If it feels like you have been seeing, hearing or reading about Temple University more in the news as of late, that’s because it’s true. 

According to the media tracking platform Cision, from July 1, 2024, through today, the university has been mentioned in nearly 46,000 news stories. On a daily basis, experts across Temple’s 17 schools and colleges participate in interviews, providing commentary and offering insight that is helping guide the news cycle on a local, national and international level.  

These stories have the potential to reach billions of readers, listeners and viewers around the globe, and they also help shine a light on Temple University and its status as an R1 research institution by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. It is also an opportunity for faculty members to use their expertise for the greater good. 

“I suppose, what it comes down to, is what’s the purpose of being an academic if you’re just interested in gathering the information for your own benefit; that doesn’t seem to make much sense that the whole purpose is,” said James Brown, a professor of political science and international affairs at Temple University Japan in a 2022 interview. “It’s our responsibility to try and assist others to understand certain issues where they don’t have the luxury of being able to spend the type of time on those topics as we do. This is why we’re here.” 

Beyond faculty lending their expertise, the university and its many programs and initiatives were also regularly covered over the last several months. Here are just some of the highlights of Temple in the media from this past academic year. 

• Michael Robinson, director of community outreach and hiring for the Temple University Lenfest North Philadelphia Workforce Initiative, discusses planning the 18th annual Neighborhood Job and Resource Fair, which drew record attendance this year, with the Philadelphia Tribune, June 6, 2025. 
• The Department of Public Safety and the technological advancements within the department are highlighted by Fox29, May 30, 2025.
• Peter Spiro, the Charles R. Weiner Professor of Law and co-director of the Institute for International Law and Public Policy, discusses Justice David Souter in The New York Times, May 9, 2025. 
• Sergei Pond, associate dean for research and innovation and a professor of biology in the College of Science and Technology, discusses the origins of COVID-19 in The New York Times, May 7, 2025. 
• Bryant Simon, the Laura H. Carnell Professor of History, discusses changes being made at Starbucks in Yahoo Life, April 21, 2025. 
• Dustin Kidd, director of general education and professor of sociology, discusses a musical guest's abrupt exit from the Saturday Night Live stage after his performance with The New York Times, March 31, 2025. 
• Mehdi Khanzadeh Moradllo, an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has his sustainable concrete study covered by Interesting Engineering, March 25, 2025. 
• Sarah Bauerle Bass and Susannah Anderson of the College of Public Health discuss their vaccine perception research with Inside Higher Ed, Feb. 10, 2025. 
• Blair Hedges, the Laura H. Carnell Professor in the Department of Biology and director of the Center for Biodiversity, has his study where he discovered a new lizard species covered by Politico, Jan. 3, 2025. 
• Beth Pfeiffer, associate professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, discusses the $7.5 million PCORI grant she received in The Philadelphia Inquirer, Dec. 27, 2025. 
• Sean Mitchell, project leader for the Digital Equity Center, discusses the many services that the center provides to the community with 6ABC, Dec. 11, 2024. 
• Crystal Reeck, an associate professor of marketing and the associate director of the Center for Applied Research in Decision Making, has her study focused on how to overcome regret covered by The Los Angeles Times, Sept. 18, 2024.  
• Thilo Kunkel, professor in the School of Sport, Tourism and Hospitality Management, discusses the changing landscape of NIL in the Associated Press, Aug. 2, 2024. 
• Jonathan Gerstenhaber, Yah-el Har-el and Peter Lelkes of the College of Engineering have their soy bandage research covered by Fox29, July 30, 2024.