Temple University President John Fry is inducted into the American Philosophical Society (APS) by the organization's President Roger Bagnall.

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Data from Temple University’s Department of Public Safety shows campus safety resources are paying dividends.

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OwlHacks is a 30-hour, student-organized hackathon that attracts university students and employers from around the region.

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Temple University Board of Trustee members have committed to contribute more than $1 million to support the JoAnne A. Epps Endowed Undergraduate Scholarship. This includes a $500,000 gift from board Vice Chair Phillip Richards that was made to kick-start the effort on behalf of the board.

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Temple University student-athletes participate in a Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service project.

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Following a comprehensive national search overseen by the Presidential Search Advisory Committee, higher education leader John Fry has been named as Temple University's 15th president.

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Beasley’s Class of 2023 achieved a record-high placement rate in long-term positions that either require bar passage or consider having a juris doctor degree an advantage in obtaining and performing the job.

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Temple Rome is moving to a historical, central location at Piazza di Spagna in September 2024.

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Temple University Japan's expansion to Kyoto comes after its enrollment has increased by more than 75% during the last three years. Presently, TUJ enrolls 2,240 undergraduate students, who come from 70 different countries.

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Temple University's Class of 2027 is the most diverse group in Temple’s history, with 57% of the Class of 2027 identifying as students of color. It also includes a record percentage of Pell grant recipients and first-generation students. 

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Temple University President JoAnne Epps’ legacy is that of a brilliant, kind and thoughtful leader. Her spirit will continue to guide the university moving forward.

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U.S. News, which has published its annual “Best Colleges” rankings since 1983, revised its methodology this year. Temple University placed No. 89 in the latest national university rankings, which marks the highest ranking ever for the university and the first time Temple has been included in the top 100. 

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A new paper by doctoral candidate Nicole Johnson and Professor Caterina Roman, both in the College of Liberal Arts’ Criminal Justice Department, seeks to offer some of the missing context behind Philadelphia’s gun violence crisis. The study shows that from March 2020 through June 2021, gun violence went up on average by 21.6% each two-month period, albeit slowing down considerably in 2021. The areas that saw increasingly more gun violence had something in common: they had high drug market activity.

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