records against some of the strongest debate programs in the country. Temple continues to travel the more local, student run American Parliamentary Debate Association circuit, where the team now regularly takes home speaker awards and other honors.
This will be Temple’s first trip to the National Parliamentary Debate Association’s National Championship Tournament. Over 250 debate teams are expected to attend, making it the largest debate event held in the United States. The tournament will culminate in the debate equivalent of “March Madness,” with over 100 teams competing in a single elimination bracket to crown a national champion.
Anyone interested in debate is encouraged to contact Dr. Marcus Paroske at paroske@temple.edu.
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| Social Science Perspectives on Health Care: Disparities in the U.S. |
The College of Liberal Arts invites all students and faculty to a NSF conference on Social Science Perspectives on Health Care: Disparities in the U.S. The conference will focus on how for many years in the United States, members of minority communities have suffered from inadequate access to health care resources and services. These problems have inspired a wide range of research from the disciplinary perspectives of Anthropology, Sociology, Psychology, Political Science, Urban Studies, and Public Health. Join us on Temple’s main campus in Anderson Hall (ground floor) on Saturday, March 25, starting with registration and coffee at 8:30 a.m. Sessions begin at 9 and run until 5 P.M. For more information visit http://www.temple.edu/cla/agep/. |
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| CLA Clinical Psychology Program Ranked 9th in the Nation |
Temple’s doctoral program in clinical psychology ranks ninth in the nation based on the number of publications and citations of its full-time faculty, according to a study by Louisiana State University. In a survey of 157 American Psychological Association-approved psychology Ph.D. programs, the study noted that Temple ranked 14th in publication rankings and eighth in citation rankings, combining for an impressive composite ranking of ninth overall. Individually, professors Philip C. Kendall and Richard Heimberg were ranked fifth and 12th in the nation, respectively, on the number of publications and citations to their work, out of the total number of full-time faculty in all 157 programs. For more information please read the Temple Times article. |
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| Celebration of CLA - January 27, 2006 |
Join us for a Celebration of CLA and a conversation with Dr. Milton Goldberg (CLA ’52), former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the US Department of Education who directed the federal commission that produced the landmark “A Nation at Risk” report. Dr. Goldberg will speak to the successes and failures of this report, as well as the current state of education in America. After a brief talk, Dr. Goldberg will facilitate a question/answer question with the audience and will join us for a wine and cheese reception following the event. To read the original report, please go to http://www.ed.gov/pubs/NatAtRisk/risk.html.
This is a Faculty/Staff Campaign Event that will also feature Philip Alperson, Acting Dean; Stuart Sullivan, Vice President of Development; Angela Scott, Director of Undergraduate Affairs and Faculty/Staff Campaign Co-Chair; and Michael Boyle, CLA Student in the Department of English. Your attendance is strongly encouraged as this is sure to be a unique opportunity for our College’s faculty and staff. Join us at 2:00 p.m. on January 27th in the Feinstone Lounge, Sullivan Hall. Please RSVP to Clair Martin, 204-7748 or martinc@temple.edu by January 20th.
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| Commencement |
Winter Ceremony - The College of Liberal Arts Diploma Ceremony will take place February 2, 2006 in McGonigle Hall at 3 p.m. Kevin Delaney, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professor of Sociology will address the graduates. All graduates are asked to report to Pearson Hall, Room 145, at 2:30 p.m. to assemble for the ceremony. Following the ceremony, a reception for graduates and their families along with diploma distribution will take place in the Great Court of Mitten Hall. Graduates must bring photo ID and pick up their diplomas by 4:45 p.m. in the Owl Cove of Mitten Hall.
Spring Ceremony - All CLA seniors applying to graduate on May 18, 2006 must do so by February 15, 2006. Students should visit http://www.temple.edu/cla/graduation/ to complete the online application. Anyone with questions should visit the Academic Advising Center, 1801 Liacouras Walk, 3rd floor.
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| Creative Writing Students Encourage Young Authors |
Natacha Leonard and Mecca Sullivan, both second-year students in Temple’s graduate program in creative writing, knew at a young age that they wanted to become writers. Sullivan decided on that career as early as fifth grade, and Leonard had an elementary school teacher who prodded her to keep writing.
Now, thanks to an initial series of young author workshops at the Tree House Books children’s bookstore in North Philadelphia, Leonard and Sullivan are returning the favor for a group of students from Duckrey Elementary School. [more]
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| “Civil Rights Icon and Freedom Fighter: Rosa Parks’ Engagement with American History” |
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The Temple University community is invited to join the College of Liberal Arts as faculty, students and community members pay tribute to Rosa Parks and the Civil Rights Movement. Rosa Parks, the woman known as the "mother of the civil rights movement," died on October 31, 2005. Ms. Parks turned the course of American history by refusing in 1955 to give up her seat on a bus for a white man.
