One of the ways in which schools have tried to accommodate the increasing heterogeneity of student bodies is to implement programs that are designed to foster inclusion through the overt socialization of values such as tolerance.… →
University Lecture Series
A collection of lectures featuring particularly prominent speakers, many of whom are guests to the university.
Noted broadcaster, music advocate, and Temple alum Dyana Williams and sonic architect, journalist, and director Will Coloan discuss the work of legendary Philadelphia-based music duo Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, and take us on a musical excursion through one of the most enchanting catalogues of love songs ever written.… →
For more than seven years running, the Libraries and the Faculty Senate Committee on the Status of Faculty of Color have co-hosted an engaging series of panels on timely topics, featuring faculty from across the university.… →
“What Else You Can Do with a Humanities Ph.D.: The Alt/Ac World of the Library and in Information Technology” is a discussion of opportunities in the world of cultural memory organizations such as libraries and archives and in related areas in information technology organizations.… →
Prolific political cartoonist, writer and activist Lalo Alcaraz presents his vast body of work in political satire, but especially his pro-immigrant and Latino-themed cartoons in a visual lecture spanning three decades.… →
Garland L. Thompson, journalist and author, discusses Black pioneers in technology, as well as societal changes caused by technology.… →
How can social scientists balance the need to do basic science with their desire to be relevant to the questions and issues of their time?… →
Guest Joseph Schwartz, in conversation with host Hugh Taft-Morales, explores the renewal of interest in socialism following the surprising success of Bernie Sanders’ insurgent candidacy. … →
Guest Lynne Andersson, Associate Professor of Business & Society at the Fox School of Business, in conversation with host Hugh Taft-Morales, explores the main competitor to NGOs and non-profit organizations in the realm of international development: philanthrocapitalism. … →
