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REACH - Black Leadership Summit (2/25/2012)

Posted Feb 25, 2012
Event Date: 
February 25, 2012
URL: 
http://calendar.activedatax.com/temple/EventList.aspx?view=EventDetails&eventidn…
Start Date:  2/25/2012  Start Time:  9:30 AM
End Date:  2/25/2012  End Time:  4:00 PM

Main Campus - Howard Gittis Student Center
Room: 217

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Mayor Nutter assesses impact of state cuts to Temple

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On Thursday, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter convened a panel of civic and municipal leaders to discuss the potential effect of proposed reductions in funding for educational and social services that benefit citizens of the Philadelphia region. Temple Executive Vice President, CFO and Treasurer Anthony Wagner outlined Temple’s contributions to the region, its economic impact and the effect the proposed reductions would have on the university and city.
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Resumes in hand, students meet face-to-face with potential employers

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Temple students met with more than 70 employers at the university-wide Career Fair held Thursday in the Howard Gittis Student Center. Companies such as Abercrombie and Fitch, CBS Radio, Easter Seals, Merck and the National Park Service were on hand to discuss a range of opportunities, including professional internships and full-time positions.
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President Hart takes Temple's case against budget cuts to Harrisburg

Governor proposes 30 percent reduction in Commonwealth appropriation

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President Ann Weaver Hart presented the case for Temple support to members of the state House of Representatives on Wednesday during a three-hour hearing before the House Appropriations Committee. She told legislators the proposal to reduce the Commonwealth appropriation to Temple and other state-related schools by 30 percent would particularly hurt those students who can least afford to take on more debt.
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Mixing self portraits in social media

Posted Feb 22, 2012
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Philadelphia Inquirer

Self portrait, mixed (social) media

Steven L. Johnson of Temple's Fox School of Business says sometimes the online blending of a person's main job and any after-hours interest might work, but it's probably best to keep a firewall between them. "It can get tricky," says Johnson, who teaches social media innovation. "We want to be around people that are well-rounded, but if our surgeon is regularly tweeting and posting pictures of himself skiing, you might start to wonder how good he is at surgery."

Fox School of Business
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Cat parasite harmful to humans 

Posted Feb 22, 2012
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Philadelphia Inquirer

The parasite Toxo may attack you through your cat

Some scientists claim Toxoplasma gondii (Toxo for short), a tiny parasite found in cats and spread in their feces, can alter its host's behavior in its own evolutionary interests. Most people know about Toxo because of its link to toxoplasmosis, an infection that can damage the fetus in pregnant women. "Newborns affected with Toxo tend to have a lot of problems," says Temple psychologist Lauren M. Ellman, "including low birth weight, enlarged liver and spleen, anemia, convulsions, fluid in the … brain."

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The new trends and technologies driving design

Posted Feb 22, 2012
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Entrepreneur

The New Trends and Technologies Driving Design

Comprehensive redesigns can be risky, wasteful and expensive – three adjectives that don't gel with a tough economy. "Many times the answer is right in front of you," says James Moustafellos, associate director of the Center for Design+Innovation at Temple's Fox School of Business. "It doesn't always have to be the newest unknown thing. It's more about, ‘How do you design a better system?’"

Fox School of Business
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Philadelphia Flower Show exhibit celebrates Hawaiian history and ecology

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Students and faculty in Temple Ambler’s Department of Landscape Architecture and Horticulture are busy preparing for their 2012 Philadelphia International Flower Show exhibit, “Aloha ‘āina: A Return to Life with the Land,” which seeks to show how the Hawaiian concept of living with the land can be applied in the northeast. The show runs runs March 4-11 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
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Faculty Focus: Andrew Mendelson

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In the latest installment of the faculty profile series, Andrew Mendelson, professor and chair of the Department of Journalism in the School of Communications and Theater, discusses his passion for photography and the excitement of teaching journalism at Temple.
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Using social media to meet students where they are

Posted Feb 20, 2012
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Philadelphia Metro

Facebook finding its place in the classroom

Professors are increasingly using social media for posting assignments and interacting with students. Steven L. Johnson, an assistant professor at Temple's Fox School of Business who teaches a Social Media Innovation course, uses a number of online connectors with students. “As educators, we can take the stance that students are going to do what we tell them," he said. "Or we can take a stance that says we want every student to do as well as possible, and we’ll meet them where they are.”

Fox School of Business

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