America’s rapid rise in obesity appears to have leveled off, but there's little reason to cheer. Experts say they’re not sure whether the lull in the battle of the bulge can be attributed to more awareness and better diets — or whether society has simply reached a maximum level of tubbiness. "Maybe in this environment, this is as overweight as we’ll get," said Gary Foster, director of Temple's Center for Obesity Research and Education.

January 13, 2010 | CNN.com

Ordinary people like the passengers who reacted to thwart a fellow passenger trying to blow up an airplane on Christmas Day are performing "erevryday heroism" and are the last line of defense against terrorism. Temple psychologist Frank Farley said everyday heroism is empowering for the whole culture and helps combat the "it's not my job" mentality. "What does it mean, everyday heroism? It means something you can do where you are, with what you've got," Farley said, echoing the words of Theodore Roosevelt.

January 13, 2010 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Alfred Bove was chief of cardiology at Temple's School of Medicine for 18 years and one of the Sixers' doctors for 22 years. But these days he's finding himself thinking more about his 35 years with the Navy. As president of the American College of Cardiology, Bove is point man in a contentious campaign to protect pay for its 37,000 members as the government makes cuts that would shift money from heart specialists to primary-care doctors. Bove's new environment, with its high levels of change and uncertainty, feels "a little like a war," he said.

January 13, 2010 | Montgomery Newspapers

Philagrafikia 2010, which kicks off Jan. 29, includes more than 300 artists at more than 80 venues throughout the city and is slated to be the most important print-related exposition ever. Audiences will have the opportunity to see contemporary art that highlights printmaking in dynamic, unexpected ways and to experience the rich cultural life of the city in the process. The core exhibition will be displayed at five venues: Temple's Tyler School of Art; the Moore College of Art & Design; the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; the Philadelphia Museum of Art; and the Print Center.

January 12, 2010 | C-SPAN
(There is no link to this report.)
Robin Kolodny, a political science professor at Temple, discussed her new paper on observing the 2008 election from abroad as a Fulbright Distinguished Scholar in the United Kingdom. "I was first struck by some significant misperceptions among the British public of the U.S." First, she explained, many see our president as a unified party leader, with no independent role for Congress. Second, most Brits are unfamiliar with the size and the scope of the U.S. and make assumptions that really don’t hold given our vast diversity.