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Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie married Philadelphia resident Tina Lai in a private ceremony this weekend. Lurie, 61, announced last July that he and Christina Weiss Lurie were getting divorced after 20 years of marriage. Lai will have no official role in the Eagles organization. The wedding was attended by family and close friends. "I am happy and excited as Tina and I begin our lives together," Lurie said in a statement. Lai, 39, is from a family that owns restaurants in Philadelphia, including the Vietnam Restaurant in Chinatown and the Vietnam Cafe in University City.

RON JAWORSKI treats opportunity like a Doberman treats prime rib. So when Tim Tebow was released by the New York Jets on April 29, Jaworski took a shot by reaching out to the unemployed quarterback and offered him a roster spot with the Soul. He's still waiting for a reply. "I haven't heard back from him and I'm not going to push it," said Jaworski, one of the Soul's owners. "If he decides he wants to play Arena Football, we'll make a spot for him. " Jaworski and Soul coach Clint Dolezel sent Tebow a list of plays they had in mind for him, most were around the goal line.

THE RESTAURANTS and merchants of Rittenhouse Row are gathering again on Walnut Street this Saturday, and that means about 50,000 area residents and guests will be joining them for one of Center City's largest street fairs. The Rittenhouse Row Spring Festival will close Walnut from Broad to 19th streets (from noon until 5 p.m.) and feature food, fashion, entertainment and fun for children. It's big. It's crowded. It's fun. And this year there's a lot of new stuff. * Dunkin' Donuts will be giving out free iced coffee on the 1400 block of Walnut.

St. Joseph's University at a glance Full-time undergraduate students - 3,483. Graduate students - 1,992. Undergraduate students living on-campus - 1,869. Graduate students living on campus - 0. Undergraduates living in off-campus housing or commuting - 1,614. Graduate students in off-campus housing or commuting - 1,992.

  The Chester County Hospital and Health System said Friday that it will join the University of Pennsylvania Health System. Chester County announced in August that it would search for a partner after management decided that the $150 million to $275 million needed over the next decade to fulfill its vision for the institution was more than it could get on its own. "Throughout this process we spoke with many excellent organizations, but...

NEWARK, Del. - Newark police say the University of Delaware is offering a $10,000 reward for locating a retired professor who has been missing for weeks. Officer say John Dohms suffers from dementia and was reported missing Sept. 13. He was last seen walking north into White Clay Creek State Park. Police say Dohms may have a set of binoculars and wears a MedicAlert bracelet. Police say they do not suspect foul play in Dohms' disappearance. Authorities are urging residents to check their sheds, outbuildings, and cars; under decks; and other places of shelter.

It's official: Temple President Ann Weaver Hart will become the new president of the University of Arizona. She was voted in Friday morning by the university's board of regents. Hart will receive a salary-and-benefits package worth $620,500 annually, plus moving and transition expenses. She starts her new job July 1. But the University of Arizona might not be the only place from which she will be collecting a salary over the next year. When Temple announced in September that Hart would be leaving, a school official said she also would receive a sabbatical for the 2012-13 school year.

Laurence Elliot Earley, 81, former chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania medical school, died of cancer Tuesday, March 13, at Beaumont, a retirement community in Bryn Mawr. Dr. Earley joined the medical school faculty in 1977. He chaired the department for 13 years and was also interim chairman of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation from 1987 to 1990. He was senior associate dean for international medical programs for five years in the 1990s, traveling to strengthen Penn's connections with institutions in Asia, Latin America, and Africa.

DURING HIS INAUGURATION, the Rev. Edmund J. Dobbin listens to a speaker. Father Dobbin, 52, was inducted as Villanova's 31st president yesterday in an academic ceremony at the university. He succeeds the Rev. John M. Driscoll, who led the university for 13 years.

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY has asked a Canadian high school to stop using an owl mascot that looks very much like its own. Temple officials said Thursday that the school in Kelowna, British Columbia, has agreed to change its symbol. The Kelowna Daily Courier reported that the local high school's scowling bird was virtually identical to Temple's Hooter the Owl. Kelowna Secondary School began using the symbol in 2002, after Temple had trademarked its image. It's not clear how the mascots ended up looking alike.

The University of the Sciences defeated Philadelphia University, 4-3, after falling to Georgian Court, 5-0, Thursday in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference softball tournament at Georgian Court in Lakewood, N.J. In the Philadelphia U. game, Haley Kavelak's walk-off single capped the Devils' comeback from a 3-0 deficit. Courtney Spina (Garnet Valley) became the Devils' all-time leader for strikeouts with 334. Jackie Keifer (Archbishop Prendergast) hit her first collegiate home run in the second inning, a two-run shot.

