Temple public health graduate Kaitlin Cartoccio, CPH '12, has been recognized as one of “40 Under 40 in Public Health,” a national honor highlighting leaders who are improving the health of communities across the country. Cartoccio is making an impact at the local level as community programs coordinator for Bernards Township, New Jersey. She manages programs including health education events at schools, neighborhood health screenings and vaccination clinics, working as a leader in the health department where she interned while studying at Temple.  “I really feel like Tem...

On October 26, 2020, Philadelphia police fatally shot Walter Wallace Jr., a 27-year-old Black man, after his family had called for an ambulance because he was having a mental health crisis. Wallace, who had a history of such episodes, held a knife. The killing set off angry protests in the city. It also spurred conversations about the intersection between structural racism in policing and the often inadequate way that cities handle emergency response to mental health situations.  In January, a panel of Temple faculty and guest experts discussed these issues in a video webinar...

Kristie Patten, a two-time Temple alumna who earned her master’s degree in occupational therapy and a PhD in educational psychology from Temple, has been recognized with the highest academic honor in her profession. The American Occupational Therapy Association has named Patten recipient of the 2021 Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lectureship Award, which honors an individual who has “creatively contributed to the development of the body of knowledge of the profession through research, education, and/or clinical practice.” Patten is currently vice dean for academic affairs at New...