Temple in the News
A study led by Melissa Napolitano, a psychologist at Temple's Center for Obesity Research and Education and professor of kinesiology, has found that personalized text messages as well as social media...
November 2, 2011
More than 500 people in federal prison for selling crack in Pennsylvania could be released early under new sentencing guidelines designed to reduce disparities that punished dealers more harshly than...
November 1, 2011
What causes extreme sports athletes to want to parachute off mountains or jump motorcycles over buildings? Genetics, upbringing and personality all play role, says Frank Farley, a professor in Temple...
November 1, 2011
In Philadelphia, rates of obesity among teens are above the national average. A new study led by Clare Lenhart, a public health doctoral candidate at Temple, examines what Philadelphia public high...
November 1, 2011
Based in the Center for Bioethics, Urban Health and Policy at Temple's School of Medicine, Temple's Philadelphia CeaseFire program sends outreach workers into neighborhoods to fight gun violence. It'...
November 1, 2011
For hundreds of years, a chef's life was toil; working in hot kitchens for years, with little notoriety. But ever since Julia Child, the chef has enjoyed a steady rise in celebrity status. "Chefs...
November 1, 2011
The HPV vaccine could help prevent several cancers in men as well as women; so why aren't more parents encouraging their children to get it? Amer Kechli, a pediatrician at associate professor at...
November 1, 2011
Halloween is prime time for folks who like a good scare, because they can wander through haunted houses or have an excuse to watch a frightening movie on TV. Those people are often thrill seekers,...
October 31, 2011
Motivated by President Obama's speech promoting the American Jobs Act, Christopher Young, a fledgling entrepreneur, came up with a give-away plan for his new video-recruiting company, Async. Each of...
October 30, 2011
There are two sides to a mortgage transaction: the debtor and the saver, who is too often forgotten in the rush to bail out debtors, explained Temple economist Bill Dunkelberg in his Inquirer column...
October 30, 2011