Temple in the News
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...
May 25, 2012
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...
May 25, 2012
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...
May 25, 2012
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...
May 24, 2012
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...
May 23, 2012
Molefi Asante, the founder of the first Ph.D. program in African American Studies in the country at Temple, created a new African think-tank in the heart of Germantown. Temple doctoral student Aaron...
May 23, 2012
Many residents of high-crime neighborhoods take a more nuanced position on the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk practices than the politicians and advocates who purport to represent them. Residents of high-...
May 23, 2012
Temple University has tapped current provost and long-time administrator Richard M. Englert to serve as acting president while the search for a permanent successor continues. "We're confident we're...
May 23, 2012
Temple has named an acting president as it continues to search for a replacement for its departing leader. Trustees announced Wednesday that Richard M. Englert, provost and senior vice president for...
May 23, 2012
Does a child get a different experience from a book than an e-book? Studies that aim to answer this and similar questions are just getting under way, but researchers expect the answer will be yes....
May 22, 2012