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Obesity expert Gary Foster appointed to Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee

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Temple Center for Obesity Research and Education Director Gary D. Foster has been appointed to the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee by the U.S. secretaries of Health and Human Services and Agriculture.
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Temple Rugby Club set for national collegiate tournament

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This weekend, the Temple Rugby Club will pursue its quest to be crowned the best collegiate rugby team in the nation as it takes the field at the USA Sevens Collegiate Rugby Championship Invitational at PPL Park. Tickets are on sale at usasevenscrc.com. In addition, NBC Sports and Comcast will broadcast the invitational throughout the weekend.
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Open data, digital divide are key issues at Temple-sponsored Mayors' Innovation Summit

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Last week, more than 30 mayors and dozens of other top elected officials attended the Mayors’ Innovation Summit, hosted by the City of Philadelphia, Temple University’s Fox School of Business and the U.S. Conference of Mayors. At the summit, mayors and panelists shared ideas on how civic innovation can increase citizen engagement, promote open government and improve services.
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Temple community invited to generate ideas for new library

Posted May 29, 2013
Members of the Temple community are invited to help shape the design of the university’s new library as part of a five-month programming process. Students, faculty, staff and alumni can visit visualize.temple.edu to share their ideas.
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Recent Temple grad documents aftermath of Oklahoma tornado

Posted May 29, 2013

Just days after completing his Master of Arts degree in media studies and production, Gino Canella found himself documenting the devastating aftermath of the tornado that struck the Moore, Okla., area on May 20. Canella, who is working on contract with the Weather Channel, filed stories on recovery efforts by the First Response Team of America, which is providing equipment and support in the wake of the disaster.

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Kraft named deputy athletic director at Temple

Posted May 23, 2013
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Philadelphia Inquirer

Kraft named Temple deputy athletic director

Pat Kraft, senior associate athletics director at Loyola University Chicago, has been named Temple’s deputy athletic director. Kraft came to Loyola after working on the senior athletic staff at Indiana University, where he was responsible for branding and marketing efforts. “I witnessed firsthand his efforts in branding and marketing Indiana athletics as we served together on IU’s athletics senior staff,” said Temple interim athletics director Kevin Clark.

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Rescued Civil War statue gets new life

Posted May 23, 2013
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Philadelphia Inquirer

Rescued 'Silent Sentinel' Civil War statue going to Laurel Hill Cemetery

In 1970, “Silent Sentinel,” a statue of a Civil War soldier that once stood guard at Mount Moriah Cemetery in Yeadon, was pulled it from its granite base by thieves. After decades in hiding, the restored statue is being moved to Philadelphia’s Laurel Hill Cemetery. In its new location, the statue “will add a new dimension to the Civil War and arts collection of the city," said Andy Waskie, a Temple instructor and author of Philadelphia and the Civil War: Arsenal of the Union.

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Target and Facebook launch Cartwheel savings feature

Posted May 20, 2013
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3 On Your Side: Target & Facebook Launch Cartwheel Savings Feature

Target has launched Cartwheel, a Facebook app that allows shoppers to search for savings, buy items and share deals with friends. Coupons are condensed to a single barcode that can be printed out or scanned from a smartphone. “The benefit from a technology standpoint is that you don't have to carry around paper with you. You don't have to look through the circulars,” said David Schuff, an associate professor of management information systems at Temple's Fox School of Business.

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Student op-ed in The Atlantic: the conservative case for immigration reform

Posted Apr 17, 2013
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The Conservative Case for Immigration Reform

Sean Rust, a student who graduated from Temple’s Beasley School of Law this week, co-authored an op-ed making a conservative case for immigration reform. “Rather than simply adjusting their platforms for political expediency,” he argued, “Republicans should use [the presidential election loss] as an opportunity to take a deeper look at how their thinking and rhetoric on immigration fits within conservative principles and the broader conservative worldview.

Beasley School of Law
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Does ‘Psychiatry’s Bible’ need to be rewritten?

Posted May 24, 2013
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Science

Live Chat: Does 'Psychiatry's Bible' Need to Be Rewritten?

The new edition of “Psychiatry’s Bible” — the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, known as DSM-5 — is being released this month amid great controversy, with many in the field questioning whether psychiatry’s main diagnostic guide needs an overhaul, or to be completely abandoned. Frank Farley of Temple’s College of Education, a former president of the American Psychological Association, joined a panel of experts for a Google+ hangout hosted by Science magazine.

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