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63-579: The 1937–1938 conference champion, Temple , went on to win the 1938 National Invitation Tournament . Although the Associated Press described the conference as "one of the best in the nation," its members agreed to disband it at the end of the 1938–1939 season because geographical problems had made scheduling difficult. Over its seven seasons of existence, the conference ' s membership varied between five and six schools each season. Member Non-member The conference championships were determined by

126-632: A 187-acre (757,000 m ) arboretum, 13 miles (21 km) from Temple's main campus in Ambler, Pennsylvania . Temple University Harrisburg (TUH), located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania , has a variety of graduate degree programs, certificate and professional development programs. The campus has an evening and weekend course schedule designed for working adults. The campus is located within the Strawberry Square complex. Temple University, Japan Campus (TUJ)

189-400: A 199,000-square-foot facility west of Broad Street across from the entrance to Polett Walk. It will include several new theatres, a student media center, and a virtual reality/innovation lab. Sullivan Hall (then Sullivan Memorial Library) served as Temple's first free-standing library. President Franklin D. Roosevelt attended its dedication ceremony on February 22, 1936. Sullivan Hall houses

252-644: A few who have gone on to play in the NBA . As a member of the Big 5 , the five large colleges in Philadelphia, the Owls have long-standing rivalries with Villanova , Penn , Saint Joseph's , and La Salle . The Owls are tied with Villanova for the most Big 5 titles to date, with 27. However, while tied in overall titles, Villanova has more outright titles not shared by any other tying team. The Owls have not won an outright Big 5 title since

315-488: A parking lot. Families of the deceased claimed about 8,000 of the 28,000 bodies on the site and the rest were moved to an unmarked mass grave at Lawnview Memorial Park . Many of the remaining headstones from the cemetery, including a monument to George Washington and Marquis de Lafayette, were used as riprap for the Betsy Ross Bridge . This land is now an athletic field, student recreation center, and parking lot, and

378-458: A playoff game ** No playoff game held. The two teams were declared co-champions based on identical regular-season conference records. During the 1937–1938 season, Carnegie Tech′s Melvin Cratsley set the league′s single-game scoring record in men's basketball with 34 points against West Virginia . He scored 12 field goals during the game, ten of them on tip-ins or by shooting from directly beneath

441-680: Is a public state-related research university in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1884 by the Baptist minister Russell Conwell and his congregation at the Grace Baptist Church of Philadelphia , then called Baptist Temple . Today, Temple is the second-largest university in Pennsylvania by enrollment and awarded 9,128 degrees in the 2023-24 academic year. It has a worldwide alumni base of 378,012, with 352,175 alumni residing in

504-627: Is a branch campus in Setagaya-ku , Tokyo , Japan just outside of Shibuya. Temple University Japan was the oldest and largest campus of any foreign university in Japan. TUJ students are taught in English and receive a degree from the main campus in Philadelphia. In addition to its core undergraduate program with over 2,500 students from 70 different countries. In 1966, Temple established its first campus in Rome in

567-663: Is home to the Community and Regional Planning, Landscape Architecture, and Horticulture Departments, changed its name in 2009 to the School of Environmental Design. The campus is also home to the Center for Sustainable Communities, a Sustainability-based research center. Since 2008, the university has enacted policies that include purchasing from green vendors and conserving water and energy across campus; offered 46 undergraduate courses, 22 graduate courses and 12 General Education courses focusing on

630-512: Is in the Cecil B. Moore neighborhood of North Philadelphia , about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Center City . It occupies 118 acres (48 ha). Upon its founding, the Grace Baptist Church of Philadelphia built two buildings on North Broad Street between Montgomery and Norris: a Baptist Temple in 1891, and an academic building (College Hall, now Barrack Hall) in 1893. The Baptist Temple

