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Dads picking up bigger load at home

Posted Jun 15, 2012
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Lancaster Intelligencer Journal

Dads picking up a bigger load at home

Insure.com assigned value to the tasks performed by moms and dads in the home and found that moms are three times more valuable. The reality of modern fatherhood is quite different however. As research shows, "there really are substantial increases in fathers' involvement in pretty much all aspects of child care and childrearing," said Jay Fagan, professor of social work at Temple. "A lot of those traditional divisions of labor are starting to break down."

College of Public Health
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Legendary investor visits Fox School for Financial Literacy Series event

Posted Jun 15, 2012
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6ABC

Wall Street legend offers advice for kids

Wall Street icon Jim Rogers has made his fatherly advice accessible not just to his children but to everyone. The famed investor visited Temple's Fox School of Business recently with 1210AM for one of the station's Financial Literacy Series events. In addition to talking about financial markets, Rogers shared lessons from his book "A Gift to My Children: A Father's Lessons for Life and Investing."

Fox School of Business
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Lizards could keep Grandma from falling

Posted Jun 19, 2012
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Flying Kite

Research roundup: tackling concussions with software, grandma lizard, stomaching cancer

Understanding how lizards run bi-pedally without falling could aid in preventing falls in the elderly. That is the focus of Temple biologist Tonia Hsieh. Her research points to the little-known importance of our tendons and ligaments, not only as connective tissue but also as shock absorbers. These tissues are ‘the first line of response before our nerves or reflexes even play a role in helping to stabilize the body,’” she says.

College of Science and Technology
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Straight talk about guns helps in rural suicides

Posted Jun 19, 2012
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WHYY-FM/NewsWorks, UPI

In rural areas, preventing suicide may depend on direct talk about guns

Guns are prevalent in rural communities, where the suicide rate has remained steady. Frank talk about guns with parents may be a factor in helping prevent suicide among rural youth at risk, said Temple social work professor Jonathan Singer. “Don't ask, ‘Do you have guns?’ or, ‘Do you know how to use them?’ The first thing you want to say is, ‘Do you realize that this gun can be used as a weapon in a suicide?’” Singer said.

College of Public Health
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Fox students share international immersion experiences via social media

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Eighteen Temple students led by Professor MB Sarkar and Associate Director for International Programs Nicole Riley are sharing their experiences with the Fox School of Business’ International MBA through social media channels, which are being streamed and collected at fox.temple.edu/imbaindia. The IMBA is a one-year, tri-continent program that takes students to France, Japan, China, India and the U.S.
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Temple celebrates Juneteenth, honors first African American Marines

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In celebration of Juneteenth (June 19), the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States, the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection held an event to honor the Montford Point Marines, the first African Americans to serve in the U.S. Marine Corps.

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