As Philadelphia police step up patrols to crack down on marauding mobs of teenagers who have assaulted pedestrians and damaged property in recent weeks, one question keeps popping up: Why? According to Laurence Steinberg, a psychology professor at Temple who has researched adolescent behavior extensively, kids do things when they're with their friends that they wouldn't do if they were by themselves.

U.S. employers added more than 117,000 jobs last month, and the national unemployment rate has dipped to 9.1 percent. But Gary Witt, an assistant professor of statistics and finance at Temple's Fox School of Business, said those numbers aren't going to make an immediate impact. Past recessions, he said, have ended with stronger recoveries and employment gains of up to 400,000 jobs per month. "We have to look at some longer-term structural changes to encourage job growth, but it's not going to be quick — and it won't be easy, politically."

Temple's School of Medicine will invest more heavily in Western Pennsylvania's competitive healthcare marketplace as it moves to open its second branch campus. Temple and Pittsburgh's West Penn Allegheny Health System announced plans in June to launch a satellite medical school in 2013. Larry Kaiser, dean of Temple's School of Medicine and CEO of Temple University Health System, says Temple moved to open its branches to better recruit and train students across the state.

The Eagles have announced that defensive tackle Mike Patterson's seizure during a recent practice was caused by an AVM, or arteriovenous malformation, a congenital defect that involves tangled blood vessels outside the brain. In many cases, one of the first lines of treatment for AVM is to attach coils or glue inside the AVM to help prevent it from growing. Christopher Loftus, chair of neurosurgery at Temple, said that might not be the best option for Patterson, given his young age.