693-599: Is located at this intersection. Past Polett Walk, the facade of 1810 Liacouras Walk is the only remnant of old Park Avenue rowhomes, most of which were demolished in the 20th century. Temple offers eight residence halls. In 2023, 4,231 students lived in Temple-owned and -sponsored housing. The Health Sciences Campus in North Philadelphia covers about 20 acres and extends to either side of North Broad Street from Allegheny Avenue to just above Tioga Street. This location

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756-410: Is slated to be a new media and performance center. Temple hired Philadelphia architecture firm Nolen & Swinburne Associates to devise a university expansion plan in 1955. The plan called for the demolition of historic row houses and proposed a classic campus quadrangle comprising large Modernist towers, a central plaza, a bell tower, walkways, lawns, and cloistered gardens. The firm complained that

819-534: Is the largest university police force in the United States, with 130 campus police officers, including supervisors and detectives. The campus has more than 600 security cameras and more than a thousand lamps mounted on campus roofs to mimic daylight. The Office of Sustainability was established on July 1, 2008, as a central resource focusing on four key areas: operations, academics, research, and outreach and engagement. The Ambler campus' "Ambler College", which

882-549: Is the only public-private hybrid system of higher education of its particular type in the United States. In the spring of 1969, the Steering Committee for Black Students pushed for more community voices involved in Temple’s plans for expansion, as well as an Afro-Asian Institute and special admissions for Hispanic and African-American students. Then-university President Paul R. Anderson feigned cooperation, but meetings between

945-699: Is the site of the Samaritan Hospital, founded by Russell Conwell in 1892. The campus is home to Temple University Hospital , a teaching hospital; the Lewis Katz School of Medicine ; the School of Pharmacy ; the Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry ; and the College of Public Health. Podiatric Medicine Campus is located at 8th and Race Streets. The Foot and Ankle Institute, the School of Podiatric Medicine, as well as

1008-497: Is the visual icon of the university and a major campus landmark. Nearby Founder's Garden is the burial place of Russell Conwell, founder and 38-year president of Temple. A bust of Conwell marks his grave. O'Connor Plaza surrounds the Founder's Garden between Polett Walk and Liacouras Walk. A renovated plaza and Founder's Garden opened in 2017, featuring a large bronze owl statue, a water wall, and an inlaid Temple T (the university's logo) in

1071-647: The 2000–01 season . The Owls won their most recent Big 5 title in 2022-23 , going 3–1 in Big 5 play and splitting the title with Villanova . During Big 5 games, the Temple student section unfurls long banners about the opposing team, which has been a Big 5 trademark for Temple. Other rivals include UMass , UConn , and Cincinnati . Temple was in the American Athletic Conference with UConn and Cincinnati until their departures in 2020 and 2023, respectively. When Temple

1134-527: The American Athletic Conference (The American). They play their home games in the Liacouras Center on the university's main campus in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , and are currently led by head coach Adam Fisher . Temple is the sixth-most winningest NCAA Division I men's college basketball program of all time, with 1,978 wins at the end of the 2022–23 season. Although they have reached

1197-642: The Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, one of the most prestigious collections of African American artifacts in the United States. In 1966, the university library moved one block east to the Samuel L. Paley Library. Paley Library was designed, as common at the time, as a book warehouse rather than a modern academic library. It was designed by Philadelphia architects Nolen & Swinburne and named for Sam Paley, Philadelphia cigar manufacturer and philanthropist. Its brutalist architecture and large concrete facade matched

1260-630: The Israel–Hamas war   and criticized a pro-Israel administration response to the war. The protesters called for justice in Palestine and demanded financial divestment from companies that profit from the war in Gaza. The ACLU became involved when administration started disciplinary action against students for participating in a “ Gaza Solidarity ” encampment off-campus.  The ACLU alleged violation of  First Amendment rights . The protests continued into

1323-584: The National Science Foundation . Temple has 18 NCAA Division 1 varsity sports team and competes as a member of the American Athletic Conference , or The American. Temple's varsity teams, known as the Temple Owls , have won three team national championships. Temple University was founded in 1884 by Grace Baptist Church of Philadelphia and its pastor Russell Conwell , a Yale -educated lawyer, orator, and ordained Baptist minister, who served in

