Box braids "are an integral part of Black culture—past, present and future," according to Essence magazine. They emerged as a functional hair style for enslaved Black women because "in a system <span>in which they</span> were just trying to stay alive, there wasn't time to make intricate styles," ...

Phoenix Brophy Prep quarterback Elijah Warner announced Wednesday that he has committed to Temple University. Warner is the son of Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Kurt Warner, who was a Super Bowl MVP with the St. Louis Rams and led the Cardinals to the Super Bowl in the 2008 season. ...

Wednesday’s Start Here begins with Col. Stephen Ganyard’s analysis of military strategy in Ukraine. Then, ABC’s Sasha Pezenik reports on the debate surrounding the availability of monoclonal antibodies. And, Temple University Vice Provost of Admissions Shawn Abbott explains how the planned ...

Money spent at a football game is money not spent at the theater, restaurant or bar. It’s why most government subsidy programs bar tax breaks for retail operations. “The typical baseball team has no more impact on the local economy than a mid-sized department store and a football team, ...

&nbsp;“American families are struggling. After the end of the child tax credit, which kept about 3.7 million children out of poverty just a month ago, families that were lifted out of poverty are once again feeling financial turmoil. A recent Organisation for Economic Co-operation and ...

As colleges and universities prepare to make decisions on fall admissions, many are experiencing a surge in first-generation college student applicants. So far, roughly 33,000 students have applied for fall admission at Temple University. Around 5,000 first-year students will be selected. ...

The SATs will be going completely digital by 2024. The exam will also be reduced from three hours to two. Shawn Abbott, Temple University’s vice provost for admissions, financial aid and enrollment management, joins the Donlon Report to discuss how the latest changes will affect the ...

While European regulators have for years had to balance the intersection of regulating data privacy and governing tech firms’ anticompetitive behavior, interest in the intersection of the two areas of consumer protection is relatively new in the U.S. “We haven’t thought a lot about the ...

Remote collaborations also allow new brainstorming strategies. Leaders can give participants a prompt and allow them to work on a problem quietly before sharing their results, helping to draw out people who might not generally speak up in an in-person meeting. “One of the best ways to ...

“‘Instant Approval’ &nbsp;solicitations are extended by financial institutions utilizing mailing lists acquired from credit repositories (i.e., Equifax, TransUnion). These mailing lists are curated based on the financial institution’s criterion, usually minimum credit scores. Unsolicited ...

“Temple University had in recent years already begun experimenting with “test-optional” admission, fueling a more holistic process. But the pandemic rapidly accelerated growth in the number of students submitting applications without testing. Before the coronavirus shutdown, more than 8 ...

One look at the Temple University gymnastics team will have you seeing double. “We’re twins! Identical twins,” Sarah and Hannah Stallings said. The Stallings sisters are first-year Owls and have been a dynamic duo in the gym since they were 4 years old. “I was walking in with a recruit ...