Victoria Lucas – Temple Update

State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta is Running for U.S. Senate for Pennsylvania Which Could Change History

Sat, 06 Mar 2021 19:13:14 +0000

State Representative Malcolm Kenyatta has announced he is running for U.S. Senate for Pennsylvania. The representative is no stranger to the Temple community as he is an alumnus of the class of 2012, graduating with a bachelor of arts degree in public communication. Kenyatta was also involved in Temple Student Government. If he were to be elected this would make Kenyatta Pennsylvania’s first…

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Student Health Stresses COVID-19 Safety Guidelines as Students Prepare for Winter Break

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 21:11:14 +0000

In a usual week of finals, you can find many students in the library, or the TECH center studying and preparing for plans for winter break. Whether it be a trip out of the country or just plans to go back home, students are excited. However, this year will leave students making tough decisions on where and how they spend their winter break. Student Health Services Director Mark Denys says it’…

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President-Elect Biden Begins Transition Work, President Trump Continues to Challenge Election Results

Tue, 17 Nov 2020 17:12:30 +0000

Just two days after the announcement of Joe Biden as President-elect, Biden and his team quickly began working on plans for his transition to the presidency beginning on January 20, 2020. The President-elect began in Wilmington, DE touching on the importance of tackling the COVID-19 pandemic as a record number of cases arise each day making the death toll in the United States just over 240,000.

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First Time Voters are Starting Early, Say There is a Lot at Stake in Election 2020

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 21:24:13 +0000

Election 2020 is just days away and millions of Americans have already casted their vote. This election holds much weight as it is in the heart of one of the nation’s troubling times; the COVID-19 pandemic and also, civil unrest. Many students on Temple’s campus are first time voters and they believe it is very important to vote as there are a lot of issues riding on the ballot.

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Crews Continue Anderson and Gladfelter Renovation Work

Thu, 15 Oct 2020 20:33:35 +0000

Renovations that started in the summer of 2019 at Anderson and Gladfelter Hall continue this semester. The university hopes to refresh the buildings and bring a new look to the east side of campus. The COVID-19 pandemic pushed the project back a total of six weeks but construction workers were will able to complete a huge portion of the work despite this. “We were still able to get the lobby…

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Philadelphia Opens Satellite Election Offices

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 19:58:36 +0000

The way you vote in this 2020 election will be different than ever before. COVID-19 has made voters apprehensive about going to the polls to vote. For this reason, the city of Philadelphia announced Monday at Temple’s Liacouras Center, a new way to make voting safe and easy. It all starts with satellite election offices. These offices are located all around the city and allow voters to…

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Temple’s Move Online Leaves Students in Housing Limbo

Fri, 04 Sep 2020 18:24:01 +0000

Hopes were running pretty high around the student body when Temple University announced some classes for the Fall 2020 semester would be in person. After a long summer of living in the unknown, students returned back to campus ready to tackle the new year with some sense of normalcy. Unfortunately, that hope was short-lived due to the spike in coronavirus cases. In less than two weeks after…

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AN UPDATE ON THE MUMPS

Sat, 29 Feb 2020 02:39:27 +0000

Temple University health officials notified the university of three students who have been diagnosed with the mumps. The news may have been a shocker to some since the mumps hasn’t been on high alert since last spring of 2019, In 2019, there were 186 confirmed cases of the mumps on students on the university’s campus including two faculty members. Mark Denys, is the Senior Director of Health…

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The Impact of Coronavirus on Temple Students

Thu, 13 Feb 2020 17:56:15 +0000

The outbreak of the Coronavirus continues to spread by the day, infecting thousands in China. There are no confirmed cases of the virus at Temple University or in the city of Philadelphia. With confirmed cases surpassing 50,000 and a death toll of over 1,300, it serves to be the deadliest virus of the 21st century yet. The initial news of the virus had some international students here at…

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‘It’s a Huge Public Health Problem’ – TUH Team Examines Philly Mass Shootings

Sun, 24 Nov 2019 13:00:21 +0000

Time. Location. Victim Count. These are the three variables a Temple medical research team used to analyze mass shootings in Philadelphia through the lens of an urban neighborhood. “Firearm homicide is sort of the leading way that homicide happens around the country. We have a big problem with gun violence in Philadelphia. It’s a huge public health problem and obviously as a trauma surgeon…

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