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1386-570: The Union Army during the American Civil War. Conwell came to Pennsylvania in 1882 to lead the Grace Baptist Church. One evening in June 1884, a young aspiring minister named Charles Davies approached Conwell after a service to express his desire to prepare for the ministry, but did not have the means to attend college. Conwell offered to teach Davies, who showed up to the first class with six friends. By

1449-562: The 1800 block of Park Avenue is a group of facades that have been incorporated into a single building (called 1810 Liacouras Walk) and a small church (Shusterman Hall). The Ambler Junior College of Temple University was formed by the merging of the Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women with Temple University. This created Temple University Ambler , which is approximately 15 miles (24 km) from Temple's Main Campus. That same year,

1512-548: The 1938–1939 season. Eleven men served as head coaches of EIC teams during the conference's seven seasons of play. Only three of them — Pittsburgh's Doc Carlson , Carnegie Tech's Max E. Hannum , and Temple's James Usilton — coached their teams throughout the EIC's existence. *Includes conference playoff games. **The National Invitation Tournament did not begin play until 1938 . The NCAA tournament did not begin play until 1939 . "N/A" (not applicable) indicates coaching tenures in

1575-519: The 1950s, the Temple basketball team made two NCAA Final Four appearances in ( 1956 , 1958 ) under head coach Harry Litwack . Litwack was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame after concluding a 21-year coaching career that included 373 wins. Head Coach John Chaney , also a Hall of Famer, won a total of 741 career games (312 losses) and took Temple to the NCAA tournament 17 times in 24 seasons with

1638-493: The 2012 season. However, before Temple became an all-sports member of the Big East, the conference split along football lines. The league's non- FBS football schools formed a new Big East in 2013, while Temple and the remaining football members remained in the old conference, but renamed it the American Athletic Conference. The Temple Owls became the first National Invitation Tournament (NIT) champions in 1938, one year before

1701-536: The Ambler Campus of Temple University began accepting men, two of which applied that year. In 1965, Temple became a Pennsylvania state-related university, meaning the university receives state funds, subject to state appropriations, but is independently operated. It is one of four schools to have this designation, alongside Lincoln University , Pennsylvania State University , and the University of Pittsburgh . This

1764-459: The American Athletic Conference in 2013 , the Owls have struggled, making the NCAA Tournament only in 2016 and 2019 . After the 2018 season it was announced that former Owls standout and then-assistant coach Aaron McKie would take over for Dunphy in 2019 . Players Mark Macon , Juan Ignacio Sanchez , Eddie Jones , Lavoy Allen , Aaron McKie , Tim Perry and Mardy Collins are just

1827-597: The Bachelor of Oratory degree. However, state and federal education agencies would not identify Temple as a legitimate college level institution. Philadelphia granted a charter in 1888 to establish the Temple College of Philadelphia , but the city refused to grant authority to award academic degrees. By 1888, the enrollment of the college was nearly 600: because of Temple's aim of offering an education to Philadelphia's working class, there were no admissions requirements and tuition

1890-433: The Grace Baptist Church appointed a new board of trustees, printed official admissions files, and issued stock to raise funds for new teaching facilities. The church provided classrooms, and teachers, and financed the school in its early years. The church and Conwell's desire was "to give education to those who were unable to get it through the usual channels". In 1891, Temple's first graduating class of eighteen men received

1953-705: The NCAA Tournament over thirty times, they are one of nine programs with that many appearances to have not won the Tournament and one of four to have never reached the National Championship Game. On March 7, 2012, the Temple Owls announced that they would be rejoining the Big East Conference for all sports in 2013 after 31 years in the Atlantic 10 Conference , with the Owls football team membership beginning in

