Temple University Rome is committed to taking a proactive approach to addressing matters of diversity and inclusion as well as continually facilitating open conversation among its students, faculty, and staff. We aim to provide our community with cross-cultural awareness: a key instrument to recognizing others' cultural values, beliefs, and perspectives. This allows for challenges regarding diversity and inclusion to be addressed in a wholesome manner, providing students with valuable tools to navigate a new culture and better understand how they are being perceived in a different context.

Temple Rome is committed to providing:

• Programming for all students during Orientation regarding race and gender in Italy
• Semesterly activities aiming to expose students to the Italian culture and address identity and inclusion abroad
• Gender-inclusive housing
• Gender-inclusive restrooms
• An on-site, English-speaking, confidential counselor
• A trained student-life team, including an emergency phone number accessible 24/7
• Space to dissect identity and experiences abroad through the Culture and Identity Envoy Program
• Access to peer mentor students

News & Updates

• Juneteenth / Black Music Month Virtual Celebration
• Resources for Facilitating Meaningful Change
• Envisioning Racial Justice Sessions
• A message from Dean Emilia Zankina
• A message from Temple University's Office of the President