Temple in the News
As Allentown begins building a new hockey arena in the downtown area, sinkholes and the cost of dealing with them could impact the project. There are few alternatives when it comes to dealing with...
October 17, 2011
In an opinion piece for the New York Times' "Room for Debate" column , Jan Ting of Temple's Beasley School of Law worries that an increase in immigration could cause untold strain on the U.S.'s...
October 16, 2011
Temple recently opened its first outpatient office in the western suburbs, focused on lung health and orthopedics for patients in Delaware, Montgomery and Chester counties. "By bringing Temple's...
October 15, 2011
Gun violence continues to be a pervasive issue among most large cities, but a new program at Temple's School of Medicine is working to cut down on the instances of gun violence in Philadelphia. Based...
October 14, 2011
Every time Temple basketball head coach Fran Dunphy saw former Owls player Dionte Christmas in recent years, the coach got on him for not graduating despite needing only one more course. Dunphy...
October 12, 2011
Law enforcement, here and nationwide, is evolving and taking an increasingly serious approach to supposed jokes and perceived threats that are posted on social-networking sites such as Facebook,...
October 12, 2011
Computer data can last forever. Every hard drive contains every site visited, every photo and article downloaded — and erasing it is a lot harder than most people think. There is substantial job...
October 12, 2011
According to the American Association of Medical Colleges, more than 580,000 students applied to medical school last year, with most institutions receiving an average of about 4,000 applications. But...
October 11, 2011
A new study led by Melissa Napolitano, a clinical psychologist at Temple's Center for Obesity Research and Education, found that text messaging helped overweight college students lose weight. A...
October 11, 2011
Temple's Intergenerational Center has been named the first recipient of the Eisner Prize for Intergenerational Excellence, which includes a $100,000 cash award. The Eisner Foundation, headed by...
October 11, 2011