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2016-735: The Owls. His teams won the Atlantic 10 regular season championship eight times, while winning the A-10 Tournament six times. His 1987–88 Owls team entered the NCAA tournament ranked No. 1 in the country, but lost in the Elite Eight to Duke . Chaney reached the Elite Eight on five occasions and was the consensus National Coach of the Year in 1988. On March 13, 2006, Chaney retired from coaching. On April 10, 2006, Penn head coach and La Salle alumnus Fran Dunphy

2079-453: The Shoe Museum, are at this location. Center City Campus is across the street from Philadelphia City Hall . The Campus offers undergraduate and graduate courses and full degree programs in the evening, as well as non-credit workshops and seminars. Ambler Campus , originally a junior college , has 325 faculty and 4,600 students, with bachelor's and master's degree programs on a site with

2142-458: The Teacher's College in 1914. Russell Conwell died in 1925 after a 38-year presidency at Temple, and is buried at the Founder's Garden on campus. In 1954, Temple's board of trustees made a pledge to grow the campus to 210 acres. That year, Temple University agreed to terms to purchase 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 acres (4.7 ha) of the adjacent Monument Cemetery and repurpose it for athletic fields and

2205-450: The United States. The university consists of 17 schools and colleges, including five professional schools, offering over 640+ academic programs and over 160 undergraduate majors. As of 2024, about 30,005 undergraduate, graduate and professional students were enrolled at the university. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity," spending $ 301,395 million on research and development in 2022 according to

2268-580: The Villa Caproni, just north of Piazza del Popolo along the Tiber river. The Villa Caproni is the historic home of Giovanni Battista Caproni . Its facilities included a 15,000-volume library, a computing center, academic classrooms, art and architecture studios, an art gallery and student lounges. In the Fall of 2024, Temple Rome moved to a new, central location, establishing its new campus at Piazza di Spagna —one of

2331-407: The best regular season conference records except in the event of teams having identical conference records. In the case of such ties, the conference championship was decided by a one-game playoff championship game at the conclusion of the regular conference season. Conference championships were decided by this playoff game in 1935, 1936, and 1937. However, following the 1938–1939 season, no playoff game

2394-401: The brickwork of the plaza. Liacouras Walk, named after Temple President Peter J. Liacouras , is the campus' main internal north/south pedestrian corridor. It runs through the campus parallel to Broad Street and was once part of Park Avenue. It intersects Polett Walk, the east/west pedestrian corridor where a segment of Berks Street once stood. The Conwell Inn, the university's on-campus hotel,

2457-477: The committee and school administration went nowhere. It wasn't until Pennsylvania Governor Raymond Shafer forced one: Temple would limit the height of buildings on the campus perimeter and keep 10 of 22 disputed acres. Marvin Wachman , Anderson's successor, sought to be more open with students than Anderson was. When students protested over campus cafeteria food prices and seating arrangements, Wachman delivered what

2520-483: The conference during which neither tournament existed. ***Includes a conference co-championship Carnegie Tech and Georgetown shared in the 1938–1939 season. Temple Owls men%27s basketball The Temple Owls men's basketball team represents Temple University in the sport of basketball . The Owls compete in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I as a member of

2583-450: The environment and sustainability; set in place programs to administer grants and offer incentives for any research related to the environment or sustainability; and offered programs to help create a green culture, both at Temple and beyond. In 2014, Temple University unveiled "Visualize Temple," a campus development plan, with signature projects including a new library and quad in the heart of campus. A companion project, Verdant Temple,

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2646-830: The hoop and the other two on set shots from inside the free throw line. Each team played each other team in the conference twice each season in a home-and-home schedule except for the 1933–1934 season, when Bucknell, Carnegie Tech, and Pittsburgh did not play a complete 10-game home-and-home schedule for the season. *Conference playoff championship game, March 18, 1935, in Morgantown , West Virginia . Pittsburgh 35, West Virginia 22 *Conference playoff championship game, March 14, 1936, at Pitt Stadium Pavilion, Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania . Carnegie Tech 32, Pittsburgh 27 *Conference playoff championship game, March 22, 1937, at Philadelphia Arena , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh 35, Temple 29 *No conference championship playoff game

