Temple in the News
Some observers see in the Fukushima disaster a failure of governance. Robert Dujarric, director of the Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies at Temple University Japan, says that inept crisis...
March 9, 2012
Temple students are spending their next five Saturdays preparing free tax returns for low-income families as part of the IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. "For most working people who have...
March 9, 2012
In an opinion piece, Lila Corwin Berman, professor of American Jewish history at Temple, asks, “How will a more embedded urbanism, where people live and pray and eat in the city and don't just care...
March 8, 2012
St. Louis was on pace to match its 2010 homicide rate when higher bail for illegal gun-possession was instituted. The city's homicide rate dropped 20 percent. But John Goldkamp, a Temple professor...
March 8, 2012
Temple University Hospital celebrated World Kidney Day with a health fair. Crystal Gadegbeku, chief of nephrology, says she’s thrilled for the opportunity to educate people about kidney disease and...
March 8, 2012
Stuff. We have it. We love it. We hate it. And despite the fact that we have no place to put it, we accumulate more of it all the time. "For most people, it's not a pathology," says Frank Farley, a...
March 8, 2012
The current owners of Philadelphia’s two major newspapers are mulling over bids from at least two groups that would like to buy the papers. The sale is being conducted with much secrecy. Temple...
March 7, 2012
Going door-to-door with leaflets against gun violence was part of spring break for a group of students from Saint Joseph’s, Haverford and Temple. It was the service portion of a week of Interfaith...
March 7, 2012
Temple is headed back to the BIG EAST, this time as a full member of the conference. "This is arguably the greatest day in the history of Temple Athletics," Temple Athletics Director Bill Bradshaw...
March 7, 2012
Several recent incidents of youth violence have drawn national attention. Host Michel Martin spoke with three experts, including Temple psychologist Laurence Steinberg, about why young people become...
March 6, 2012