Temple in the News
Sony is reportedly going to cut 10,000 jobs by the end of this year. The job cuts -- 6 percent of Sony's workforce -- will come from selling off side businesses and likely cuts to manufacturing. Jeff...
April 9, 2012
Pennsylvania's overdose fatality rate is among the top 10 in the country. A program to reverse overdoses is part of a controversial public-health strategy known as harm reduction. "Most of the...
April 7, 2012
A dramatic reduction in disease over the past century can be largely attributed to vaccines. "So why is there a modern backlash against vaccines?" asks Stephen Aronoff, chair of pediatrics and...
April 5, 2012
Japan's government is rushing to try to restart two nuclear reactors idled after the 3/11 disaster. Experts believe they're motivated by a fear that surviving a total shutdown will make it hard to...
April 5, 2012
Philadelphia has continued to grow since the 2010 census count, according to new data. Experts say young parents are choosing to stay in the city after having babies, particularly in Center City and...
April 5, 2012
Neuroscience may seem like a subject best reserved for college. Two Temple psychologists propose that it be much earlier — as in first grade. In a study published this month, Peter Marshall and...
April 5, 2012
Temple University's Institute for Public Affairs (IPA) is publishing on its website a five-volume study, "The Temple Papers on the Pennsylvania General Assembly," an ambitious, multi-year project....
April 5, 2012
In recent weeks, controversies erupted over media reports — including a viral video called "Kony 2012" about an African dictator — that stretched the boundaries between truth and fabrication. "It...
April 5, 2012
MyYearbook is changing its name to MeetMe to better reflect the company’s mission to be the top social networking site to meet new people. Steven L. Johnson, an assistant professor of management...
April 4, 2012
Temple students met the Philadelphia Police Department’s new equine officers during an afternoon event at the Bell Tower yesterday. Temple student Trisha Swed organized the event to help the mounted...
April 4, 2012