2709-605: The inception of the NCAA Tournament. The NIT was broadly recognized as a National Championship awarding tournament for a number of years, beginning with the 1938 National Championship by Temple. Additionally, the Owls were retroactively recognized by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll and the Helms Athletic Foundation as the national champion for the 1937–38 season. Temple again won the NIT championship in 1969. During

2772-497: The most notable landmarks in the Eternal City and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Facilities include state-of-the-art classrooms, art studios and an art gallery, a science lab, a conference center, a library, and open-air terraces and a courtyard for events. Additionally, it will feature full disability access and a new 50-bed residence hall, offering a true campus experience in the heart of Rome. The Temple University Police department

2835-491: The neighboring Bell Tower and served as a campus landmark. In 2019, the university opened Charles Library, a four-story tall study facility. The building was designed by international architectural design office, Snøhetta . As of 2020 , the library holdings amounted to 4 million physical items, including 1.5 million books, and 1.5 million electronic books. The library includes both an automated search and retrieval system and browsable stacks for physical volumes. The library

2898-544: The next academic year with the University amending its campus guidelines to further discourage protests. On July 3, 2024, Temple's Board of Trustees announced it has appointed John Fry as its 15th president, with Fry's official start date to be determined once new leadership is in place at Drexel University , where Fry is currently president. Temple University has six campuses and sites across Pennsylvania, plus international campuses in Rome and Japan. Temple's main campus

2961-493: The spread of COVID-19. However, in September, Temple suspended in-person classes for remainder of fall semester, three days after deciding to stop in-person classes for two weeks as a precaution after 103 students on campus tested positive for COVID-19. In May 2022, Temple held its first in-person, university-wide graduation ceremony since 2019. On November 29, 2021, Moshe Porat, former dean of Temple University's business school

3024-443: The strikers' health insurance and tuition benefits, an action that propelled the strike to national news. The strike ended in mid-March. Shortly after graduate student strike ended, university president Jason Wingard resigned. In the months prior to his resignation, he had come under fire for his decisions during the strike as well as a rise in crime and violence on and near the university's campus. Shortly before his resignation,

3087-513: The students wanted: food trucks on campus. To this day, food trucks line the streets of Temple's Main Campus, offering students an alternative to the dining halls. Peter J. Liacouras , namesake of the Liacouras Center and Liacouras Walk, served as Temple’s seventh president from 1982 to 2000. Under Liacouras, Temple's profile began to grow: men's basketball coach John Chaney helped the team reach national prominence. Temple's iconic "T" logo

3150-542: The surrounding urban environment. The open plan of the structure enables collaboration within the design studios. The Science and Education Research Center (SERC) was completed in spring of 2014. The Project has attained LEED Gold Certification. In November 2024, Temple announced the development of a new home for the Klein College of Media and Communication and the Center for the Performing and Cinematic Arts. It will be

3213-478: The third class, this number had reached forty. where he began tutoring working-class citizens at night in the basement of Conwell's Baptist Temple (hence the origin of the university's name and mascot). Conwell's night classes quickly grew popular within the North Philadelphia area. The Grace Baptist Church created a board of trustees, which named Russell Conwell president of the Temple College . Following an unsuccessful meeting with 34 Philadelphia Baptist churches,

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3276-690: The university ended in-person instruction due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The Liacouras Center, Temple's basketball arena, was converted into a 200-bed “COVID-19 Surge Facility” due to the potential of hospitals reaching patient capacity, although only 14 patients were admitted. Temple reopened Main Campus for the Fall 2020 semester under a hybrid model, offering a mix of online classes and in-person learning. The university required COVID-19 tests for all students moving into campus housing, face coverings to be worn in all buildings, and students and faculty maintain six feet of physical distance from one another to mitigate

