Temple in the News
The good news is that optimism among small business owners has risen for six months in a row. The bad news is that it is still slightly lower than it was a year ago. For those who see opportunity,...
March 27, 2012
One-third of all the food crops consumed in the U.S. are pollinated by bees, making them a crucial part of the ecology. However, development, new pesticides and new diseases are thinning the honey...
March 27, 2012
Temple photojournalism student Ian Van Kuyk has been charged with obstruction, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct in a case described as "a miscarriage of justice" by the National Press...
March 26, 2012
The slow death of vibrant coral in the Gulf of Mexico can now be definitely linked to BP’s oil spill according to a recent study. Scientists who studied the Gulf’s coral communities found damage...
March 26, 2012
Flyers goalie Ilya Bryzgalov is known as much for his fanciful pronouncements about how our "solar system is so humongous big" as he is for his prowess on the ice. Olia Prokopenko, a Russian...
March 26, 2012
Medical advances have made it increasingly common for older Americans such as Dick Cheney to receive heart transplants. Experts disagree over using age as a determiner for organ transplants. “I’m not...
March 26, 2012
Along Cobbs Creek are the remains of the city's movers and shakers. They were buried at Mount Moriah Cemetery decades ago when the grounds were carefully tended. Now the cemetery is abandoned and the...
March 25, 2012
It may be too soon for the Supreme Court to decide on the health care law if the penalty is deemed a tax. The Anti-Injunction act says you can’t challenge the payment of a tax ahead of time. “If that...
March 25, 2012
No matter how the court rules on The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the result seems sure to play a central role in the presidential election and public policy. "Whether one agrees or...
March 25, 2012
As part of a yearlong exploration of Philadelphia history and experience, Linn Washington Jr., associate professor of journalism at Temple, writes in an essay that Philadelphians hold a heartfelt...
March 24, 2012