Philadelphia University honored Nicole Miller with the Spirit of Design Award at its annual student fashion show Saturday. The shy designer with two local boutiques was lauded for her easy-to-wear silhouettes that range from office-appropriate to super-sexy, as well as for her fabric innovation. Miller is a pioneer in working with stretch metallics and body-camouflaging fabrics. (No wonder her body-skimming ruched pencil skirts and evening gowns actually allow for breathing.) Other innovations were on display as designers sent a cadre of wearable looks down the runway.

Wakefern Food Corp., the cooperative that supplies ShopRite stores in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and elsewhere, donated $1 million to the Academy of Food Marketing at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia, Wakefern said.   The money will be used to pay for scholarships and educational costs for 540 undergraduates in the food marketing program, which is one of four such undergraduate programs in the United States, Wakefern said.   Wakefern, which is based in Keasbey, N.J., raised the money through ShopRite stores and vendors.

Those Who Made the Cut The number of students local universities have admitted off their wait lists over the last five years. Not all the admitted students chose to enroll. University of Pennsylvania 2012 . . . 87 2011 . . . 56 2010 . . . 55 2009 . . . 98 2008 . . . 174 Princeton 2012 . . . zero 2011 . . . 19 2010 . . . 164 2009 . . . 60 2008 . . . 148 Swarthmore 2012 . . . 8 2011 . . . 10 2010 . . . 7 2009 . . . 12 2008 . . . 34 Haverford 2012 . . . 3 2011 . . . 0 2010 . . . 1 2009 . . . 13 2008 . . . 3 University of Delaware 2012 . . . 640 2011 . . . 285 2010 . . . 591 2009 . . . 196 2008 . . . 288 Bucknell University 2012 . . . 3 2011 . . . 19 2010 . . . 79 2009 . . . 23 2008 . . . 9 Villanova 2012 . . . 598 2011 . . . 206 2010 . . . 675 2009 . . . 71 2008 . . . 202

HERE ARE SOME highlights of what local universities are doing for schools in their neighborhoods:   Temple University: * The College of Education has a partnership with Dunbar Elementary School. Each semester, six to 10 interns in counseling, psychology and teaching are placed at the school.   La Salle University: * The Writing Matters program is offered to seven district schools and one Catholic school. * Books have been given to Logan Elementary School.

GROWING UP IN Philadelphia during the Great Depression, Robert Perloff knew what it was like to hustle for a buck. He peddled newspapers, worked as a soda jerk and movie usher and took other menial jobs to help his family get through the desperate financial times. When he was 12, his father, Meyer Perloff, committed suicide. It was a wrenching loss that he later described in a touching newspaper essay after he had become a distinguished professor of business administration and psychology at the University of Pittsburgh.

Francis L. Lawrence, 75, who served as president of Rutgers University from 1990 to 2002, died Tuesday, April 16, in his Mount Laurel home, the university said Wednesday. A cause of death was not disclosed. Dr. Lawrence oversaw a period of sweeping changes at the state's flagship public university, including the implementation of the school's first long-term strategic plan, "A New Vision for Excellence," and the establishment of more than 50 new undergraduate and graduate degree programs and more than 45 research centers and institutes, the school said.

UPDATED: The young woman who fell to her death from a rooftop booze party near Temple University was a Lancaster native and West Chester University student.   Ali Fausnaught, 19, was socializing with friends on the roof of a house on 18th Street near Arlington about 5 p.m. when she somehow fell over a 10-inch ledge on the roof and plummeted nearly 40 feet onto the concrete in a narrow alley between buildings. She died at Temple University Hospital at 5:51 p.m. Dr. Matthew J. Bricketto, West Chester University's vice president for student affairs, released this statement today: "We were very saddened to learn last evening that one of our students, Ms. Ali Fausnaught, was tragically killed after an accidental fall from a third-story roof top while visiting friends at Temple University.

JEFFREY DEITCH majored in psychology, but eventually became more fascinated by what goes on inside the brain than its emotional reactions. He was intrigued by the "miracle of this extraordinarily well-oiled machine - our brains," said his son, Caleb Deitch. This fascination led him to the main thrust of his scientific work, the study of the crippling disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, and the search for a cause and cure. "He found his life's professional path and passion," his son said.