3339-463: The university's board of trustees had announced increased oversight of the university. The university's faculty had also planned a no-confidence vote. JoAnne Epps agreed to postpone her planned retirement and was named Acting President on April 11, 2023. Epps died after suffering a sudden, as yet undisclosed, medical episode during a university event on September 19, 2023. In October of 2023, Temple University students started protests against

3402-433: The “squeeze of the slum area is becoming intolerable” and went on to say that Temple was positioned, finally, “to wipe the slate clean from the ground up. Hundreds of North Philadelphia residents were displaced when Temple demolished rowhomes, churches, and businesses to make room for its expansion. In 1966, Nolen & Swinburne returned to work for Temple University, this time creating a development plan. All that remains of

3465-554: Was announced in 2015 as a university strategy for updating and beautifying the school's open spaces, walkways and landscaping. In January 2006, the university opened the TECH Center, a 75,000 sq ft (7,000 m ) technology facility. The Architecture building opened in January 2012. The design incorporates a glass curtain wall exterior "skin" that allows daylight into interior studios and classrooms while also providing views of

3528-539: Was certified by the Philadelphia Historical Commission as an Historical Building in 1984, and in 2003 it was designated by the American Institute of Architects as a Landmark Building. In 2010, it was converted into a 1200-seat, multipurpose performance venue, with the church's stained glass window as a centerpiece. Temple's campus has several landmarks. The 110 feet (34 m)-tall Bell Tower

3591-472: Was convicted on charges of conspiracy and wire fraud for a scheme in which he and others used false data to boost the school's position on the US News & World Report rankings. On January 31, 2023, the graduate student workers' union at Temple University declared an ongoing labor strike , following a year of stalled negotiations for a labor contract. Temple University retaliated on February 8 by terminating

3654-525: Was designed under Liacouras's presidency. Liacouras expanded both the school's academics and budget: the university’s endowment rose from $ 15 million in 1982 to $ 109 million in 1999. In 2016, Temple was classified by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as a research university with very high research activity, with research expenditures reaching $ 242 million. On March 13, 2020,

3717-492: Was free. Over time, Temple expanded. Samaritan Hospital now Temple University Hospital ) was founded by the Grace Baptist Church in 1892, and Temple added a medical school in 1901. Temple merged with Garretson Hospital the Philadelphia Dental College in 1906. After the merger, Temple officially reincorporated as Temple University on December 12, 1907. The School of Nursing was established in 1911, followed by

3780-453: Was held despite identical records held by Carnegie Tech and Georgetown, and the two schools were declared co-champions for the season. Pittsburgh dominated the conference results with four championships in the conference ' s seven seasons, winning the first two seasons by having the best regular-season record and winning championship playoff games in 1935 and 1937, but losing the 1936 championship playoff game. * Conference title decided by

3843-426: Was held, so Carnegie Tech and Georgetown finished as co-champions. *Includes conference playoff games. **The National Invitation Tournament did not begin play until 1938 . The NCAA tournament did not begin play until 1939 . "N/A" (not applicable) indicates neither tournament existed during the school's membership in the conference. ***Includes a conference co-championship Carnegie Tech and Georgetown shared in

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3906-546: Was in the A-10, head coach John Chaney had a personal rivalry with UMass head coach John Calipari . The Owls have appeared in the NCAA tournament 33 times. Their combined record is 33–33. The Owls have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) 19 times. Their combined record is 23–17. They are two time NIT champions (1938, 1969). Temple University Temple University ( Temple or TU )

3969-476: Was named the new head coach. Dunphy had coached the Quakers for 17 straight seasons prior to the move. After struggling his first year, the Owls won the A-10 Tournament for three consecutive years in 2008 , 2009 , and 2010 . The Owls received bids to the NCAA Tournament for six straight years under Dunphy (2008–2013). However, the Owls only won a game in the Tournament twice during that time period. Since Temple joined

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