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Sheriff Arpaio suspends immigration efforts

Posted Jun 7, 2013
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National Public Radio, Washington Post, Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Fox News Latino, many more

Ariz. Sheriff Suspends Immigration Efforts

Joe Arpaio, the Arizona sheriff who led the way for local police across the country to take up immigration enforcement, is reconsidering his crackdowns. A federal judge had concluded that the sheriff’s office had racially profiled Latinos in its patrols. Immigration law expert Peter Spiro of Temple’s Beasley School of Law said the ruling marks a big blow for Arpaio and the movement for more local immigration enforcement. "It's a cautionary tale for any other would-be Joe Arpaios out there," Spiro said in a widely distributed Associated Press story.

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Gregory Anderson appointed dean of Temple's College of Education

Posted Jun 3, 2013
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Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Business Journal 

New dean for Temple's education school

Temple President Neil Theobald announced the appointment of Gregory Anderson, dean of the University of Denver’s Morgridge College of Education since 2009, as dean of Temple’s College of Education. "I have great appreciation and respect for the senior leadership of the university and the College of Education's nationally distinguished faculty, its exceptional staff and diverse student body," Anderson said.

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Temple social work student shows others there is life after incarceration

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While serving nearly two decades in prison, J. Jondhi Harrell become a teacher, mentor and counselor to fellow inmates. Since his release, he has continued to help former prisoners transition back to society and is now pursuing his master's degree in Social Work at Temple. In recognition of his service to the community, Harrell was recently named Goodwill Industries International’s 2013 Kenneth Shaw Graduate of the Year.
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Retracing George Washington’s battles helps Temple ROTC cadets learn leadership

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To cap off their final semester of studies, 17 senior Temple Army ROTC cadets participated in the third annual Trenton/Princeton Campaign staff ride, an activity conducted by military leaders to study historic battles and learn about tactics and leadership. For the ride, students researched and reconstructed the routes that George Washington took to attack the Hessians at Trenton on December 26, 1776, and the British at Princeton on January 3, 1777.
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Anthony Wagner to leave Temple

Posted Jun 5, 2013
President Neil D. Theobald has announced that Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Anthony Wagner has accepted the position of executive vice president and chief business officer for Georgia Regents University and Health System in Augusta, Ga. He will begin his new role in early July.
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Provost announces more than 700 faculty receive merit awards

Posted Jun 5, 2013 -- rbetzner
Provost Hai-Lung Dai has announced faculty merit awards for 2013 recognizing outstanding performance in teaching and instruction, research, scholarship and creative activity and/or in university service, or service to the profession or discipline. A record number of merit awards totaling 2,056 units of $600 each will be distributed to almost 700 individual faculty members.
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Reducing sodium in Chinese takeout is focus of hypertension initiative

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Temple University’s Center for Asian Health, in partnership with the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, the Asian Community Health Coalition and the Greater Philadelphia Chinese Restaurant Association, is spearheading an initiative aimed at reducing salt consumption as a means of preventing hypertension. The center is working with Chinese takeout restaurants to reduce the amount of sodium in their food by 10 to 15 percent.
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Anderson appointed dean of Temple's College of Education

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Gregory M. Anderson, who has served as the dean of the Morgridge College of Education at the University of Denver since 2009, has been named dean of Temple University's College of Education effective July 1.
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Scandal adds to burden for tax collectors

Posted May 16, 2013
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American Public Media’s “MarketPlace”

What's ahead for the IRS?

Historically, when tax collection authorities are held with suspicion — as in the recent disclosures that the  IRS has been targeting conservative groups for scrutiny — the country collects less tax. But despite this latest drama, the IRS, which employs hundreds of thousands of people, is “generally very good at what it does,” says  Alice Abreu, a professor of tax policy at Temple’s Beasley School of  Law. “And for that reason congress continues to put more programs and social policy through the tax system,” she says.

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Temple grad uses Twitter to find job

Posted May 28, 2013
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Reading Eagle

Building a social network as part of a job search

Newly minted Temple graduate Thao Nguyen is currently completing the management training program at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill, but her job search began three years ago at a Temple career day where she met Ronisha Goodwin, regional talent acquisition manager for Hyatt Hotels Corp. After career day, Nguyen "followed" Ronisha on Twitter, and Ronisha reciprocated. Eryn Jelesiewicz, director of communications at Temple, said: "This is becoming the way to find jobs now. More students need to pay attention to social media."

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