The panel discussion entitled, “Civil Rights Icon and Freedom Fighter: Rosa Parks’ Engagement with American History” , will take place on Thursday, November 10, 2005 from 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in Kiva Auditorium of Ritter Hall.
The Temple Gospel Choir Ministries will share a musical selection.
For additional information, contact Angela Scott, Director of Undergraduate Affairs for the College of Liberal Arts, at angela.scott@temple.edu. |
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| 2005-06 Iris and Eugene Rotberg Undergraduate Research Humanities Awards |
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The Center for the Humanities and the College of Liberal Arts are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2005-06 Iris and Eugene Rotberg Undergraduate Research Humanities Awards. These awards enable faculty members to work with undergraduate research assistants on humanities-related research projects. This year’s recipients are:
- Beth Bailey, Department of History, for her project, “To Be All You Can Be: Recruiting the All Volunteer Army.” This is a social and cultural history of recruiting since the late 1960s. It analyzes the changing ways that the army has “sold” itself to potential recruits, influencers, and to the larger American public, positioning specific recruiting campaigns in broader historical context and in relation to concrete governmental debates about the role and mission of the U.S. military. Katia Duey, a Psychology major, will be working with Professor Bailey.
- Richard Joslyn, Department of Political Science, for his project, an inquiry into the stories Americans have been told recently about the condition of our polity as it relates to economic inequality—existence and extent, causes and consequences. In particular, to assess the extent to which these “stories communicate symbolic meaning, value, and purpose, this project will investigate the “story-telling” that appears in relevant and appropriate media before, during, and after Katrina hit the Gulf Coast.” Andrea Holland, a double-major in Public Relations and Political Science, will assist Professor Joslyn.
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| Black Civil Society in American Political Life: A Conference in Honor of Martin J. Kilson |
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Martin J. Kilson, Frank G. Thomson Professor of Government, Emeritus, Harvard University, is one of the first African Americans to have been granted tenure at that institution. In the course of his career, Dr. Kilson has produced some of the most influential studies of African-American political life and sub-Saharan African politics. This conference will be a meeting of scholars whom he has mentored over a period spanning nearly five decades. The theme of black civil society in American political life pertains to the social and political concern that has guided Professor Kilson throughout his illustrious career. Please join us on Thursday, September 22, 2005 in Shusterman Hall at Temple University from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. For more information, please contact Lewis Gordon at ISRST@temple.edu or 215-204-5621.
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| Philip Alperson Appointed Acting Dean of the College of Liberal Arts |
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| Provost Ira M. Schwartz has announced that Philip Alperson, professor and chair of philosophy, has been appointed as the acting dean of the College of Liberal Arts effective Monday, August 15. He steps into the role vacated by Susan Herbst, who has been named the provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at SUNY-Albany. (more) |
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| CENFAD Conference: "Small Arms and Light Weapons: From a New Challenge to a New Field of Research." |
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On July 9-10 the History Department's Center for the Study of Force and Diplomacy (CENFAD), in conjunction with the Harry Frank Guggenheim foundation, sponsored a conference held at Columbia University titled, "Small Arms and Light Weapons: From a New Challenge to a New Field of Research." CENFAD Assistant Director Dr. Regina Gramer of Temple’s Department of History and Dr. Ed Laurance of the Monterey Institute of International Studies sought to create a forum for scholars who conduct research on small arms issues from a wide range of disciplines. The premise of the conference, which attracted experts from around the globe, including historians, anthropologists, public health workers, political scientists, and sociologists, was that small arms and light weapons constitute one of the key challenges to national and global security in the Twenty-first century. The conference is the first of three that CENFAD will organize with the goal of creating a new academic discipline tentatively titled "Small Arms Studies." Under the direction of Dr. Gramer and Dr. Richard Immerman, the chair of the History Department and CENFAD director, Temple is pioneering an interdisciplinary field. The projected research center at Temple devoted to small arms studies will be the first of its kind in North America. For more information visit the conferences page at the CENFAD website.
