After Eagles quarterback Michael Vick received his second injury in as many weeks, many wondered: Should pro athletes be insured, or are the stipulations in a big money contract enough to protect a team's investment? Michael Leeds, a professor of economics at Temple, says while insuring a player isn't standard procedure for most teams,"[y]ou have players who might be in the last year of a contract.

Researchers at Temple say mothers tend to take fashion cues from their teenage daughters and not vice versa. "Literature showed that kids tend to mimic their parents' consumer behavior, as a simple form of learning," says Ayalla Ruvio, the Fox School of Business marketing professor who led research that showed the opposite to be true. "It's a phenomenon in which mothers are mimicking their daughters." Ruvio attributes the change in behavior to a savvy group of teenage consumers and a growing number of moms who want to retain a younger image.

Technology is a wonderful thing, but all that emailing, typing, Skyping and talking on the phone keeps us tethered to our desk. And research shows that, as a result, we’re burning fewer calories than we did even a few decades ago. Temple fitness coordinator Crista McKenzie says there are lots of ways to add exercise to your work day, such as walking while talking on a wireless headset. "Not only would you be burning calories, but you'd be more energized and your phone call could be more productive, because you're stimulating your brain just by walking around."

Through the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute at Temple's Fox School of Business and Temple's Office of Technology Transfer, MBA student Lev Davidson met Eric Borguet, a Temple chemistry professor. In January, they founded pureNANO to commercialize Borguet's method of purifying carbon nanotubes. The company then won $125,000 in cash and professional services in Temple’s Be Your Own Boss Bowl. When asked to "grade your MBA school," Davidson responded: "Absolutely an A.