Jane Babian – Temple Update

Temple Update’s 2016 Year in Review

Thu, 28 Apr 2016 13:07:27 +0000

Temple Update has had an eventful year of coverage so far, Update Reporter Jane Babian put together all the major moments of this year. Pope Francis, Bill Cosby’s trials, Paris attacks to plans for an on-campus football stadium. See highlights from this past year above and you can read pieces from highlights below: Papal Visit to Philadelphia Bill Cosby in Trial Paris Attacks: Reaction from…

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Temple Med Closer to HIV Cure

Thu, 24 Mar 2016 16:25:58 +0000

Nine researchers, countless lab works and a 14-page study are the end results of Dr. Kamel Khalili and his team discovering a way to eliminate HIV from a living human cell. Nearly two years ago researchers successfully edited HIV out of cultured human cells. Since then the team honed in on CD-4 T-Cells, which are the cells that primarily host the HIV infection The technology not only erases…

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Match Day Brings Joyful Tears to Hundreds

Mon, 21 Mar 2016 14:30:04 +0000

Match day is the tradition these hopeful physicians have spent the last four years preparing for. Medical students from the east to west coast simultaneously open the envelopes that decides their near future. Two hundred to Temple’s Lewis Katz School of Medicine’s (LKSOM) seniors band together to learn where they’ll go for their residency training. When asked how they’re feeling Chetan Safi…

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Bacon and Beer Festival Attracts Hundreds

Thu, 19 Nov 2015 00:17:29 +0000

Breakfast meets happy hour at the third annual Bacon and Beer Festival. The 21-and-over event showcased craft beers and bacon dishes from Philadelphia and beyond. The aroma of bacon and beer brought hundreds of people to the 23rd Street Armory. The perimeter of the Armory was lined with tables from different restaurants cooking and serving their bacon dishes. Breweries settled in the…

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SEPTA Removes Temple’s Marketing Campaign After Backlash

Wed, 04 Nov 2015 13:30:32 +0000

The subway station at Cecil B. Moore Avenue and Broad Street now looks like it did months ago. The new outdoor advertisements were taken down about a month after they were put up. SEPTA’s marketing team had approached Temple with an advertisement package to cover the glass roof of the station. SEPTA says, a local community group, the Cecil B. Moore Philadelphia Freedom Fighters approached…

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From Sustainability Week Comes a Long-Term Project

Thu, 22 Oct 2015 13:00:46 +0000

Various events have been held for sustainability week including the Green Fair where over 50 companies came out to promote a green initiative. The week promotes an eco-friendly community to faulty and students. Temple Update has the exclusive on the biggest news to come out of the week. Temple’s composting program has been reinstated. The composting company Temple partnered with last…

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Young Voices Being Heard at New Voices Festival

Thu, 08 Oct 2015 13:02:37 +0000

The New Voices Festival, which runs through October 10th, features six plays that won 1st place in The Young Playwrights 2015 Annual Playwriting Festival. These plays were selected from more than eight hundred submitted by local middle and high school kids. Each play submitted to the Playwriting Festival also receives written feedback from professional theater artists. The kids are encouraged…

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Homecoming Week Continues Without Owlchella

Thu, 08 Oct 2015 13:00:55 +0000

One of the most anticipated events of the year has been cancelled until further notice. The campus-wide email had some students disappointed, and others understanding. “I’m like, ‘What are we going to do for the week?’ Like, that’s the big part of the week so I was kind of disappointed. I don’t know! What’re we going to do?” exclaimed global studies major Nije Childs. While Childs was shocked…

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PPD Releases Video of Carlisle Suspect

Fri, 02 Oct 2015 15:54:28 +0000

Police are investigating a sexual assault of a Temple student, which occurred in the early morning hours of Tuesday, September 29th. Police say an armed sexual assault of a female Temple student occurred at 12 a.m. on Tuesday on the 1400 block of Carlisle Street, which is located just south of Main Campus. Reports say that the student had left the library with a friend at around 11:15 p.m..

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Restaurants Cope with Papal Visit Restrictions

Wed, 23 Sep 2015 17:47:22 +0000

Preparation can only go so far for restaurants within the Papal zone. The anticipated road closures are making it difficult for restaurants to receive fresh food throughout the weekend. Prime Stache in Old City plans on ordering extra food beforehand, but there’s still room for concern. “If we do get hit really hard… are we gonna run out of food? Because no one can come in to replenish what…

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