The historian Ibram X. Kendi, one of the foremost scholars of race in the U.S., was born in Queens, New York, in 1982. He earned a PhD in African American studies from Temple University and now runs the Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University. 

Although Pennsylvania law requires that a semester be approximately 17 weeks long, other Philadelphia-area schools such as Drexel University, Temple University, Swarthmore College and Villanova University all grant their students a higher proportion of days off than Penn.    ...

Tipping at a restaurant. Rounding up at the grocery store for a charitable donation. Using the self-checkout line without getting a break on the final bill. The more you think about it, the more you realize just how much consumers are asked to subsidize certain parts of the service ...

Temple University Ambler recently noted that more than 40 families celebrated Tu B’Shevat, the Jewish New Year of Trees, at the Ambler Arboretum last week. The celebration was held in partnership with jkidphilly and Kehillah of BuxMont. Visitors were able to enjoy story time, explore ...

Philadelphia saw 516 homicides in 2022, nearly double the total from 2016 and largely committed with a firearm according to data analyzed by the Office of the Controller. City officials often point out that a small number of people are involved in gun violence—just 1.5% of known criminals ...