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Temple Changes Funding for Research

Thu, 17 Apr 2025 06:35:03 +0000

recent article and email regarding budget and spending measures, President John Fry says the federal government has removed grants from the Department of Health and Human Services and ordered 14 projects to stop their work. View More » ]]>

University of Pennsylvania Federal Funding Freeze

Wed, 02 Apr 2025 14:18:26 +0000

The federal government has frozen $175 million in federal funding to the University of Pennsylvania. The freeze comes after UPenn’s policies on transgender athletes participating in women’s sports. The funding freeze has caused concerns for students who fear the possible impacts on their education and research opportunities. “I think it’s extremely harmful not only to higher education, but…

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New Scholarship to Help Students Experiencing Food and Housing Insecurity

Thu, 14 Feb 2019 15:15:44 +0000

Temple Student Government is giving a $5,000 scholarship to one student who is experiencing food and housing insecurity. The Ignite a Movement Scholarship was created this semester by TSG to provide one student with funds to afford a meal plan and subsidize housing costs next year. The money was raised through the Temple University crowdfunding platform, OwlCrowd Currently…

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Temple University to Join 2019 #YouAreWelcomeHere Scholarship

Mon, 17 Sep 2018 19:31:32 +0000

Temple joins 56 other schools this coming year in collaborating on the international #YouAreWelcomeHere scholarship. The scholarship is being offered to international students considering studying in America in an attempt to alleviate the financial burden that studying overseas has on many students. Started as a social media campaign in May 2018, Temple helped to lead the national campaign…

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Philadelphia New Pre-K Program Dependent on Beverage Tax Funds

Thu, 23 Mar 2017 18:09:28 +0000

The City of Philadelphia’s Revenue Department has announced that they’ve collected about $6.4 million in the month of February from the sugary beverage tax. That amount is up $5 million from the first month that the tax was implemented in January of 2017. While the beverage tax continues to cause controversy among both distributors and consumers, many may not know that the city’s new pre-K…

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Gov. Wolf to Allow Budget to Go Into Effect

Wed, 23 Mar 2016 21:58:10 +0000

Governor Tom Wolf announced the 2015-16 budget will pass, which has and will directly affect Temple, and other state schools which rely on the state of Pennsylvania’s funding. On Sunday the Governor will allow the law to go into effect. The governor said he would not veto the bill, which provides Temple with its funding from the state for the 2015-16 fiscal year. The Pennsylvania House had…

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University Leaders Call For Action on State Budget in Harrisburg

Thu, 03 Mar 2016 03:48:12 +0000

HARRISBURG – With the state budget being eight months overdue, Temple University president Neil Theobald joined leaders from the three other state-related universities to denounce the impasse in Harrisburg. Theobald, along with administrators from Penn State, University of Pittsburgh and Lincoln University testified in front of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees on Wednesday (March…

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