Temple University Cookies Policy

To make this site work properly, we sometimes place small data files called cookies on your device. Most big websites do this, too.

What are cookies?

A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site. It enables the website to remember your actions and preferences over a period of time, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another.

How do we use cookies?

A number of our pages use cookies to

  • allow users to comment on articles;
  • display TU Alert messages;
  • provide certain ‘like’ or ‘share’ buttons; and
  • enable logging in to certain sites, including completing the process of applying to Temple.

Additionally, our news content uses cookies to anonymously gather statistics on how you got there and what stories you viewed.

How to control cookies

You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish—for details, visit aboutcookies.org. You may delete all cookies on your computer already, and you may set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. But if you do, you might have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services, and functionalities may not work.