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| Psychology Professor Testifies Before Congress |
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| Distinguished University Professor of Psychology Laurence Steinberg recently urged Congressional leaders to pass legislation that would lead to better coordination of federal services for young people and teens. Testifying before the Subcommittee on Select Education, which is part of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce, Steinberg urged lawmakers to support passage of the Federal Youth Coordination Act. For more information, visit: http://www.temple.edu/temple_times/7-14-05/steinberg.html |
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| Professor Heimberg Honored by Alma Mater |
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| Professor Richard G. Heimberg, the David Kipnis Distinguished Faculty Fellow in Psychology, was recently named the Doctoral Graduate of Distinction for 2004-2005 by the Department of Psychology of Florida State University. Professor Heimberg earned his doctorate in psychology from Florida State University in 1977. In accepting the award, Heimberg was invited to Tallahassee to give the keynote address at the Department's annual Graduate Research Day. To learn more about Professor Heimberg, who also serves as Director of Clinical Training and Director of the Adult Anxiety Clinic http://www.temple.edu/phobia/ of Temple University, visit http://www.temple.edu/psychology/FacultyWebs/Heimberg/heimberg.html. |
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| Graduate Student Awarded J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship |
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The Department of History is proud to announce that Ginger Davis, a Ph.D. student working with Professors Richard Immerman, David Farber and Bryant Simon, has been awarded a J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship to Vietnam. Davis will spend next year in Vietnam collecting material for her dissertation, "The Color of War: The US, Vietnam, and Racial Ideologies, 1945-65." Her dissertation examines and evaluates the extent to which the issue of race influenced North and South Vietnamese relations with the US. While in Vietnam, Davis intends to interview Vietnamese representative of different locales and ethnicities, read press accounts, and collect archival material for the purpose of identifying North and South Vietnamese premises about racial assumptions in the U.S. and assessing the strategies these premises generated.
To learn more about graduate study in the Department of History, please visit the History Department Graduate Program Website.
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| Outstanding Faculty Honored |
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| Professors Marsha Weinraub and Richard Heimberg , both of the Department of Psychology, were honored by Temple University as outstanding educators and researchers at its 2005 Faculty Awards Convocation. Professor Weinraub was the recipient of the Great Teacher Award and Professor Heimberg was awarded the Faculty Research and Creative Achievement Award. To learn more, please visit: http://www.temple.edu/temple_times/4-21-05/greatteachers.html. |
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| Noël Carroll Installed as Mellon Professor |
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Professor Noël Carroll is the Andrew W. Mellon Term Professor in the Humanities at Temple University. He delivered the 2005 Inaugural Andrew Mellon Lecture on Monday, April 18th at 3:00 PM in Shusterman Hall. Professor Carroll’s topic was "Art and Alienation."
Professor Carroll is the author or editor of 15 books and hundreds of articles on a wide range of humanistic and cultural topics. His books include The Philosophy of Horror or Paradoxes of the Heart, Interpreting the Moving Image, and A Philosophy of Mass Art. Professor Carroll has taught at a variety of universities including New York University, Cornell University, and Columbia University. Most recently he was Monroe Beardsley Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
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| Celebrating Undergraduate Research |
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| Please join us to discuss the results of scholarly research conducted by CLA students during the 2004/2005 academic year. Feel free to attend the following events for any period of time during the hours specified below:
Department of Psychology Honors Student Poster Session:
May 3rd from 11-1.
Weiss Hall, 6th Floor.
Department of Political Science Honors Student Poster Session:
May 3rd from 1-3,
Gladfelter Hall, Lobby. |
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| CLA Diploma Ceremony and Department Celebration Luncheons |
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Temple University's 118th Commencement Exercises will be held Thursday, May 19, at the Liacouras Center. Instructions and information is available at http://www.temple.edu/commencement/
The 2005 College of Liberal Arts Diploma Ceremony will take place after Commencement at 4:00 PM in McGonigle Hall. We invite all students, parents, and friends to attend the proceedings.
All celebration luncheons for academic departments and their majors will commence at 12:45 PM on May 19th, preceding the Diploma Ceremony.
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| Recent Africana Philosophy in Three Movements |
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On April 7th and 8th, 2005, the Center for the Humanities, the Institute for the Study of Race and Social Thought (ISRST), the Department of Philosophy, the Department of Religion, the Office of the Provost, and the Office of the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts will co-sponsor a conference, “Recent Africana Philosophy in Three Movements.” The conference's three ‘movements' are panel discussions, each of which explores the work of an important thinker in a distinctive area of Africana philosophy: analytical Africana philosophy, with Howard McGary of Rutgers University (who is a Visiting Distinguished Professor in the Department of Philosophy this term); African Philosophy and Gender, featuring Nkiru Nzegwu of Binghamton University; and Afro-Caribbean Philosophy, featuring Paget Henry of Brown University, whose book, Caliban's Reason, recently received the Frantz Fanon Prize for the outstanding book in Caribbean thought.
In addition, ISRST will honor poet Rowan Ricardo Phillips of Stony Brook University; Leonard Harris of Purdue University will discuss “The Aesthetic Combat of Alain Locke, A Philadelphia Negro” as ISRST's inaugural Alain Locke lecturer; and Naomi Zack of the University of Oregon will deliver the Department of Philosophy's Monroe Beardsley Lecture, on the theme, “Beauty, Obscenity, and Power.” (Professor Zack's talk is co-sponsored by the American Society for Aesthetics, which will be meeting in Philadelphia on April 8th and 9th.)
