Earlier this month, sixth through eighth graders who live in Philadelphia had the unique experience to row on the Schuylkill River as part of a free youth rowing camp that is sponsored by Philadelphia City Council Rep. Curtis Jones Jr. and run by Temple University’s men’s crew and women’s rowing teams at Boathouse Row. The camp started with a tour of Temple’s Main Campus, a
The Temple and Philadelphia police departments, elected officials, family, friends and hundreds of Temple and North Philadelphia community members gathered on Thursday, June 15 to memorialize the life and legacy of Sergeant Christopher Fitzgerald, a devoted father and fearless public servant.
Where can you find Benin Bronzes, a W.E.B. DuBois first edition, original drafts of Tupac Shakur’s lyrics and rare photographs of African American life in Philadelphia, all under one roof? At the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection at Temple University.Founded by historian Charles Blockson and donated to Temple in 1984, the collection includes more than 700,000 unique
Over the years, a sea of hopeful job seekers has lined up outside the Temple University Aramark STAR (Student Training and Recreation) Complex for Philadelphia’s largest annual employment event. This year, the event will return Friday, June 16, with the 16th Neighborhood Job Fair and Resource Village. Temple has hosted the event since the early 2000s and more than 1,000 job
[node:video]Charles Library will change the landscape of Temple University more than just physically for years to come. Its vast technological improvements, prioritization of space, and attention to the needs of modern life and learning place it firmly as a cutting-edge library of the 21st century. The elements that set Charles Library apart will undoubtedly change in