Associate Professor Sara Sirna, a cardiologist at Temple's School of Medicine joined philly.com for a live chat. Guests asked Sirna about heart disease symptoms, smoking, palpitations, gender differences, fitness, coffee consumption, fish oil and a wide variety of other subjects.

February 18, 2010 | Philadelphia Inquirer, Lehigh Valley Express Times

The recession has motivated many big law firms in the region to cut back dramatically on entry-level hiring. While landing a summer job used to virtually guarantee a full-time offer, that's also no longer the case. Melissa Lennon, assistant dean for career planning at Temple's Beasley School of Law, said some students are responding by looking atsmaller firms, federal agencies and state and federal judges. Some have been receptive to other markets such as Wilmington.

Toyota's president Akio Toyoda, under fire for his handling of sweeping recalls, will testify before a congressional hearing next week. At stake is the Toyota brand name and the loyalty of legions of customers whose trust in the company's once impeccable quality has been deeply shaken. "He's got to demonstrate to regulators, congressmen, customers, dealers, employees that Toyota recognizes there's a problem, they are contrite about it and they're going to fix it," said Jeff Kingston, director of Asian Studies at Temple University, Japan Campus.