Temple in the News
A new Temple website, Civil Rights in a Northern City: Philadelphia, brings together 1,500 items — newspaper clippings, photographs, TV news coverage, oral histories, correspondence and other...
November 14, 2011
After the economy went south in 2008, many laid-off workers headed for business school to beef up their resumes while waiting for things to improve. The number of applicants has fallen from that peak...
November 14, 2011
Today, kindergarten is the new first grade with much more of the school day spent on reading readiness and learning how to add and subtract. When did play become a dirty word? "Play is important...
November 13, 2011
Ten years after China joined the World Trade Organization, state-owned enterprises are stronger than ever. A recently released Congressional report railed against the unfair advantages enjoyed by...
November 12, 2011
Richard Immerman, professor of history and director of the Center for the Study of Force and Diplomacy at Temple, spoke with "In Focus" host Steve Highsmith, about the Vietnam War. According to...
November 12, 2011
Jennie Shanker, a sculpture instructor at the Tyler School of Art, is creating ceramics using clay from Marcellus Shale, a new source for natural gas through the much-debated method of hydraulic...
November 12, 2011
As the sex abuse scandal continues to dominate the news and rock Penn State, students have been demonstrating in support of fired coach Joe Paterno. Michael Sachs, chair of Kinesiology and a sports...
November 11, 2011
For two decades, they've tried to right a wrong that dates back 150 years. Andy Waskie and Barry Kelly, descendants of Union veterans, have painstakingly sifted through obituaries and archives to...
November 11, 2011
For 25 years, the Wood Turning Center has brought artists from around the world to work with wood. Friday, it opens its doors in a new location in Old City, reborn as the Center for Art in Wood. One...
November 11, 2011
Scientists are exploring a new concern about the Marcellus Shale: earthquakes. To break up the shale and get to the gas, energy companies pump millions of gallons of water, sand and chemicals...
November 11, 2011