For the complete conference calendar, please click here: http://www.temple.edu/humanities/Africana%20Conference/index.asp
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| Temple Psychologist Steinberg cited in Supreme Court Decision |
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| On March 1st the United States Supreme Court ruled that the execution of juveniles — citizens under 18 — is “cruel and unusual punishment” and therefore in violation of the Eighth Amendment. Research by Professor Laurence Steinberg was cited extensively by Justice Anthony Kennedy, who argued that the maturity level of juvenile offenders is a critical issue in the application of capital punishment. Read the decision, Roper v. Simmons, at the Supreme Court's website and see one aspect of Steinberg’s research on the nexus of psychology and juvenile justice with the MacArthur network at: http://www.mac-adoldev-juvjustice.org/page25.html |
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| Study Abroad |
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| You can study at any of Temple’s campuses abroad (Rome, Tokyo, or London) for a semester or academic year. Or you can spend a summer studying language and culture in Spain or France, art in Scotland, or African studies and Aesthetics in Ghana, just to name a few of the opportunities available to you as a Temple student.
Students interested in studying abroad are encouraged to find out more about the programs, application procedures and requirements, including financial aid and scholarships. For the complete schedule, visit the Study Abroad website.
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| Temple historians to appear in new World War II TV series |
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| Temple students and staff who tune in to “The Last Days of World War II,” The History Channel’s new series premiering Friday night, Feb. 18, at 8 p.m., will see some familiar faces — and we’re not talking about Patton and MacArthur. (More) |
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| Public Dollars, Private Stadiums: The Battle over Building Sports Stadiums Wins Award |
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Professor Kevin Delaney, Department of Sociology was recently awarded the Association for Humanist Sociology Book Award, 2004 for Public Dollars, Private Stadiums: The Battle over Building Sports Stadiums co-authored with Rick Eckstein. The Association for Humanist Sociology was founded in 1976 to be an active support network for sociologists and other scholars committed to humanist values.
Professor Delaney was also the winner of Temple University’s Great Teacher Award for 2004. The Great Teacher Award recognizes and rewards faculty members for their continuous excellence in teaching.
To learn more about this book, please visit the Rutgers press website. |
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| Psychology Faculty Installed as Distinguished Fellows |
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Professors Lauren Alloy and Richard Heimberg, both of the Department of Psychology, were recently installed as faculty fellows in the College of Liberal Arts. Alloy was named the Joseph Wolpe Distinguished Faculty Fellow and Heimberg is now the David Kipnis Distinguished Faculty Fellow. To learn more about their outstanding scholarly contributions to the international field of Psychology, please see:
http://www.temple.edu/psychology/clinical.html
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| Survey: TU 4th Most Connected Campus in U.S. |
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The Princeton Review named Temple the fourth-most "connected campus" in the United States in its annual "Top 25 Most Connected Campuses" survey, released last week on Forbes.com . Of 27 Pennsylvania colleges and universities to be considered, Temple is the only one to make the top five, and is the state's only public institution to earn a ranking. For more information, visit: http://www.temple.edu/temple_times/10-28-04/connected.html |
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| Latin American program teaches with total immersion |
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| For Ryan Linton, it was his love of travel and language. Jessica Rodriguez, who plans to pursue a career working for a nonprofit serving the Latino community, saw it as an opportunity to improve her Spanish and learn more Latino history. Max Lovitz-Wolfson, a Spanish major also pursuing the certificate in multilingual business and governmental studies, said it is a powerful vehicle for opening students’ eyes to the world. |
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Creative writing program celebrates 20th year |
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Ask students past and present, and the consensus is that acceptance into Temple 's graduate program in creative writing, which this fall is celebrating 20 years at the University, seems more like a welcome into a writer's support group than an invitation to a buttoned-up academic program. All the ingredients are evident: how-to advice from top names in poetry and fiction who've triumphed over the vagaries of the publishing industry, unflinching guidance and support from faculty, and a committed group of student peers to commiserate and celebrate with at each mile marker in the writing process. To learn more, click here |
| New Policy Institute formed at Temple |
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| Temple is proud to introduce the Institute for Public Affairs (http://www.temple.edu/ipa), an interdisciplinary center for research and teaching in the areas of social and economic policy. Among the new endeavors of the Institute is the first-ever Temple University/Philadelphia Inquirer Poll, which surveys Pennsylvania residents on issues of import to citizens of the Commonwealth. |
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| Philly, suburbs have much in common |
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Temple researchers conclude that whether the issue is racial diversity, taxes, threats to the environment or family involvement in the schools, counties surrounding Philadelphia and their residents have more in common with their counterparts in the city than is generally understood. [More] |
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| 'Unparalleled' Recruitment Bringing Top Scholars to North Philadelphia |
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| Temple University is aggressively recruiting top scholars from leading institutions around the nation to fill 106 faculty positions, with 70 of the new teachers and researchers expected to be on campus by the fall 2004 semester and many here in CLA. |
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