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Welcome to big data — it’s going to be huge

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Philadelphia Business Journal

This week, a Temple symposium on “big data” identified research synergies across campus. In the fall, Temple’s Institute for Business and Information Technology is hosting an industry conference on big data’s potential. “… the biggest question is … ‘How can I actually create business value from big data?’” said Paul A. Pavlou of Temple’s Fox School of Business.

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Schizophrenia needn’t lead to violence

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Philadelphia Inquirer

People with schizophrenia, are generally not violent, experts say, but the risk that they will be rises when they stop taking medications. William R. Dubin, chair of psychiatry at Temple’s School of Medicine, said research has found that in the absence of substance abuse, people with schizophrenia were less violent than those with depression or bipolar disorder.

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Temple Hospital raises flag flown over Afghanistan

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Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News, Fox29, NBC10

An American flag that flew over U.S. bases in Afghanistan now flies over Temple University Hospital. Temple’s own Guy D. Lewis, a nurse and retired major with the U.S. Army, donated the flag which was raised Thursday morning.

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Erotic bestseller is just an old-fashioned romance, says Temple's Ericksen

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KPCC (Southern California Public Radio)

50 Shades of Grey has taken what was once considered pornographic fiction and put it right into the mainstream. "But what makes this book popular with women is that it is written for them," said Temple sociologist Julia Ericksen. "What you find is an old-fashioned romance — the same you would find in any Harlequin romance or even a Jane Austen novel — but with a lot of explicit sex."

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Op-ed: Romney’s bullying gets a pass

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Philadelphia Inquirer

The media have given Mitt Romney a pass on his response to a report that he bullied other students while in school said Jan C. Ting, a professor at Temple’s Beasley School of Law in an opinion piece. “Romney has a law degree and should understand that what he did in boarding school was not a mere ‘prank”; it was a potentially criminal act for which he should have been held accountable,” said Ting.

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Who comes to Cape May?

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Cape May County Herald

Faculty and students from Temple’s School of Tourism and Hospitality Management presented their final reports to the city and public concluding a three-year partnership with Cape May. Betsy Barber, associate dean, called the project a labor of love that was as beneficial to the school as it was to the city. According to the research, 34 percent of visitors come from Pennsylvania, 32 percent from New Jersey and 12 percent from New York.

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Temple grad appointed to head youth commission

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Philadelphia Tribune, KYW News Radio

As the new executive director of the city’s Youth Commission, Temple 2012 graduate Jamira Burley hopes to engage both young people and adults in a conversation about the future, to make the city and the lives of its young people better. “There is no longer a village raising a child. A lot of young people in Philadelphia are raising themselves. Adults nowadays don’t realize the plight of young people,” Burley said.

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